LTU Technologies

Founded in 1999, LTU technologies is a company in the field of image recognition for commercial and government customers.^{[citation needed]} The company provides technologies for image matching, similarity and color search for integration into applications for mobile, media intelligence and advertisement tracking, ecommerce and stock photography, brand and copyright protection, law enforcement and more.^{[citation needed]}

LTU technologies, Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary of JASTEC International, Inc.
Industry	computer software
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Paris
Key people	Noboru Nakatani, chairman
Products	LTU Engine LTU Cloud
Website	www.ltutech.com

LTU's patented technology originated in academic research at MIT, Oxford University and INRIA.

In 2005 LTU was acquired by JASTEC International, Inc., based in New York City.^[1]