CCTV Surveillance: Video Practices and Technology - Hardcover

Kruegle, Herman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750677686 ISBN 13: 9780750677684

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006

Synopsis

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 theory
• Includes 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

About this title

About the Author

Herman Kruegle is a consultant to Avida Inc., a manufacturer of rapid deployment video systems for personnel protection. He was formerly the president of Visual Methods, Inc., an electro-optics firm engaged in the manufacture of CCTV security and electro-optical, low vision, and inspection products. Mr. Kruegle holds six patents in the security, electro-optical, and laser fields. He has published numerous papers in professional electro-optics and security journals, including a lens primer series on CCTV optics and lenses and a series on covert CCTV security. Mr. Kruegle has been a contributing author for three texts focusing on CCTV security as applied to loss prevention in industry, museums, libraries, and cargo.

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0750677686
• ISBN 13: 9780750677684
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 672