Magical viewing experience
for both kids and adults.
LINNÉ LENS
Instant recognition by your smartphone
LINNÉ LENS Guide
An illustrated book of living things at your fingertips.
LINNÉ LENS Screen
Viewing experience to delight everyone.
Multi-language support.
Supports: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Thai (more supported languages can be added).
LINNÉ LENS
Real-time AI and AR guide App for aquariums and zoos.
Instant recognition by aiming your smartphone at the creature.
Recognizes over 10,000 species in just 0.1 seconds. Recognizes a wide range of animals including fish, birds, mammals, insects, amphibians, reptiles, shellfish, and crustaceans. Corresponded to 90% of all animals in Japanese aquariums and zoos. Other species can also be added to be recognized.
Original explanation display.
The original explanation can be displayed only when the guest is in the facility tracked by GPS. The description of the recognized species is saved in the app and can be accessed again any time.
Your own picture book of the world.
Animal recognition results are automatically saved and collected. With the recognized images and original explanations of the animals, you can make your own unique picture book.
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LINNÉ LENS at the zoo
LINNÉ LENS Guide
The facility's original QR-based illustrated encyclopedia of creatures.
No need to install an app
Scan the QR codes in exhibition areas and tanks to display in a browser a list of the species being exhibited, along with photos. We can provide separate floor guides and lists of species exhibited for each facility, as well as photos and original commentary for each species being exhibited.
A proprietary database that includes the latest scientific names
By crawling diverse sources of species names dispersed by taxonomic group and region, we are building a database of over 500,000 species of plants and animals, with up-to-date scientific names and synonyms, as well as Japanese, English and local names in over 18 languages.
Easily update anytime
Changes to the species on display, which occur frequently, can be updated instantly by anybody at anytime using the dedicated management tool. The structure and exhibition flow, such as the floors, zones, and tanks, for each facility can also be changed easily using the management tool.
LINNÉ LENS Screen
Next-generation AI exhibition system for you to see, touch, and learn intuitively.
Introduced at KAWASUI Kawasaki Aquarium
Analyzes live video automatically.
Live video from underwater cameras can be analyzed in real-time by the Edge AI system, and the species name and description can be automatically displayed on a large touch panel.
Multi-camera and multi-display.
Video from one camera can be displayed on multiple screens, or video from multiple cameras can be displayed on one screen.
Show original explanations.
By touching a creature on the screen, the original explanation is displayed for the respective facility. The explanation can be updated in real-time at any time with the management tool.
Equipped with touchless mode to mitigate COVID-19
As a coronavirus safety measure, a touchless auto mode is provided to automatically display the species name and description.
Technology supporting the experience.
Our proprietary on-device AI recognition technology (patented) can instantly detect multiple, fast-moving creatures and classify them accurately.
We have over 100 experts' network checking our ever-increasing knowledge base to improve recognition accuracy.
Customer Testimonials
It has been praised by many popular facilities.
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Masataka Suzuki, Director of KAWASUI Kawasaki AquariumIt is an extremely wonderful technology that lets you know information regarding the creatures in an aquarium with real-time AI analysis. We expect that it will be very helpful in educating children on the environment, which is KAWASUI Kawasaki Aquarium's goal. At KAWASUI Kawasaki Aquarium, original explanations that let one feel the love that the crew has for the creatures are introduced, and I think that its ability to portray the originality of the aquarium also contributes to its charm.
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Junichi Fujimori, Director of Maxell Aqua Park ShinagawaWith the concept of "fusing cutting-edge technology with marine creatures," we've wanted to communicate information about our animals in a way that is also entertaining. As an aquarium located in the heart of Tokyo, it is important for us to be able to provide multilingual support for our guests from within Japan and abroad. LINNÉ LENS is the best solution that we've found ever.
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Masaya Ozawa, Director of Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai AquariumWhen you ask, "Hey, what's the name of this fish?" LINNÉ LENS will provide the answer. It will draw you into a new world of knowledge and satisfy the curiosity of everyone. It can tell you more about types of fish that you can only find here, and provide you with original commentaries of our aquarium staff. It is time to dive into a whole new aquarium experience.
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Toshiaki Ishibashi, Director of Shimonoseki Marine Science Museum KAIKYOKANIts charm lies above all in the ability of visitors to take action themselves and learn about living things while having fun. "Learn while having fun" is also one of the necessary elements of an aquarium. "LINNÉ LENS", which allows visitors to instinctively try to learn about living things, has a hidden potential to change future explanations of living things in aquariums.
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Masayuki Nakamura, Director of MARINE WORLD uminonakamichiThe name of a creature is displayed the moment you hold up your smartphone, without the need to look for an explanation board at the aquarium! It is an evolving field guide that lets you obtain the information that you want the moment that you want to know it. It can convey real-time information that an explanation board cannot hold and has the potential to limitlessly expand the ways to enjoy it.
