Panasonic Facial Recognition Access Control at Belgian R.W.D Molenbeek Stadium

Members of Belgian football club R.W.D. Molenbeek will easily and quickly access the stands of its stadium, thanks to Panasonic's facial recognition technology, to be installed on the access entry.

Although the project is still in the testing phase, the Belgian stadium of the R.W.D. Molenbeek will install a facial recognition system at its entrances developed by Panasonic.

Fans of this football club who request their season tickets online can now associate a photo with their profile, which will be used to identify them in their access to the stadium through real-time recordings, with the help of two cameras installed at the entrance for partners.

In addition, at the beginning of 2019 an automatic door will be installed which will in turn complete the new identification process with facial recognition technology.

Spectators who have forgotten their paper entry will be able to enter the stadium without any problem, thanks to the system installed by the specialist Zetes, based in Brussels, using Panasonic's facial recognition technology.

However, those who do not have any photo in their digital profile, or who are not listed as ticket holders, they must pass through the conventional doors and show their entry into the access barriers.

Reliability and privacy protection

Panasonic's facial recognition software is used only for stadium access controls and has an additional advantage for seasonal subscribers in comfort and speed .

Thierry Dailly, president of the R.W.D. Molenbeek, underlines this: "the detection system, with its fast and reliable data processing functionality, it allows us to install a solution to speed up the entrance controls to the stadium".

For its part, Alain Wirtz, CEO of Zetes, adds that "this project is a perfect example of how we can benefit from the innovative features offered by the Panasonic group, owner of Zetes; a company specialized in identification technologies with various applications. We hope that this project can serve as a showcase for our products".

Amateur photographs are scanned and stored on an R.W.D server. Molenbeek, that you are not connected to the Internet or any other system. Only the personnel authorized by this football club can access that data. Also, the information collected by the cameras at the entrance door is not recorded to preserve confidentiality.

Moreover, in April 2017, Panasonic acquired a majority stake in Zetes, based in Brussels and presence in more than twenty countries, which was completed in July of that same year with the purchase of the 100% of the actions.

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