IDEMIA Provides Seamless Biometric Access Control to Digital Garage’s New Headquarters in Japan

The Tokyo-based internet group and startup incubator is the first in Japan to use this unique touchless fingerprint MorphoWave™ Compact reader.

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, today announced the first deployment of MorphoWave™ Compact in Japan to provide high security and convenience for businesses and the public.

The contactless fingerprint technology was installed in the new headquarters of Digital Garage, located in the famous Shibuya district in Tokyo. They are the first to experience such a fast, frictionless and seamless biometric access control in Japan, through this deployment conducted in collaboration with IDEMIA’s official value added partner JAPAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION (JAC). JAC also conducted the network configuration using MorphoWave™ Compact to integrate with Digital Garage’s system.

The Shibuya headquarters’ 450 employees enjoy all the benefits of MorphoWave™ Compact for office and floor access control. They can authenticate their biometrics by a touchless “wave” gesture of the hand within the MorphoWave™ Compact reader, which ensures efficiency, convenience, speed and security. This is also a more hygienic verification method since the users’ fingers are not in contact with the biometric sensor, whether accessing the building and floor or being enrolled.

MorphoWave™ Compact is a biometric reader equipped with 3D fingerprint technology powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can scan four fingers in less than one second. The algorithms in the biometric system ensure high matching accuracy and it enables up to 100,000 users being identified by one device. In a broader view, MorphoWave™ Compact eliminates the need for cards, remembering PINs, tailgating and importantly, the concern of multiple people touching a surface.

Nezu Nobuyoshi, Managing Director and Vice President of Sales in IDEMIA Japan said: “With the increasing number of access points in buildings and offices, having touchless 3D fingerprint authentication technology is increasingly important to achieve convenience and maximum security. As a leader in biometrics, we want to provide entities with an advanced biometric technology that is convenient to use and allows users to identify themselves without complications.”

A spokesperson from Digital Garage said: “We are proud to be the first in Japan to implement this touchless 3D fingerprint technology for biometric access control, which ensures accurate identification of our employees and visitors. IDEMIA’s technology is the ideal fit for us, thanks to its versatile and easy deployment, accuracy and reliability in fingerprint matching.”

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About IDEMIA

IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, provides a trusted environment enabling citizens and consumers alike to perform their daily critical activities (such as pay, connect and travel), in the physical as well as digital space.

Securing our identity has become mission critical in the world we live in today. By standing for Augmented Identity, an identity that ensures privacy and trust and guarantees secure, authenticated and verifiable transactions, we reinvent the way we think, produce, use and protect one of our greatest assets – our identity – whether for individuals or for objects, whenever and wherever security matters. We provide Augmented Identity for international clients from Financial, Telecom, Identity, Public Security and IoT sectors. With 13,000 employees around the world, IDEMIA serves clients in 180 countries.

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About Digital Garage

Digital Garage is engaged in two recurring businesses: the fintech business, which provides a package of various payment methods to e-commerce operators and face-to-face retailers, and the marketing business, which provides integrated solutions in the digital and real fields. In addition, it is developing investment and development businesses for promising companies around the world. In addition, in collaboration with our core partners, they operate DG Lab, an open innovation R&D organization. As a company that creates new "contexts" in the Internet age, they will connect various businesses and create innovative services.

About JAC

JAPAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION (JAC) has a history of more than 60 years and a core aerospace company of ITOCHU Group, providing unique and specialized services based on the concept of "only one" and "niche top". JAC offers value added "engineering and technical” services and propose business solutions, mainly relating to national security and social infrastructure along with improvement of safety, comfortability and affordability to the Japanese market.