Inside Asian Gaming

IAG MAR 2020年3月 亞博匯 98 JAPAN demand in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympics, and they will be eager to continue the momentum via IRs. Security technology was represented in Yokohama by Fujitsu, Toshiba, Panasonic and Alsok, with combinations of face-recognition and biometric authentication at the forefront of their displays. Fujitsu currently boasts authentication of over 1 million people through the combination of face- recognition and palm veins, and was the company responsible for first developing palmvein authentication, which is becoming increasingly commonplace. Toshiba introduced a system that allows for two- factor authentication using one device by registering fingerprint information in the IC card in advance. Panasonic displayed its “See-through translation counter”, which uses face recognition to automatically detect the user’s language and then displays the translated results of real-time conversations through a transparent monitor. The technology, which allows people speaking different languages to converse, is largely targeted for use at hotel front desks or information counters. The use of facial recognition is expected to be a common theme of Japan’s IRs, with the ability to quickly identify people registered as problem gamblers likely to appeal to the concerns of national and local governments. Another product to feature prominently in Yokohama was digital signage. With Japan boasting the reputation of a global leader in cutting-edge visual technologies, it was no surprise to see such diversity of designs, such as cube-shaped digital signage that can be combined freely to create vibrant video, and video that changes with footsteps using pressure sensors. Most eye-catching thoughwasMitsubishi Electric's "Aerial Displays." This remarkable technology generates images in thin air through reflectors, sourced from an LED display, and gives the distinct impression to passers-by that they are about to step 是最早開發手掌靜脈認證的企業，這項技術現在已越來越普遍。 東芝則推出使用一個設備進行兩層身份認證的系統，只需預 先取得使用者在身份證明文件上登陸的指紋。 松下展出「透視翻譯」設備，利用面部識別技術立即偵測客人 所使用的語言，然後透過透明的顯示器，為實時對話進行翻譯。這 項技術讓不同母語的人士溝通，可大致應用於酒店前台或查詢櫃 檯。 面部識別技術預計將成為日本IR項目的特色之一，可快速偵 測已知的問題賭徒，以回應地區及全國政府的關注。 另一廣泛地在橫濱站展示的產品是數碼指示標。日本在尖端 視覺技術領域享有冠絕全球的聲譽，所以展會上相關的多元化設 計實在不足為奇，包括可以自由構建生動視頻的立方體數碼指示 標誌，以及透過壓力感應器偵測腳步而變化的視頻裝置。 但最引人注目的展示來自三菱電機的「空中顯示裝置」，這項 非凡技術通過LED顯示及反射器，隨意在空氣中生成圖像，給客人 留下獨特的印象，令他們猶如即將踏入科幻電影。三菱電機表示， 現正繼續開發相關產品，預計可於2021年推出，可在空氣中創建 導航指引以及各式娛樂顯示。 招聘機構也開始採取行動，一位代表接受《亞博匯》訪問時稱： 「我們一直有意參與這地區的酒店和會展的招聘工作。雖然這是 我們第一次參展，但我們接獲的查詢已遠遠超出我們的預期。」 對於那些希望投入日本IR項目的人士而言，現在可能仍言之 尚早，但日本作為一個以科技先進聞名的國度，現在是時候令人 留下深刻的印象 。