About Off-Line :
Currently, we operate through our wholly owned subsidiary, OFF Line Japan Co., Ltd., “OFF Line Japan”, which is engaged in providing telecommunication products and services in Japan, particularly, the following:
- SNS system called “AirTalk”
- AI Camera Service
- Beacon Business
- Kidnapping Prevention Device named “KID”
- Drone Management System Development
AirTalk
AirTalk is a social networking service (mobile application) with anonymous online/offline chat, having an Instagram-like functionality allowing users to post photos on maps, and the ability to post short messages as on Twitter. The most current version was released in December 2020. As we continue to develop AirTalk we plan to add more language options as we expand our reach globally. AirTalk was originally developed and released by OFF Line Co., Ltd., and the networking service has more than 20,000 users.
On December 1, 2019 OFF Line Co., Ltd. gifted the source code and rights to the program “AirTalk” to our wholly owned subsidiary, OFF Line Japan. OFF Line Co., Ltd. is controlled by our sole officer and director, Koichi Ishizuka.
After taking possession of the source code and rights to the program “AirTalk” we subsequently began to fix numerous bugs that we had discovered throughout the program. As of December 2020, all currently identified bugs have been fixed.
AirTalk’s unique feature is its offline chat function, which allows users to chat with each other even when they are unable to use the internet, using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Wi-Fi at a radius of 120 meters. Once users exceed a radius of 120 meters, offline chat will automatically switch over to online (internet-based) chat.
Another feature of AirTalk is its GPS Crossed Paths functionality. Users will set their Crossed Paths distance to any distance between 100 m and 2 km of their device. When another user enters this range (ex: 100 m), the user will receive a notification to their AirTalk app that they have crossed paths with that other user. As of today, this feature only works when the user is online, but during the process of ongoing development we intend to convert this feature to Bluetooth.
Features
- Communicate without an active internet or data connection – great for people on limited data plans, when traveling, or if there’s no internet connectivity in the area.
- Integrated profile builder.
- Send and receive messages with anybody using AirTalk in a 100 m radius.
- TWe will be able to share AirTalk user messages simultaneously via the local map and Twitter.
Current status
The most current version of AirTalk was released in December 2020; however, due to COVID-19, we have not commenced any marketing activity. We are going to work on marketing AirTalk as soon as COVID-19’s impact has decreased.
On January 1, 2020, OFF Line Japan Co., Ltd entered into an agreement with Ueda Tsusho Ltd to administer “AirTalk”, and to provide further development and maintenance of “AirTalk” and the Company’s other various software and hardware it may have, such as the Company’s AI system, all to be further developed on an ongoing need be basis. OFF Line Japan Co., Ltd shall compensate Ueda Tsusho Ltd in the amount of JPY 40,000 (approximately $380) per day; in this case a “day” will be defined as a calendar day during which services have been rendered. The total amount of days will be totaled and accordingly invoiced by Ueda Tsusho Ltd. to the Company at the end of the month, and the Company will be responsible for remitting full payment the following month. Any additional services not covered by the agreement shall receive compensation determined on a case by case basis. The term of the agreement shall be from January 1, 2020 until December 31, 2020, with automatic (unless terminated) extension for additional year long periods. On January 1, 2021 the agreement was automatically renewed for another twelve month period.
We have not yet determined a definitive plan as to how we will monetize AirTalk but we have tentative plans to monetize the mobile application in the future by adding “in app” advertisements from third parties that we would be compensated for by “pay per click”, or for each placement of each advertisement. We do not intend to solidify any monetization plans until the user base of AirTalk has increased and the impact of COVID-19 has decreased.
AI Camera Service
Our AI camera service uses AI facial recognition to distinguish between and identify human faces. We initially plan to release this service to institutions with the purpose of preventing the wandering of individuals suffering from dementia. In Japan, approximately 8.5 million people suffer from mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and incidents continue to occur in which such individuals wander away from care facilities and die or go missing.
With our AI camera service, photographs are taken of the faces of residents at care facilities and stored in the cloud. AI cameras, currently we specifically use the DeepLens created by Amazon, are placed in facility entrances, and when a relevant individual attempts to leave, the AI camera identifies this person and dispatches a notification to the supervisor of the facility such as by email or using a siren. This allows facility staff to stop the individual from leaving. The launch of this service initially targeted care facilities; however, there are a variety of different potential applications.