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Yoshikazu Miyazato, Director of NEOPARK OKINAWAWe were impressed by how information about animals could be obtained just by holding up your hand. We place importance on barrier-free interactions with animals while you walk freely inside of our spacious grounds, and hope that by having them make use of LINNÉ LENS, it will become possible for visitors to have fun by proactively exploring for themselves, something that cannot be done with explanations displayed on signs.
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Katsushi Maruyama, Director of Sunshine AquariumFirst of all, I was very surprised to see the organism name displayed instantaneously simply by scanning using the phone. It is wonderful for customers to know more about creatures beyond the constraints of the commentary display in the aquarium. Since it is also possible to display the aquarium or zoo's very own commentary, it is really interesting how users will be able to see the unique perspectives of each and every staff in different locations.
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Kanau Okude, Director of Toba AquariumUpon placing the smartphone over the organisms, each type was instantly displayed and changed to an illustration. This was quite shocking. At the same time, our dream of introducing all 1,200 species, the highest number of any aquarium in Japan, is likely to change to reality. The customers' experience in aquariums can be fully enhanced with a combination of seeing the organisms in action and LINNÉ LENS' characteristics.
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Kiyonori Nishida, Director of Osaka Aquarium KaiyukanI was surprised by the app's ability to recognize multiple organisms simultaneously with high accuracy. The Kaiyu Aquarium is focused on reproducing the natural environmental feel with our large aquarium, and our challenge was in displaying the names of organisms that various customers were interested in in a timely manner. I expect that being able to look up names while having fun will further their interest in living things.
Examples of app utilization
Many popular facilities have introduced it.
Awards
We have received many prestigious awards in Japan and around the world.
What is possible in the facility.
Unlimited use within the facility.
Visitors can use the service unlimited for free in the facility.
There are no restrictions on the identification of up to 10 species per day within the facility using GPS.
Original explanations.
You can create original explanations to be viewed only in the facility.
You can also post unique commentaries involving specific keepers who are always caring for the animals.
Optimizing recognition accuracy.
Recognition accuracy is optimized to suit the exhibition species and environment.
After being optimized, the recognition accuracy attains 92% on average. New species can also be added and learned by the system.
Dedicated tool for easy updates.
Use the dedicated tool to update the exhibited species and explanations at any time.
Updates appear immediately, and bulk uploading enable updates in batches.
Pricing
To suit your needs, we offer three pricing plans. For details, contact us.
Your camera, touch panel, and PC you will use with the LINNÉ LENS Screen must meet the required specifications.
| Free | Standard | Premium | ||
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| Initial fee and monthly fee (1 year contract) | Free | Contact us | Contact us | |
| Set-up support |  |  | | |
| LINNÉ LENS | Number of recognitions in the facility | 30 species a day | unlimited | unlimited |
| Original explanations uploaded | | | | |
| Optimization of recognition accuracy | | | | |
| Support for adding new species | | | | |
| Usage reports | | | | |
| LINNÉ LENS Guide | Picture book by facility | | | |
| LINNÉ LENS Screen | Touch panel for explanations | | (Additional options) | |
| Live analysis and automatic display | | | | |
| Initial fee and monthly fee (1 year contract) | Free | |
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| Set-up support | | |
| LINNÉ LENS | Number of recognitions in the facility | 30 species a day |
| Original explanations uploaded | | |
| Optimization of recognition accuracy | | |
| Support for adding new species | | |
| Usage reports | | |
| LINNÉ LENS Guide | Picture book by facility | |
| LINNÉ LENS Screen | Touch panel for explanations | |
| Live analysis and automatic display | | |
| Initial fee and monthly fee (1 year contract) | Contact us | |
|---|---|---|
| Set-up support | | |
| LINNÉ LENS | Number of recognitions in the facility | unlimited |
| Original explanations uploaded | | |
| Optimization of recognition accuracy | | |
| Support for adding new species | | |
| Usage reports | | |
| LINNÉ LENS Guide | Picture book by facility | |
| LINNÉ LENS Screen | Touch panel for explanations | (Additional options) |
| Live analysis and automatic display | | |
| Initial fee and monthly fee (1 year contract) | Contact us | |
|---|---|---|
| Set-up support | | |
| LINNÉ LENS | Number of recognitions in the facility | unlimited |
| Original explanations uploaded | | |
| Optimization of recognition accuracy | | |
| Support for adding new species | | |
| Usage reports | | |
| LINNÉ LENS Guide | Picture book by facility | |
| LINNÉ LENS Screen | Touch panel for explanations | |
| Live analysis and automatic display | | |
Contact us
To all parties affiliated with aquariums, zoos, nature parks and museums:
Besides consultation for installing LINNÉ LENS and LINNÉ LENS Screen,
we can also develop original exhibition systems with our technology.
Please feel free to get in touch.
Download
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