A ground-breaking lidar-based real-time crowd analytics solution deployed by The Indoor Lab. a leading provider for monitoring real-time foot traffic using lidar sensors, has recently helped Orlando International Airport (MCO) create one of the world’s safest terminals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Indoor Lab’s solution – called Safe Place™ – uses Cepton’s award-winning Helius™ Smart Lidar System. Helius enables The Indoor Lab to provide intelligent, anonymized, 3D tracking of people, thereby dramatically improving the usability, safety and cleanliness of large spaces. Further, the lab’s ground-breaking visual analytics platform, leveraging the Helius Smart Lidar System, powers the Synect Evenflow Crowd Radar media lights in terminal 2 of the Orlando International Airport.
The project at Orlando International Airport is one of several early projects initiated and announced by The Indoor Lab and Cepton as part of a strategic partnership. Patrick Blattner, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of The Indoor Lab said: “We have a 15-year history of crowd tracking across retail, events, airports, and stadiums. So, when COVID-19 started spreading exponentially and negatively affected many public and private spaces, we consulted with leaders involved in drafting proposals for the International Franchise Association, including the use of lidar technology to help put the country back on a path towards normalcy. With public concerns focused on the cleanliness of public and commercial spaces, we extended our Safe Place platform beyond occupancy and social distancing, creating the first proprietary real-time sanitization detection solution in the market.”
Dr. Jun Pei, Cepton’s co-founder and CEO, said: “We are grateful for the partnership with The Indoor Lab and for their adoption of Cepton’s cutting-edge technology to deploy their pathbreaking innovations into a range of diverse applications. The power of this partnership is already evident in the remarkable results recently showcased by The Indoor Lab with their other partners.”
