Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Photo Credits -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I -- 1 Video's Critical Role in the Security Plan -- 1.1 PROTECTION OF ASSETS -- 1.1.1 Overview -- 1.1.2 Background -- 1.2 THE ROLE OF VIDEO IN ASSET PROTECTION -- 1.2.1 Video as Part of the Emergency and Disaster Plan -- 1.2.2 Security Investigations -- 1.2.3 Safety -- 1.2.4 The Role of the Guard -- 1.2.5 Employee Training and Education -- 1.3 SYNERGY THROUGH INTEGRATION -- 1.3.1 Integrated Functions -- 1.3.2 System Hardware -- 1.4 VIDEO'S ROLE AND ITS APPLICATIONS -- 1.4.1 Video System Solutions -- 1.4.2 Overt vs. Covert Video -- 1.4.3 Security Surveillance Applications -- 1.4.4 Safety Applications -- 1.4.5 Video Access Control -- 1.5 THE BOTTOM LINE -- 2 Video Technology Overview -- 2.1 OVERVIEW -- 2.2 THE VIDEO SYSTEM -- 2.2.1 The Role of Light and Reflection -- 2.2.2 The Lens Function -- 2.2.3 The Camera Function -- 2.2.4 The Transmission Function -- 2.2.5 The Monitor Function -- 2.2.6 The Recording Function -- 2.3 SCENE ILLUMINATION -- 2.3.1 Natural Light -- 2.3.2 Artificial Light -- 2.4 SCENE CHARACTERISTICS -- 2.4.1 Target Size -- 2.4.2 Reflectivity -- 2.4.3 Effects of Motion -- 2.4.4 Scene Temperature -- 2.5 LENSES -- 2.5.1 Fixed-Focal-Length Lens -- 2.5.2 Zoom Lens -- 2.5.3 Vari-Focal Lens -- 2.5.4 Panoramic-360° Lens -- 2.5.5 Covert Pinhole Lens -- 2.5.6 Special Lenses -- 2.6 CAMERAS -- 2.6.1 The Scanning Process -- 2.6.2 Solid-State Cameras -- 2.6.3 Low-Light-Level Intensified Camera -- 2.6.4 Thermal Imaging Camera -- 2.6.5 Panoramic 360° Camera -- 2.7 TRANSMISSION -- 2.7.1 Hard-Wired -- 2.7.2 Wireless -- 2.7.3 Fiber Optics -- 2.8 SWITCHERS -- 2.8.1 Standard -- 2.8.2 Microprocessor-Controlled -- 2.9 QUADS AND MULTIPLEXERS -- 2.10 MONITORS -- 2.10.1 Monochrome -- 2.10.2 Color.

2.10.3 CRT, LCD, Plasma Displays -- 2.10.4 Audio/Video -- 2.11 RECORDERS -- 2.11.1 Video Cassette Recorder (VCR) -- 2.11.2 Digital Video Recorder (DVR) -- 2.11.3 Optical Disk -- 2.12 HARD-COPY VIDEO PRINTERS -- 2.13 ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT -- 2.13.1 Camera Housings -- 2.13.2 Pan/Tilt Mounts -- 2.13.3 Video Motion Detector (VMD) -- 2.13.4 Screen Splitter -- 2.13.5 Camera Video Annotation -- 2.13.6 Image Reversal -- 2.14 SUMMARY -- PART II -- 3 Natural and Artificial Lighting -- 3.1 OVERVIEW -- 3.2 VIDEO LIGHTING CHARACTERISTICS -- 3.2.1 Scene Illumination -- 3.2.2 Light Output -- 3.2.3 Spectral Output -- 3.2.4 Beam Angle -- 3.3 NATURAL LIGHT -- 3.3.1 Sunlight -- 3.3.2 Moonlight and Starlight -- 3.4 ARTIFICIAL LIGHT -- 3.4.1 Tungsten Lamps -- 3.4.2 Tungsten-Halogen Lamps -- 3.4.3 High-Intensity-Discharge Lamps -- 3.4.4 Low-Pressure Arc Lamps -- 3.4.5 Compact Short-Arc Lamps -- 3.4.6 Infrared Lighting -- 3.5 LIGHTING DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS -- 3.5.1 Lighting Costs -- 3.5.2 Security Lighting Levels -- 3.5.3 High-Security Lighting -- 3.6 SUMMARY -- 4 Lenses and Optics -- 4.1 OVERVIEW -- 4.2 LENS FUNCTIONS AND PROPERTIES -- 4.2.1 Focal Length and Field of View -- 4.2.2 Magnification -- 4.2.3 Calculating the Scene Size -- 4.2.4 Calculating Angular FOV -- 4.2.5 Lens Finder Kit -- 4.2.6 Optical Speed: f-number -- 4.2.7 Depth of Field -- 4.2.8 Manual and Automatic Iris -- 4.2.9 Auto-Focus Lens -- 4.2.10 Stabilized Lens -- 4.3 FIXED FOCAL LENGTH LENS -- 4.3.1 Wide-Angle Viewing -- 4.3.2 Narrow-Angle Telephoto Viewing -- 4.4 VARI-FOCAL LENS -- 4.5 ZOOM LENS -- 4.5.1 Zooming -- 4.5.2 Lens Operation -- 4.5.3 Optical Speed -- 4.5.4 Configurations -- 4.5.5 Manual or Motorized -- 4.5.6 Adding a Pan/Tilt Mechanism -- 4.5.7 Preset Zoom and Focus -- 4.5.8 Electrical Connections -- 4.5.9 Initial Lens Focusing -- 4.5.10 Zoom Pinhole Lens -- 4.5.11 Zoom Lens-Camera Module.

