- Light and television
- A little bit of history
- Light basics and the human eye
- Light units
- Illuminometer (lux-meter)
- Light onto an imaging sensor
- Colors in television
- Color temperatures and light sources
- Eye persistence
- 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 lense
- Zoom lenses
- C- and CS-mount and back-focus
- Back-focus adjustment
- Optical accessories in CCTV
- General about TV systems
- A little bit of history
- The very basics of analog television
- The video signal and its spectrum
- Color video signal
- Resolution
- The very basics of digital TV
- HD signal representation
- Megapixel CCTV
- Beyond HD
- Instruments for CCTV
- CCTV cameras
- General information about cameras
- Tube cameras
- CCD cameras
- CMOS cameras
- Spectral response of imaging sensors
- Seeing colors
- White balance
- Types of charge transfer in CCDs
- CCD chip as a sampler
- Correlated double sampling (CDS)
- Camera specifications and their meanings
- Camera Sensitivity
- Minimum illumination
- Camera resolution
- Signal/noise ratio (S/N)
- Dynamic range of imaging sensors
- Special low-light-intensified cameras
- Thermal imaging cameras
- Multi-sensor panoramic camera
- Camera power supplies and copper conductors
- Power over Ethernet (PoE)
- V-phase adjustment
- Camera checklist
- Displays
- CRT monitors
- CRT Monitor sizes
- CRT Monitor adjustments
- Impedance switch
- LCD monitors
- Video-walls and Projectors
- Plasma display monitors
- OLED displays
- About pixels and resolution
- Psycho-physiology of viewing details
- Printed picture details
- Compression influence on picture details
- Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma
- Recognizing faces and details in CCTV
- CRT monitors
- Analog video processing
- Analog switching equipment
- Video sequential switchers
- Synchronization
- Analog Video Matrix Switchers
- Switching and processing equipment
- Quad compressors (splitters)
- Multiplexers (MUX)
- Recording time gaps
- Simplex and duplex multiplexers
- Video motion detectors (VMDs)
- Video Analytics
- Frame-stores
- Video printers
- Analog switching equipment
- Digital CCTV
- Why digital video?
- Types of compressions
- Digital video recorders (DVRs)
- Image and Video compressions
- The need for compression and networking
- The need for compression and networking
- The most common compressions in CCTV
- DCT as a basis
- JPEG
- M-JPEG
- wavelet
- JPEG-2000
- MPEG-1
- MPEG-2
- MPEG-4
- H.264
- H.265
- Video Management Systems
- Operating Systems (OS)
- Hard disk drives
- Processors (CPUs)
- Transmission media
- Coaxial cables
- Twisted pair video transmission
- Microwave links
- RF wireless (open air) video transmission
- Infrared wireless (open air) video transmission
- Transmission of images over telephone lines
- Fiber optics
- Networking in CCTV
- The Information Technology era
- Computers and networks
- LAN and WAN
- Ethernet
- The main Ethernet IEEE standards
- Ethernet over coax, UTP and fiber cables
- Wireless LAN
- Network concepts and components
- Networking software
- IP addresses
- Networking hardware
- Putting a network system together
- Auxiliary equipment in CCTV
- Pan and tilt heads
- Pan and tilt domes
- PTZ site drivers
- Preset positioning
- Camera housings
- Lighting in CCTV
- Infrared lights
- Ground loop correctors
- Lightning protectors
- In-line video amplifiers/equalizers
- Video distribution amplifiers (VDAs)
- CCTV system design
- Understanding the system requirements
- Site inspections
- Designing and quoting a CCTV system
- Camera installation considerations
- Head-end equipment racks
- Drawings
- Commissioning
- Training and manuals
- Handing over
- Preventative maintenance
- Video testing