[Bakan Co., Ltd.] In collaboration with Daiichi Building, we introduced “AirKnock”, a media to prevent toilet congestion, into 600 private rooms in 8 office buildings managed and operated by the company.
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Press release: December 28, 2023
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In collaboration with Daiichi Building, we introduced “AirKnock”, a media to prevent congestion in toilets, to 600 private rooms in 8 office buildings managed and operated by the company.
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Bakan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Goshin Kono, hereinafter referred to as “Bakan”), a startup that provides services that eliminate unnecessary “waiting” by utilizing AI and IoT, is Daiichi Building Co., Ltd. (main office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and President: Sakurai The 600 private rooms (planned) in 8 office buildings managed and operated by Kenji (hereinafter referred to as “Daiichi Building”) will be equipped with “VACAN AirKnock”, a toilet congestion prevention media.
We will introduce “AirKnock”. *
* ■Purpose of introduction*
Toilet congestion prevention media “AirKnock”
(https://corp.vacan.com/throne-airknock
) uses AI and IoT to display real-time toilet congestion information and usage times obtained on a monitor installed on the wall of a private room, encouraging users to leave the room voluntarily and preventing them from using the room for long periods of time. This is a service that does. Additionally, notices and advertisements from the facility can be distributed through the monitors installed in the private rooms.
This time, the service will be gradually introduced to 600 private rooms (planned) in eight office buildings managed and operated by Dai-ichi Building, with the aim of improving the satisfaction of facility users by reducing crowding in the restrooms.
* (Expected effects of service introduction) *
* ・Improving user satisfaction by reducing toilet congestion: * In a demonstration experiment using this service, it was confirmed that the time spent using the toilet in an office was reduced by 45 minutes per day per private room. In addition, the number of private room uses for “30 minutes or more” decreased by 64%, the use for 20 minutes or more decreased by 43%, and the number of times used for 15 minutes or more decreased by 29%.
*Usage reduction time etc. are reference values and may change depending on location and environment.
* ■About “AirKnock”, a media for preventing crowding in toilets* “AirKnock” uses technologies that Bakan has accumulated over the years, such as automatically adjusting the length of advertisements depending on the level of congestion, and changing the screen display to a display that helps reduce the number of guests staying in Japan, depending on the length of their stay. By using a number of patented technologies (including pending applications) created from our know-how, we are able to reduce crowding in toilets and make them more media-friendly. It has been installed in approximately 10,500 locations (as of December 2023), mainly offices and commercial facilities nationwide.
* ■About Daiichi Building Co., Ltd.*
Company name: Daiichi Building Co., Ltd.
Representative Director and President: Kenji Sakurai
Address: Art Village Osaki Central Tower 11F, 1-2-2 Osaki,
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032
URL: https://www.dai-ichi-building.co.jp/
* ■About VACAN Co., Ltd.*
Company name: Bakan Co., Ltd.
Representative: Goshin Kono
Location: Hanzomon PREX South 3F, 2-5-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Established: June 2016
URL: https://corp.vacan.com/
Bakan is J-Startup, a public-private support program selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
2019 selected company. Utilizing IoT and AI, we detect the
availability of all kinds of places, including restaurant areas, cafes, restrooms, tourist spots, evacuation centers, and voting stations, and deliver the information to digital signage and smartphones. In addition to visualizing availability, we also suppress and manage congestion, and provide a wide range of DX services that eliminate unnecessary waiting based on availability/congestion information.
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