TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liquid, Inc. (head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN. Yasuhiro Kuda,
CEO), who conduct research and development of biometric authentication
engines, will begin full-scale introduction in October 2017 of the
next-generation fingerprint authentication system “Touch & Pay” (http://miqip-info.jp/en/service10/),
expanding nationwide for social implementation in 2020.
Together
with full-scale introduction, we will hold a special member registration
campaign for “Touch & Pay”, with winners receiving up to 1 million yen’s
worth of points.
About “Touch & Pay”
“Touch & Pay” is one of the “infrastructure
improvement projects to create new business for IoT promotion”
(IoT-based Omotenashi Demonstration Projects) promoted by the Ministry
of Economy, Trade and Industry.
It is a stress-free,
next-generation platform that allows you to enjoy various payment
services and hospitality services using fingerprint-based biometrics.
With
a view to social implementation in 2020, we have been conducting field
trials at about 220 sightseeing and accommodation facilities in towns
such as Yugawara and Hakone since 2016, and in October we will begin
full-scale introduction of “Touch & Pay”, expanding to operating
facilities all across Japan.
Changing future lifestyles with a next-generation fingerprint
authentication system
“Touch & Pay” is a system that provides
accurate and high-speed fingerprint authentication on tablets and
fingerprint readers.
Registering tickets or cash with fingerprints
will reduce the need to worry about lost items and eliminate queues and
congestion due to ticket processing.
In addition, if it is linked
with a credit card, etc., it is not necessary to remember a PIN number,
and a “hands-free life” where you do not need to carry things, can be
realized.
Technical features of Touch & Pay
Fingerprint feature points are digitized and encrypted, making
restoration following data theft impossible
Fingerprints themselves
are not stored as image data, and “feature points” such as endpoints and
branch points are stored in a unique format. Even if the data is stolen,
it is impossible to recreate the fingerprint image.
Achieving high
accuracy with image analysis AI technology
By acquiring more
feature points than general fingerprint authentication or vein
authentication, we have achieved accuracy that is approximately 90,000
times (one in 9 billion) that of general fingerprint or vein
authentication (the probability of mistaking another person for oneself).
Machine
learning index search technology allows us to achieve high-speed
authentication, even for large-scale use
Unlike the conventional
sequential search of biometric authentication, we utilize a patented
machine learning index search technology to realize a speed 300 times
faster than the conventional type, when used on a large scale.
We will carry out a campaign that awards points worth up to 1 million
yen.
[Member registration method]
• Please access the
following URL and register as a member.
https://touchpay.pass.co.jp/
* You
cannot connect with a feature phone.
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