4.5.12 Zoom Lens Checklist -- 4.6 PINHOLE LENS -- 4.6.1 Generic Pinhole Types -- 4.6.2 Sprinkler Head Pinhole -- 4.6.3 Mini-Pinhole -- 4.7 SPECIAL LENSES -- 4.7.1 Panoramic Lens-360° -- 4.7.2 Fiber-Optic and Bore Scope Optics -- 4.7.3 Bi-Focal, Tri-Focal Image Splitting Optics -- 4.7.4 Right-Angle Lens -- 4.7.5 Relay Lens -- 4.8 COMMENTS, CHECKLIST AND QUESTIONS -- 4.9 SUMMARY -- 5 Cameras-Analog, Digital, and Internet -- 5.1 OVERVIEW -- 5.2 CAMERA FUNCTION -- 5.2.1 The Scanning Process -- 5.2.2 The Video Signal -- 5.3 CAMERA TYPES -- 5.3.1 Analog Camera -- 5.3.2 Digital Camera -- 5.3.3 Internet Camera -- 5.3.4 Low Light Level ICCD -- 5.3.5 Thermal IR -- 5.3.6 Universal System Bus (USB) -- 5.4 BASIC SENSOR TYPES -- 5.4.1 Solid State-Visible -- 5.4.2 ICCD, SIT, ISIT-Visible/Near IR -- 5.4.3 Thermal IR -- 5.4.4 Sensor Fusion-Visible/IR -- 5.5 CAMERA FEATURES-ANALOG/DIGITAL -- 5.5.1 Video Motion Detection (VMD) -- 5.5.2 Electronic Zooming -- 5.5.3 Electronic Shuttering -- 5.5.4 White Balance -- 5.5.5 Video Bright Light Compression -- 5.5.6 Geometric Accuracy -- 5.6 CAMERA RESOLUTION/SENSITIVITY -- 5.6.1 Vertical Resolution -- 5.6.2 Horizontal Resolution -- 5.6.3 Static vs. Dynamic Resolution -- 5.6.4 Sensitivity -- 5.7 SENSOR FORMATS -- 5.7.1 Solid-State -- 5.7.2 Image Intensifier -- 5.7.3 Thermal IR -- 5.8 CAMERA LENS MOUNTS -- 5.8.1 C and CS Mounts -- 5.8.2 Mini-Lens Mounts -- 5.8.3 Bayonet Mount -- 5.8.4 Lens-Mount Interferences -- 5.9 ZOOM LENS-CAMERA MODULE -- 5.10 PANORAMIC 360° CAMERA -- 5.11 HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION (HDTV) -- 5.12 SUMMARY -- 6 Analog Video, Voice, and Control Signal Transmission -- 6.1 OVERVIEW -- 6.2 BASE-BAND SIGNAL ANALYSIS -- 6.2.1 Video Picture Signal -- 6.2.2 Video Synchronization Signal -- 6.2.3 Voice Signal -- 6.2.4 Control Data Signals -- 6.2.5 Modulation and Demodulation -- 6.2.6 Signal Bandwidth.