Features
AI camera is a system that uses face recognition technology to prevent wandering and prevent unauthorized outings from medical institutions. To date, we have been pairing our AI camera service with Amazon's AWS DeepLens, a camera which can be used in multiple focal planes. This service is for “wander prevention” purposes, and it has the capability to detect “people who are, and are not, wearing surgical masks”, outsiders entering a “restricted area”, and in general allows for the detection of men, women, animals, etc. AI Camera Service’s settings will allow it to detect individuals whose faces are stored in the data server and/or individuals whose features are not stored in the data server, and alerts can be sent out depending upon the user’s settings and preferences.
Face recognition detects the movement of a target person who may be wandering about when going out of the entrance / exit of the facility, and alerts the facility staff with a warning sound or a detection alert. In addition, by utilizing the mobile notification function, it is possible to know the wandering behavior of the target person trying to go out in real time even if there is no facility staff or manager nearby, so quick response and information sharing are possible.
Current status
Currently, AI camera service’s host system is being further developed and improved by Ueda Tsusho Co., Ltd. We do not, at this time, have a definitive date for when this will be concluded or this camera system will be brought to market, although we are tentatively anticipating a potential May 2021 release date.
On January 1, 2020, OFF Line Japan Co., Ltd entered into an agreement with Ueda Tsusho Ltd to administer “AirTalk”, and to provide further development and maintenance of “AirTalk” and the Company’s other various software and hardware it may have, such as the Company’s AI system, all to be further developed on an ongoing need be basis. OFF Line Japan Co., Ltd shall compensate Ueda Tsusho Ltd in the amount of JPY 40,000 (approximately $380) per day; in this case a “day” will be defined as a calendar day during which services have been rendered. The total amount of days will be totaled and accordingly invoiced by Ueda Tsusho Ltd. to the Company at the end of the month, and the Company will be responsible for remitting full payment the following month. Any additional services not covered by the agreement shall receive compensation determined on a case by case basis. The term of the agreement shall be from January 1, 2020 until December 31, 2020, with automatic (unless terminated) extension for additional year long periods. On January 1, 2021 the agreement was automatically renewed for another twelve month period.
Beacon Business
Over the past two years we have sold “beacon devices” that broadcast over a diameter of 900 m while using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 4.0. Because this signal can be received using a smartphone, it can be used to look after children and the elderly. It can also be used for the protection of objects, and therefore to retrieve lost or dropped property.
In the future, we plan to develop services for the protection of building materials. For example, beacons may be used on the construction site of a ten-story building, with detectors installed on each floor. Workers on-site can then use smartphones to identify what building materials have been placed on which floor and where. We expect to debut this building material service in the second half of 2021, but this estimate has been arbitrarily determined and may be amended as operations progress.
Currently, OFF Line Co., Ltd. has an existing inventory of Beacons available for sale. Manufacturing of Beacons is conducted by an unrelated third party. We purchase inventory from OFF Line Co., Ltd, on a need be basis without any formal agreement, who in turn purchases their inventory from Betz Technik Industries, Ltd on a need be basis, and with no formal agreement. We plan to continue to purchase beacons from OFF Line Co., Ltd. and sell them to nursing homes. It should be noted that OFF Line Co., Ltd. is also owned and controlled by our sole officer and director, Koichi Ishizuka.
Drone Management System Development and Entrusted System Development
The current newest Bluetooth standard is BLE 5.0. OFF Line is currently in the process of developing a new drone identification system using this Bluetooth 5.0 standard. By placing BLE 5.0 on a GPS chip, signals can be broadcast to a clear-air distance of around 3.5 km. This technology is currently under development; however, we have been able to transmit a drone’s location information up to a radius of 3.5 km using a BLE 5.0 chip mounted on that drone, detect this signal using a smartphone, and indicate the drone’s location on Google Maps.
As of today, throughout the world drones lack any kind of “registration plate” system. Accordingly, it is impossible to distinguish between drones performing legitimate tasks, such as surveying, and drones being used to take privacy-invading photos and video. OFF Line, in anticipation of the establishment of laws applying to drones in the future, will equip drones with BLE 5.0 beacons and register the purpose of drone flights on servers. We intend to develop a system by which ordinary people can recognize drones in flight with their smartphones to find out what company is flying those drones and for what purpose.
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism, with whom our officer has met, have already inquired as to the feasibility of this system, and OFF Line plans to complete development within the year. Once the system is complete, we are considering contacting not only authorities within Japan but US states as well to ascertain their interest in its adoption.
As of the date of this report, development on the drone management system remains ongoing. We anticipate that we will need, at minimum, an additional three months to complete development, although this timeline has been arbitrarily determined and may need to be extended.
