Outsight says its Lidar-based spatial intelligence platform could have helped protect Paris' world-famous Louvre from the recent robbery.
Thieves last week broke into the museum and stole items - in broad daylight - from France's crown jewels, with an estimated value of €88m ($102m).
Outsight, which uses Lidar technology for ITS applications such as intersection management, says its platform "could help protect iconic cultural sites, museums and public venues around the world".
“In a heist like the one at the Louvre, 3D Lidar could have been a true game changer - instantly mapping every movement and spatial detail in real time through laser technology," insists Raul Bravo, president and co-founder of Outsight.
Lidar generates an anonymous, continuous 3D 'point cloud' of an environment: Outsight’s software detects and classifies moving objects with "centimetre-level" accuracy as well as being able to track individual trajectories in real time, even through crowded spaces.
Outsight reckons that this system could have created time-stamped 3D movement trajectories of every person approaching, entering, or leaving the Louvre.
"When correlated with existing CCTV footage, this spatial data would allow security personnel and investigators to reconstruct events in real time, narrowing search zones and identifying patterns instantly without compromising public privacy," the company says.
Outsight’s technology is already deployed at transportation hubs such as railway stations, monitoring high-traffic areas and optimising mobility flows.
"The same capabilities that help manage pedestrian density at airports or traffic movement in smart cities can easily be adapted to secure cultural landmarks and critical infrastructure, where real-time visibility and data accuracy are paramount," the firm suggests.
French prosecutors have reported that arrests have been made in connection with the theft.
