Japan's reputation for customer service is legendary, but a new software tool aims take the country's hospitality industry to even greater heights of perfection.

Created Omron TAS, the SmileScan software system is designed to literally measure the effectiveness of your smile. Using a camera, a PC and the company's proprietary software, the system even has a training mode to help those less-than-cheery service workers improve their smiley face technique.

You can see video of the system in action in the video below.

Via Diginfo