Started a demonstration survey of community bus usage using a face recognition system in Izumi Park Town Company release

Category: Goods and services

Release issuer: Panasonic

Panasonic System Solutions Japan Co., Ltd. (President: Tatsuo Katakura, hereinafter referred to as Panasonic) is a community bus that runs in Izumi Park Town (Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture) from November 17th (Tuesday) to December 7th (Monday), 2020. We have started a survey to study and verify the construction of a highly convenient service / transportation system desired in the region by using a face recognition system to acquire passenger usage data on these two routes. ■ About this demonstration survey This demonstration survey aims to solve problems in suburban residential areas such as aging, and the "Advanced Initiatives Council in Izumi-ku, Sendai City" with Mitsubishi Estate as the representative secretary is an ordinance of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. An empirical survey conducted to promote the construction of highly convenient services and transportation systems desired in the region in order to accelerate the smart community / mobility of Izumi Park Town as part of the "Smart City Model Project" in the first year of Japan. It will be. Among them, OD data (passengers who boarded at a certain bus stop at which bus stop) had acquired OD data as a typical method in the usage survey on community buses so far, such as visual measurement and utilization of questionnaires. We are aiming for efficient data acquisition by utilizing face recognition technology in this demonstration. Specifically, first, by registering the passenger's face at the time of boarding and authenticating at the time of getting off, the number of people at the boarding / alighting place is counted and OD data is acquired. 1. Connect the camera to the tablet for face image acquisition (GPS is built-in), operate the boarding / disembarking button on the application screen when getting on / off (supported by the tour conductor), and create and send the following data. ..・ Face data (route ID + face image + GPS information) (In order to acquire bus driving information, we will hold longitude and latitude information regularly with GPS, and we will consider supporting the bus location function in the future) ・ Face Data is sent to the receiving application on the cloud for each button operation (after sending, the face photo is deleted from the tablet) ・ The face photo is sent to μSockets (* 1) from the cloud, and the face ID number and face Register feature amount data (after sending from the cloud, the face photo on the cloud will be deleted immediately) 2. After the verification survey is completed, the following will be carried out.・ Create an analysis data file to enable the acquisition of boarding / alighting number and OD data for each bus stop by matching the boarding / alighting data acquired from the cloud on the Panasonic management PC with the bus stop GPS information. The file will be used as reference data for future extension, new route formulation, demanding, etc. In addition, starting from the mechanism of this demonstration experiment, as future development and application, we will consider services that improve customer experience value, such as authentication at the time of boarding using face recognition. * 1 μSockets: IoT platform service for BtoB https://biz.panasonic.com/jp-ja/products-services_mu-sockets ■ Panasonic's "face recognition" technology Panasonic's "face recognition" technology provides deep learning. It is the world's highest level face recognition technology that has been applied. You can use it comfortably without being affected by the orientation of your face, aging, and glasses. Panasonic has applied facial recognition technology to strict and smooth identity verification at airports, ticketless entry / exit at amusement parks, cashless payment at stores, IC cardless entry / exit at offices, etc. We have been developing this system and have achieved unique face recognition more than 100,000 times a day (according to Panasonic research). During this time, the fusion of the world's highest level face recognition technology and the UX design, which was realized through repeated demonstration experiments with customers in pursuit of ease of use in the field, makes entry and exit in the office safe, secure and efficient. Has contributed to doing so. In the future, in addition to expanding to office buildings, we will expand the introduction to stores / commercial facilities, exhibition halls / international conference halls, hotels, etc., and stress-free, safe, secure, and efficient next-generation type with face recognition. We aim to contribute to the creation of a space. ▼ Panasonic Face Authentication Site URL: https://biz.panasonic.com/jp-ja/solutions/facial-recognition ■ About Izumi Parktown https://www.izumi-parktown.com https://news.panasonic.com /jp/topics/167104.html https://www.mec.co.jp/j/branch/touhoku/news/pdf/mec191001_senndai.pdf [Contact for media] Panasonic Corporation Connected Solutions Public Relations Department Email: em-prpart@ml.jp.panasonic.com [Contact] Panasonic System Customer Service Center Phone: 0120-878-410 (Reception: 9:00 to 17:30 ) To the details of the corporate press release To the PRTIMES top

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