OPTEX’s 45-Year Legacy of Security Breakthroughs

Founded in May 1979 in Japan, OPTEX was born with a clear vision of building a global sensing technology business with precision and intelligent at its heart. This vision remains just as important now as it did 45 years ago, with OPTEX’s unwavering commitment to innovating new solutions and ideas that solve the everyday problems of its customers. Today, the OPTEX Group comprises almost 2,000 employees across 42 companies across the world, with a broad range of highly accurate and reliable security technologies perfectly suited for diverse applications, and remains at the forefront of the security industry. It offers a broad range of security detection systems suited for diverse applications ranging from high end security to the security of private homes and everything in between. Its focus, however, remains the same: Solving the everyday problems of its customers with innovative solutions and ideas.

OPTEX’s history

1979

OPTEX is founded by electronics engineer Toru Kobayashi and three colleagues.

1983

Developed one of the first wireless outdoor security sensors

1988

The introduction of double conductive shielding which enables the reduction of false alarms from RFI and intensive light sources

1990

Established Research and Development Centre

2004

Introduced the world’s first long range outdoor protection using digital communication technology (AX-100DH(J)/200DH(J))

2009

Developed laser technology for security applications and brought the innovative REDSCAN

LiDARs to the market (first models RLS-3060)

2010

Introduction of SMDA logic enabling sensors to learn from the environment and targeting

the main issue in the industry – reduction of false alarms in external sensors

2021

Introduced the world’s first security LiDAR with integrated camera (REDSCANPro)

Building on this legacy of innovation, the integration of LiDAR technology into OPTEX’s portfolio has marked a significant leap forward in detection system performance. As pioneers in LiDAR technology, OPTEX has continually developed and refined this technology over the years, leading to the current high reliability of their sensors.

Part of the award winning REDSCAN series, OPTEX’s next generation of LiDAR detectors, the REDSCAN mini-Pro series takes security technology a step further to provide highly accurate intrusion detection and visual verification for a wide range of indoor and outdoor applications.

The 20x20m PoE+ LiDAR sensor is equipped with a full HD camera and complies with ONVIF profile S, making it suitable for both outdoor and indoor high-security applications. It features analytics capable of recognizing a moving object’s size, its location, and the distance from the unit. For alarm verification, it includes a built-in full HD camera enhanced with an IR LED.

The illuminators automatically adjust according to the target’s distance to prevent overexposure and ensure a clear image, regardless of the light conditions.

This short-range sensor provides a 20x20m detection area with the ability to customize detection either vertically or horizontally. Additionally, it can be configured with up to eight detection zones, each with adjustable sensitivity, target size, and output.