JR West Japan
We will start a demonstration experiment of face recognition ticket gates at Osaka Station (Umekita area)!
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West Japan Railway Company (Headquarters: Kita-ku, Osaka; President: Kazuaki Hasegawa) announced that Osaka Station (Umekita area), which is scheduled to open on March 18, 2023, will be built in accordance with the JR West Technology Vision. Positioned as a station that challenges to In addition, we will position Osaka Station (Umekita area) as the center of the “JR WEST LABO” innovation testing ground, promote new value creation, and report that we will work to solve management and social issues. Thank you.
This time, we will inform you of the implementation of the
demonstration experiment of the “face recognition ticket gate” to be introduced at the Umekita underground ticket gate.
*Osaka Station (Umekita area):
https://www.westjr.co.jp/railroad/project/project2/
* “JR West Technology Vision”:
http://www.westjr.co.jp/company/action/technology/vision/
* Co-creation at “JR WEST LABO”:
https://www.westjr.co.jp/railroad/westlabo/
*Umekita underground ticket gate:
https://www.westjr.co.jp/press/article/items/221201_00_press_umekitakaigyo.pdf Face recognition ticket gate development overview
We verified a new “ticketless authentication method” that uses the face as a key, positioned it as a challenge to build a next-generation seamless mobile service that combines digital technology and the real world, and developed a face authentication ticket gate. rice field. We provide a place where you can experience new digital technology in real life. The face recognition ticket gates installed at Osaka Station (Umekita Underground Entrance) not only offer an exciting experience with an innovative design that makes you feel the near future, but also allow you to enter and exit at the same time without setting up a gate. , We will install a walk-through ticket gate that has never existed before.
Demonstration experiment Overview
This facial recognition ticket gate will be introduced as a
demonstration experiment when Osaka Station (Umekita area) opens. A simple face recognition ticket gate will also be installed at the Shin-Osaka Station east exit ticket gate, and a demonstration experiment will be conducted between Osaka Station and Shin-Osaka Station. Monitor participants are those who have an ICOCA commuter pass that includes travel between Osaka Station and Shin-Osaka Station. You can experience seamless transportation and a special futuristic feeling unique to “Umekita”, so if you are interested, please apply.
* Detailed information on the demonstration experiment and how to recruit monitors are scheduled to be announced around February 2023. [Image 2
*Please see our website for details. (https://www.westjr.co.jp/)
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