Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-533) and index.
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- First chapter -- 1. SI units of measurement -- The basic units -- Derived units -- Metric prefixes -- 2. Light and television -- A little bit of history -- Light basics and the human eye -- Light units -- Measuring object illumination in CCTV -- Light onto an imaging device -- Colors in television -- Color temperatures and light sources -- Eye persistence -- 3. Optics in CCTV -- Refraction -- Lenses as optical elements -- Geometrical construction of images -- Aspherical lenses -- CTF and MTF -- F and T numbers -- Depth of field -- Neutral density (ND) filters -- Manual, auto, and motorized iris lenses -- Video- and DC-driven auto iris lenses -- Auto iris lens electronics -- Image and lens formats in CCTV -- Angles of view and how to determine them -- Fixed focal length lenses -- Zoom lenses -- C- and CS-mount and back-focus -- Back-focus adjustment -- Optical accessories in CCTV -- 4. General characteristics of television systems -- A little bit of history -- The very basics of television -- NTSC television timing chart -- PAL B television timing chart -- The video signal and its spectrum -- Color video signal -- Resolution -- Instruments commonly used in TV -- Oscilloscope -- Spectrum analyzer -- Vectorscope -- Television systems around the world -- HDTV -- 5. CCTV cameras -- General information about cameras -- Tube cameras -- CCD cameras -- Sensitivity and resolution of the CCD chips -- Types of charge transfer in CCDs -- Pulses used in CCD for transferring charges -- CCD chip as a sampler -- Correlated double sampling (CDS) -- Camera specifications and their meanings -- Sensitivity -- Minimum illumination -- Camera resolution -- Signal/noise ratio (S/N) -- Dynamic range of a CCD chip -- Color CCD cameras -- White balance -- CMOS technology -- Special low-light-intensified cameras -- Camera power supplies and copper conductors -- V-phase adjustment -- Camera checklist -- 6. CCTV monitors -- General about monitors -- Monitor sizes -- Monitor adjustments -- Impedance switch -- Viewing conditions -- Gamma -- LCD monitors -- Projectors and projection monitors -- Plasma display monitors -- Field emission technology displays -- 7. Video processing equipment -- Analog switching equipment -- Video sequential switchers -- Synchronization -- Video matrix switchers (VMSs) -- Switching and processing equipment -- Quad compressors -- Multiplexers (MUX) -- Recording time delays -- Simplex and duplex multiplexers -- Video motion detectors (VMDs) -- Framestores -- Video printers -- 8. Analog video recorders -- A little bit of history and the basic concept -- The early VCR concepts -- The video home system (VHS) concept -- Super VHS, Y/C, and comb filtering -- Consumer VCRs for CCTV purposes -- Time-lapse VCRs (TL VCRs) -- 9. Digital video -- Why digital video?
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