Tel Aviv Residential Complex Turns to Oosto for Access Control

People living in a new smart residential complex in Tel Aviv will be expected to use their faces to gain access to buildings and common areas. The Gindi TLV complex is located within walking distance of Tel Aviv’s major commercial and entertainment districts, and consists of four residential towers, as well as a mall, a country club, and several restaurants and cafés.

The facilities will also be outfitted with facial recognition and computer vision technology from Oosto. Facial recognition will enable contactless access control, while object recognition will improve safety and public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. In that regard, Oosto’s computer vision tech will allow Gindi TLV administrators to enforce social distancing and masking requirements in areas that are open to the public.

“Pre COVID, maintaining tenant safety was primarily about security – letting tenants and their guests in and keeping unauthorized people out,” said Oosto Israel and Central Europe Sales Director Ofer Schmidt. “These days we are seeing more and more prestigious residence complexes using face and object recognition to maintain the health of the tenant and staff.”

Those living in the Gindi TLV towers have access to a dedicated social network and an app that can be used to book various amenities. The start-up MyTower acted as Gindi TLV’s design partner for the development of the complex.

Gindi TLV’s use of facial recognition technology will enable a more streamlined access control experience, and minimize the need for physical contact at points of entry. The Oosto system is being presented as an alternative to keycards, fingerprints, and other more traditional access control methods.

Oosto is headquartered in Israel, and rebranded from AnyVision at the tail end of October. The company has since upgraded its mask detection capabilities, and released a new e-book to advocate for the ethical use of facial recognition.

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November 15, 2021 – by Eric Weiss