CCTV Surveillance: Video Practices and Technology

This revision of the classic book on CCTV technology, CCTV Surveillance, provides a comprehensive examination of CCTV, covering the applications of various systems, how to design and install a system, and how to choose the right hardware. Taking into account the ever-changing advances in technology using digital techniques and the Internet, CCTV Surveillance, Second Edition, is completely updated with the recent advancements in digital cameras and digital recorders, remote monitoring via the Internet, and CCTV integration with other security systems.

Continuing in the celebrated tradition of the first edition, the second edition is written to serve as a useful resource for the end-user as well as the technical practitioner. Each chapter begins with an overview, and presents the latest information on the relevant equipment, describing the characteristics, features and application of each device. Coverage of aging or obsolete technology is reduced to a historical perspective, and eight brand new chapters cover digital video technology, multiplexers, integrated camera-lens-housing, smart domes, and rapid deployment CCTV systems.

Serves as an indispensable resource on CCTV theoryIncludes eight new chapters on the use of digital components and other related technologies that have seen a recent explosion in use Fully illustrated, the book contains completely updated photographs and diagrams that represent the latest in CCTV technology advancements

1. Video's Critical Role in the Security Plan
2. Video Technology Overview
3. Natural and Artificial Lighting
4. Lenses and Optics
5. Cameras-Analog, Digital, and Internet
6. Analog Video, Voice and Control Signal Transmission 
7. Digital Remote Monitoring – Video, Communications, Control
8. Analog Monitors and Digital Displays
9. Analog, Digital Video Recorders
10. Hard Copy Video Printers
11. Video Switchers
12. Quads and Multiplexers
13. Video Motion Detectors
14. Dome Cameras 
15. Integrated Cameras, Camera Housings and Accessories
16. Electronic Video Image Splitting, Reversal, and Annotation
17. Camera Pan/Tilt Mechanisms
18. Covert Video Surveillance
19. Low-Light-Level Cameras, Thermal Infrared Imagers
20. Control Room/Console Design
21. Rapid Deployment Video Systems
22. Applications and Solutions-Sample Scenarios
23. System Power Sources 
24. Video-Security Systems Integration
25. Video System Test Equipment
26. Video Check List
27. Education, Standards, Certification
28. New Video Technology