diff --git a/modules/objdetect/include/opencv2/objdetect/graphical_code_detector.hpp b/modules/objdetect/include/opencv2/objdetect/graphical_code_detector.hpp
index ed697c50c0..d30d42ce52 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/include/opencv2/objdetect/graphical_code_detector.hpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/include/opencv2/objdetect/graphical_code_detector.hpp
@@ -73,6 +73,17 @@ public:
     */
     CV_WRAP bool detectAndDecodeMulti(InputArray img, CV_OUT std::vector<std::string>& decoded_info, OutputArray points = noArray(),
                                       OutputArrayOfArrays straight_code = noArray()) const;
+
+#ifdef OPENCV_BINDINGS_PARSER
+    CV_WRAP_AS(detectAndDecodeBytes) NativeByteArray detectAndDecode(InputArray img, OutputArray points = noArray(),
+                                                                     OutputArray straight_code = noArray()) const;
+    CV_WRAP_AS(decodeBytes) NativeByteArray decode(InputArray img, InputArray points, OutputArray straight_code = noArray()) const;
+    // CV_WRAP_AS(decodeBytesMulti) bool decodeMulti(InputArray img, InputArray points, CV_OUT std::vector<NativeByteArray>& decoded_info,
+    //                                               OutputArrayOfArrays straight_code = noArray()) const;
+    // CV_WRAP_AS(detectAndDecodeBytesMulti) bool detectAndDecodeMulti(InputArray img, CV_OUT std::vector<NativeByteArray>& decoded_info, OutputArray points = noArray(),
+    //                                                                 OutputArrayOfArrays straight_code = noArray()) const;
+#endif
+
     struct Impl;
 protected:
     Ptr<Impl> p;
diff --git a/modules/objdetect/misc/python/pyopencv_objdetect.hpp b/modules/objdetect/misc/python/pyopencv_objdetect.hpp
index e84658fcc7..770c0a5e0e 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/misc/python/pyopencv_objdetect.hpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/misc/python/pyopencv_objdetect.hpp
@@ -7,32 +7,20 @@ typedef QRCodeEncoder::Params QRCodeEncoder_Params;
 typedef HOGDescriptor::HistogramNormType HOGDescriptor_HistogramNormType;
 typedef HOGDescriptor::DescriptorStorageFormat HOGDescriptor_DescriptorStorageFormat;
 
-static PyObject* pyopencv_cv_GraphicalCodeDetector_detectAndDecode(PyObject* self, PyObject* py_args, PyObject* kw);
-
-static PyObject* detectAndDecodeBytes(PyObject* self, PyObject* py_args, PyObject* kw) {
-    // Run original method
-    PyObject* retval = pyopencv_cv_GraphicalCodeDetector_detectAndDecode(self, py_args, kw);
-
-    if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
-        PyObject *type = nullptr, *value = nullptr, *traceback = nullptr;
-        PyErr_Fetch(&type, &value, &traceback);
-
-        PyObject* object = PyUnicodeDecodeError_GetObject(value);
-        if (object && PyBytes_Check(object)) {
-            PyTuple_SetItem(retval, 0, object);
-        } else {
-            PyErr_Restore(type, value, traceback);
-        }
-    } else {
-        PyObject* str = PyTuple_GetItem(retval, 0);
-        PyObject* bytes = PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(str, "utf-8", 0);
-        PyTuple_SetItem(retval, 0, bytes);
+class NativeByteArray
+{
+public:
+    inline NativeByteArray& operator=(const std::string& from) {
+        val = from;
+        return *this;
     }
-    return retval;
+    std::string val;
+};
+
+template<>
+PyObject* pyopencv_from(const NativeByteArray& from)
+{
+    return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(from.val.c_str(), from.val.size());
 }
 
-// TODO: copy docstring somehow
-#define PYOPENCV_EXTRA_METHODS_GraphicalCodeDetector \
-    {"detectAndDecodeBytes", CV_PY_FN_WITH_KW_(detectAndDecodeBytes, 0), ""},
-
 #endif
diff --git a/modules/objdetect/src/qrcode.cpp b/modules/objdetect/src/qrcode.cpp
index ac233f32e1..2601f4e15b 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/src/qrcode.cpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/src/qrcode.cpp
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ QRCodeDetector& QRCodeDetector::setEpsY(double epsY) {
 QRCodeEncoder::ECIEncodings QRCodeDetector::getEncoding(int codeIdx) {
     auto& encodings = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<ImplContour>(p)->encodings;
     CV_Assert(codeIdx >= 0);
-    CV_Assert(codeIdx < encodings.size());
+    CV_Assert(codeIdx < static_cast<int>(encodings.size()));
     return encodings[codeIdx];
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/python/src2/cv2_convert.cpp b/modules/python/src2/cv2_convert.cpp
index 6352c6067a..0626e42e53 100644
--- a/modules/python/src2/cv2_convert.cpp
+++ b/modules/python/src2/cv2_convert.cpp
@@ -739,16 +739,14 @@ bool pyopencv_to(PyObject* obj, String &value, const ArgInfo& info)
 template<>
 PyObject* pyopencv_from(const String& value)
 {
-    PyObject* ret = PyString_FromString(value.empty() ? "" : value.c_str());
-    return ret ? ret : Py_None;
+    return PyString_FromString(value.empty() ? "" : value.c_str());
 }
 
 #if CV_VERSION_MAJOR == 3
 template<>
 PyObject* pyopencv_from(const std::string& value)
 {
-    PyObject* ret = PyString_FromString(value.empty() ? "" : value.c_str());
-    return ret ? ret : Py_None;
+    return PyString_FromString(value.empty() ? "" : value.c_str());
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/modules/python/src2/gen2.py b/modules/python/src2/gen2.py
index 4649b0ebe8..7d9f75063c 100755
--- a/modules/python/src2/gen2.py
+++ b/modules/python/src2/gen2.py
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ static PyGetSetDef pyopencv_${name}_getseters[] =
 
 static PyMethodDef pyopencv_${name}_methods[] =
 {
-#ifdef PYOPENCV_EXTRA_METHODS_${name}
-    PYOPENCV_EXTRA_METHODS_${name}
-#endif
 ${methods_inits}
     {NULL,          NULL}
 };
diff --git a/modules/python/src2/typing_stubs_generation/predefined_types.py b/modules/python/src2/typing_stubs_generation/predefined_types.py
index 6879d1a18d..d7ed78b231 100644
--- a/modules/python/src2/typing_stubs_generation/predefined_types.py
+++ b/modules/python/src2/typing_stubs_generation/predefined_types.py
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ _PREDEFINED_TYPES = (
         export_name="ExtractMetaCallback",
         required_modules=("gapi",)
     ),
+    PrimitiveTypeNode("NativeByteArray", "bytes"),
 )
 
 PREDEFINED_TYPES = dict(