Japancv

Computer Vision · Biometric Authentication · Tokyo, Japan

Japan Computer Vision Corp. (JCV) was a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Corp. that developed and sold products based on image-recognition technology. Its computer-vision offering centered on face recognition, liveness detection and identity, device and event management for corporate and public-sector uses such as building access, authentication and face-enabled payments.

JCV Cloud supplied APIs and configurable components for developers and enterprise teams, while products such as JCV SPARK combined identity, device, event and access management. The company earned revenue from developing and selling these products and related solutions. SoftBank absorbed JCV effective May 1, 2026, and continued the biometric-authentication business within the parent company.