Prevent theft and damage of valuable exhibits and art works

OPTEX’s sensor systems are used to protect valuable exhibits and art works at museums, art galleries, and historic sites around the world.
At those places, there is a risk that the exhibits could be touched, vandalized, or stolen always. To protect this, it is common to install CCTV or monitor by security guards, but it is difficult to protect whole without overlooking.
OPTEX sensors are used in security systems that detect in real time people who try to touch exhibits, or intruders on closed days or at night, and issue alerts.

• Need to revent people from touching exhibits during the operation time, and from entering the premises and building itself at night.
• Quickly and accurately identify threats to exhibits and alert security personnel.
• In addition to protecting exhibits in the exhibition area, it’s necessary to prevent intrusion into artwork storage.
• Need a security system which doesn’t avoid interrupting visitors’ experience with the arts.

OPTEX’s RLS-2020 which is a compact LiDAR sensor series creats an invisible virtual wall to detect hands or bodies that get too close to exhibits in real time. If you use Area Allocating function, you can accurately set the detection zone to cover only the exhibits, and it doesn’t send alert even if someone touch wall between exhibits.
This sensor can be integrated with video survallance system to provide a highly accurate warning system which enables you to immediately confirm alarm scenes locally or remotely. When a sensor detects, a linked camera will be triggered for actions such as Live pop-up or PTZ camera control on the screen of monitoring room, and security guards can take a prompt action to dispatch for on-site check

Skylights, often found in musems and art galleries, are well-designed and daylighting well, but they also provide an opportunity for thieves to gain access to the building. The REDSCAN mini can be installed horizontally inside or outside a skylight to create a virtual ceiling/roof in order to warn and prevent intrusion attempts through the skylight.
It’s also possible to integrate with Video Management Software（VMS) do advanced sensing area setting with the dedicated software.
Glass break sensors can be used at the skylight border, but installing a sensor on the roof (outside the skylight) can detect intruders before they break the glass.

Intruders can break into a building from various entry point including not only through windows and doorways, but also through rooftops. Buildings where valuable items are stored or high-rise buildings require additional attention for rooftop.
OPTEX’s LiDAR sensor “REDSCAN Pro” series is highly suitable for large rooftop intrusion detection, which allows a single sensor to cover a wide area.*
The REDSCAN series can reduce false alarms caused by insects, small animals, sudden strong light, environmental factors, etc., and provide high detection performance even in outdoor environments.

*RLS-50100V detection area size: 50 x 100m

There are a lot of valuable historical items in the outdoor area of the National Museum of South Korea, and they wanted to prohibit get too close to and touch with them. There were no physical fences installed around each.
As a solution, the LiDAR sensor RLS-2020 was installed in a discreet way to create a laser plane around the historical asset. When the sensor detects a person who is getting too closer, the system issues a warning sound to prevent them from approaching more.