Watanabe, chosen as head of the worldwide governing body after he earned a comprehensive 100 votes to 19 victory over opponent Georges Guelzec of France here yesterday, said he was keen on introducing the system, which uses laser sensors to better capture the movements of gymnasts, at domestic level from next year.

It would then undergo a stringent trial at the Artistic Gymnastics Individual All-Around World Cup event in the Japanese capital in 2018, scheduled to be held on April 7.

The 57-year-old, due to officially take office as FIG President on January 1, then hopes it can be fully implemented at international events by 2020, with the Olympic Games in Tokyo a likely target.

The technology is designed by Japanese company Fujitsu and the Member Federations present at the Congress were given a demonstration of how it works on Tuesday (October 18).

This 3D system can recognise which element is being performed by a gymnast, according to Fujitsu, and would assist the judges in being able to score the difficulty of the routine correctly.

Outgoing FIG President Bruno Grandi, who has been at the helm of the organisation since 1996 and is due to retire in December, believes it could be the "photo-finish" option he feels the sport needs.

The 82-year-old Italian reiterated his claims here yesterday that gymnastics can be difficult for those without in-depth knowledge to fully understand.

"In football you know when a goal is scored, but in gymnastics it is not that simple," he said.

The technology itself is not due to replace judging - an issue the sport has often struggled with following a number of cases of biased scoring in recent years.

"I would like to introduce more technology so more people can understand gymnastics, because at the moment it is difficult for many people to understand," Watanabe, secretary general of the Japan Gymnastics Association, said.

"I would like to introduce from next year domestically so we can introduce it fully in 2020.

"I hope to bring in the technology system at the World Cup in Tokyo in 2018."

Watanabe, who will become the first Japanese head of an Olympic International Federation since Ichrio Ogimura led the International Table Tennis Federation from 1987 to 2004 before his death, as well as only the ninth FIG President in the body’s 135-year-history, also vowed to build on the platform laid down by Grandi when he takes over.

The Italian oversaw a number of critical changes to the sport, including scrapping the perfect 10 score and elevating gymnastics into the top-tier at the Olympic Games, and continually targeted "unjust" scoring during his 20-year reign in charge.

"I will continue in this direction and also I would like to add Japanese technology so I can improve the fairness and justice of gymnastics," Watanabe added.

"Human beings have to support the judging but in this technology we can improve correct judging."