Sushi Restaurant Installs Camera With Artificial Intelligence After Scandal Licks

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JAKARTA - The well-knownfocusedfocus Restaurant chain operator Kura Sushi Inc., announced it had installed a camera system equipped with artificial intelligence on its walking tires in its restaurant, after the industry was rocked by a series of incidents involving soy sauce bottle customers and other unhygienic actions.

Large scandals had an impact on the sector, as several cases were recorded and uploaded online, attracting millions of views and encouraging several restaurants to submit damage reports to the police.

Turtle Sushi, which has installed cameras in its restaurant to calculate customer plates, has modified its system so that it can identify suspicious behavior, such as returning plates to a conveyor belt.

His offices in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, and Osaka will be notified after the system detects the behavior, and restaurants where the incident occurred will be informed. The new equipment can identify the special plate and seat number in question, he said.

"Sush the conveyor belt is something we are proud of as part of Japanese culture. We want to make sure our customers can eat sushi delivered in a belt safely and comfortably," a company official said, according to Kyodo News March 2.

Anotherfous restaurant has also begun to take precautions in the face of a sudden surge in malicious customers.

Sushiro, another walking tireharap chain, said last month it would temporarily limit the use of walking tires to order food.

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As previously reported, Akindo Sushiro Co. said in a press release, customers would be asked to order food on the touchscreen panel instead of picking up ready-to-eat food served on a plate that runs in a conveyor belt past many visitors. That's after customers were found to have abused and littered unused cups andfoams.

The move comes after videos of unhygienic behavior by customers at virtual restaurants in cyberspace, led Akindo Sushiro to file a lawsuit against police for damage to customers earlier this week.

In addition, Sushiro restaurants will install acrylic boards between chairs and walking tires, to prevent unnecessary contacts betweenerates and customers. If customers feel uncomfortable using tea cups and the spices provided on their desks, the restaurant will replace them with different ones when requested.

Previously, in a video widely shared on social media, a customer of the Sushiro branch in Gifu Prefecture, Japan was caughtURing the top of an open soy sauce bottle, putting the edges of unused tea cups into their mouths, and then sweeping a plate of Mario's plate with his finger covered in saliva.