6.3 WIRED VIDEO TRANSMISSION -- 6.3.1 Coaxial Cable -- 6.3.2 Balanced Two-Conductor Twin-axial Cable Transmission -- 6.3.3 Two-Wire Cable Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) Transmission -- 6.3.4 Fiber-Optic Transmission -- 6.4 WIRED CONTROL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION -- 6.4.1 Camera/Lens Functions -- 6.4.2 Pan/Tilt Functions -- 6.4.3 Control Protocols -- 6.5 WIRELESS VIDEO TRANSMISSION -- 6.5.1 Transmission Types -- 6.5.2 Frequency and Transmission Path Considerations -- 6.5.3 Microwave Transmission -- 6.5.4 Radio Frequency Transmission -- 6.5.5 Infrared Atmospheric Transmission -- 6.6 WIRELESS CONTROL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION -- 6.7 SIGNAL MULTIPLEXING/DE-MULTIPLEXING -- 6.7.1 Wideband Video Signal -- 6.7.2 Audio and Control Signal -- 6.8 SECURE VIDEO TRANSMISSION -- 6.8.1 Scrambling -- 6.8.2 Encryption -- 6.9 CABLE TELEVISION -- 6.10 ANALOG TRANSMISSION CHECKLIST -- 6.10.1 Wired Transmission -- 6.10.2 Wireless Transmission -- 6.11 SUMMARY -- 7 Digital Transmission-Video, Communications, Control -- 7.1 OVERVIEW -- 7.1.1 Migration from Analog to Digital -- 7.1.2 Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Wireless LAN (WiFi) -- 7.1.3 Internet -- 7.1.4 Wireless 802.11, Spread Spectrum Modulation (SSM) -- 7.1.5 Digital Video Recorder (DVR), Network DVR (NDVR) -- 7.1.6 Network Security, Hackers, Viruses, Reliability -- 7.2 COMMUNICATION CHANNELS -- 7.2.1 Wired Channels -- 7.2.2 Wireless Channels -- 7.3 VIDEO IMAGE QUALITY -- 7.3.1 Quality of Service (QoS) -- 7.3.2 Resolution vs. Frame Rate -- 7.3.3 Picture Integrity, Dropout -- 7.4 VIDEO SIGNAL COMPRESSION -- 7.4.1 Lossless Compression -- 7.4.2 Lossy Compression -- 7.4.3 Video Compression Algorithms -- 7.5 INTERNET-BASED REMOTE VIDEO MONITORING-NETWORK CONFIGURATIONS -- 7.5.1 Point to Multi-Point -- 7.5.2 Point to Point -- 7.5.3 Multi-Point to Point -- 7.5.4 Video Unicast and Multicast.

7.6 TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY PROTOCOLS: WiFi, SPREAD SPECTRUM MODULATION (SSM) -- 7.6.1 Spread Spectrum Modulation (SSM) -- 7.6.2 WiFi Protocol: 802.11 Standards -- 7.6.3 Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) -- 7.7 TRANSMISSION NETWORK SECURITY -- 7.7.1 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) -- 7.7.2 Virtual Private Network (VPN) -- 7.7.3 WiFi Protected Access (WPA) -- 7.7.4 Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Digital Encryption Standard (DES) -- 7.7.5 Firewalls, Viruses, Hackers -- 7.8 INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK CAMERA, ADDRESS -- 7.8.1 Internet Protocol Network Camera -- 7.8.2 Internet Protocol Camera Protocols -- 7.8.3 Internet Protocol Camera Address -- 7.9 VIDEO SERVER, ROUTER, SWITCH -- 7.9.1 Video Server -- 7.9.2 Video Router/Access Point -- 7.9.3 Video Switch -- 7.10 PERSONAL COMPUTER, LAPTOP, PDA, CELL PHONE -- 7.10.1 Personal Computer, Laptop -- 7.10.2 Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) -- 7.10.3 Cell Phone -- 7.11 INTERNET PROTOCOL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS: FEATURES, CHECKLIST, PROS, CONS -- 7.11.1 Features -- 7.11.2 Checklist -- 7.11.3 Pros -- 7.11.4 Cons -- 7.12 SUMMARY -- 8 Analog Monitors and Digital Displays -- 8.1 OVERVIEW -- 8.2 ANALOG MONITOR -- 8.2.1 Cathode Ray Tube Technology -- 8.2.2 Monochrome Monitor -- 8.2.3 Color Monitor -- 8.2.4 Color Model -- 8.3 FLAT-SCREEN DIGITAL MONITOR -- 8.3.1 Digital Technology -- 8.3.2 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) -- 8.3.3 Plasma -- 8.3.4 Organic LED (OLED) -- 8.4 MONITOR DISPLAY FORMATS -- 8.4.1 Standard 4:3 -- 8.4.2 High Definition 16:9 -- 8.4.3 Split-Screen Presentation -- 8.4.4 Screen Size, Resolution -- 8.4.5 Multistandard, Multi-Sync -- 8.4.6 Monitor Magnification -- 8.5 INTERFACING ANALOG SIGNAL TO DIGITAL MONITOR -- 8.6 MERGING VIDEO WITH PCs -- 8.7 SPECIAL FEATURES -- 8.7.1 Interactive Touch-Screen -- 8.7.2 Anti-Glare Screen -- 8.7.3 Sunlight-Readable Display.

8.8 RECEIVER/MONITOR, VIEWFINDER, MOBILE DISPLAY.