ABSTRACT 

The widespread use of printed business card results in a large amount of paper
waste produced annually. In this information age, almost every people around the world
own at least a digital device. In order to solve the problem, the printed business card should
be digitalized. Although there are several digital business card application available in the
market, it does not reduce the use of hardcopy business card effectively. This project is
intended to develop a mobile application for the interactive digital business card. The
interactive feature of this mobile application included the dynamic content of digital
business card, geo-based awareness of business card contacts’ company location with the
map function, scanning function to scan and save hardcopy business cards and QR code
generator for a personal business card for easy exchange. Firebase is a cloud-hosted realtime database used to sync data and perform dynamic content. Next, Google MAP API is
used to produce the geo-based awareness of business card contacts’ company location with
map function in this project. On the other hand, Google Mobile Vision API which provides
optical character recognition (OCR) technology is used to implement the scanning function
to scan hardcopy business cards and save the information extracted using text recognition.
Lastly, the ZXing API will be used for decoding and generating of barcodes such as QR
code for the digital business card. The project is initialized in Mar 2018 and completed in
Aug 2018. The time use for the completion of the whole project is less than 6 months. All
the objective of the project had been achieved. As a conclusion, the mobile application for
the interactive digital business card is introduced to promote the ‘paperless office’.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

REPORT STATUS DECLARATION FORM – – – – – – ii

TITLE PAGE- – – – – – – – – – – – iii

DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY – – – – – – – iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS- – – – – – – – – – –  v

ABSTRACT- – – – – – – – – – – – –  vi

LIST OF TABLES- – – – – – – – – – – –  xii

LIST OF FIGURES – – – – – – – – – – –  xiii

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS- – – – – – – – –  xvi

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION- – – – – – – – – – 1

11 Motivation and Problem Statement – – – – – – – – –  1

111 Problem Statement- – – – – – – – – –  1

112 Motivation- – – – – – – – – – – 2

12 Project Scope – – – – – – – – – – – –  3

13 Project Objectives- – – – – – – – – –  3

14 Impact, Significance and Contribution – – – – – – –  4

15 Background Information- – – – – – – – –  5

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW- – – – – – – – – 7

21 Literature Review on Existing Solution- – – – – – –  7

211 Literature Review on CamCard Free – – – – – – – – 7

212 Literature Review on Knowee – – – – – – – – –  9

213 Literature Review on ABBYY BCR Free Edition- – – – – – 11

214 Literature Review on BCard – – – – – – – – – 14

22 Critical Remarks of Previous Works – – – – – – – 16

23 Literature Review on Business Card- – – – – – – –  17

24 Literature Review on Barcode – – – – – – – –  17

25 Literature Review on Application Programming Interface (API) – – – 20

251 Literature Review on Google Mobile Vision API – – – – – – 20

252 Literature Review on ZXing API- – – – – – –  22

253 Literature Review on Google Map API- – – – – – 23

26 Literature Review on Interactive – – – – – – – – – 25

27 Literature Review on Virtual Contact File (VCF or vCard) – – – –  25

CHAPTER 3: SYSTEM METHODOLOGY – – – – – – 27

31 Design Specifications- – – – – – – – – –  27

311 Methodologies and General Work Procedures- – – – – 27

313 System Performance Definition- – – – – – – –  29

314 Verification Plan – – – – – – – – – –  30

32 System Development Life Cycle – – – – – – – – – 31

33 Work Breakdown Structure – – – – – – – – – 32

34 Timeline – – – – – – – – – – – 33

341 Timeline for Deliverables and Milestones- – – – –  33

342 Graphical – Gantt Chart Format – – – – – – – 34

CHAPTER 4: SYSTEM DESIGN- – – – – – – – – 35

41 System Flowchart- – – – – – – – – 35

42 Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD)- – – – – – – –  36

43 Use Case Diagram- – – – – – – – –  37

431 Use Case Description of Login – – – – – – – –  38

432 Use Case Description of Register – – – – – – –  38

433 Use Case Description of Reset Password – – – – – 39

434 Use Case Description of Logout- – – – – – – 39

435 Use Case Description of Manage User Profile – – – – – 40

436 Use Case Description of Generate QR Code – – – – – – 41

437 Use Case Description of Manage Business Card Holder- – –  41

438 Use Case Description of Manage Group – – – – – –  43

439 Use Case Description of Manage Friends- – – – – 44

4310 Use Case Description of Scan Business Card- – – – – 46

4311 Use case description of Chat Function- – – – – – 47

4312 Use Case Description of Map Function- – – – – –  47

4313 Use Case Description of Scan QR Function – – – – – –  48

44 Activity Diagram – – – – – – – – – 49

441 Login- – – – – – – – – – –  49

442 Register – – – – – – – – – – – –  49

443 Reset Password – – – – – – – – – – –  50

444 Manage User Profile: Update Personal Business Card- – – –  50

445 Manage User Profile: Edit User Profile – – – – – – 51

446 Manage User Profile: Change User Profile Image – – – – – –  51

447 Generate QR Code – – – – – – – – –  52

448 Manage Business Card Holder: Add Business Card- – – – – 52

449 Manage Business Card Holder: Edit Business Card- – – – – 53

4410 Manage Business Card Holder: Delete Business Card – – – 53

4411 Manage Business Card Holder: Export Business Card as vCard – – – 54

4412 Manage Group: Create Group- – – – – – – –  54

4413 Manage Group: Edit Group – – – – – – – – –  55

4414 Manage Group: Delete Group- – – – – – – –  55

4415 Manage Friend: Send Friend Request- – – – – – –  56

4416 Manage Friend: Manage Friend Request- – – – –  56

4417 Scan Business Card- – – – – – – –  57

4418 Chat Function- – – – – – – – – – –  57

4419 Map Function- – – – – – – – – – –  58

4420 Scan QR Code- – – – – – – – – – –  58

45 System User Interface Design- – – – – – – – 59

451 Splash Activity- – – – – – – – – – –  59

452 Login Activity and Logout Activity – – – – – – – –  59

453 Register Activity – – – – – – – – – –  60

454 Reset Password Activity – – – – – – – – –  60

455 Main Activity and Navigation Pane- – – – – – – – 61

456 My Account Activity – – – – – – – – – – 62

457 Generate QR Code Activity- – – – – – –  62

458 Scan QR Code Activity- – – – – – – – – 63

459 Manage Business Card Holder Activity – – – – – –  63

4510 Manage Friend Activity – – – – – – – – 64

4511 Manage Group Activity – – – – – – – – 65

4512 Scan Business Card Activity- – – – – – – – –  65

4513 Map Activity – – – – – – – – – – – 66

4514 Chat Activity- – – – – – – – – – – 67

CHAPTER 5: IMPLEMENTATION AND TESTING – – – – – – –  68

51 Implementation Issues and Challenges- – – – – – 68

52 System Testing- – – – – – – – – – –  69

521 Use Case Testing- – – – – – – – – –  69

CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION – – – – – – – – 74

61 Project Review- – – – – – – – – – –  74

611 Project Achievement- – – – – – – –  74

612 Project Strength- – – – – – – – – – –  75

613 Project Weakness- – – – – – – – – –  75

62 Future Work – – – – – – – – – – – –  75

63 Conclusion – – – – – – – – – –  76

BIBLIOGRAPHY- – – – – – – – – – – – 77

POSTER- – – – – – – – – – – – P-1

PLAGIARISM CHECK RESULT – – – – – – – – – P-2