CCTV - Closed Circuit Television: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

July 11, 2013 - PRLog -- Did you know? The average American comes into contact with a closed circuit television camera between fifty and seventy-five times every day? Yes, they’re that common in the U.S. From CCTV (http://www.securityintegrations.com/products/closed-circuit-television-systems.php)’s roots in the military, to its current status as a foundation for any security system, through to its high-tech future in our homes and businesses, CCTV has become a critical, though often invisible, aspect of everyday life.


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Yesterday: Its beginnings range from Walter Bruch’s 1942 camera which monitored Germany’s developing V-2 rocket, to the US Army Corps of Engineers’ one-screen design, which monitored atomic explosions during the development of the A-Bomb. A few decades later, after the war, an entire CCTV system was installed in the New York City Municipal Building. Once the advantages of several cameras linked into a single monitoring station was realized, the industry exploded. The 1970’s saw cameras installed everywhere from banks to convenience stores, coast to coast. By the 1990’s, CCTV was being used to monitor traffic and police violators and to ensure safe transactions at every ATM in the country.

Today: Since its humble black-and-white beginnings, CCTV has spread to almost every corner of modern life. Despite all of these new uses, CCTV’s primary application is still security. Now, it’s true that advancements through DVR recording and High-Definition cameras and televisions. However, no single innovation has had more of an impact on CCTV than the Internet. Internet Protocol (IP) cameras send their footage to a computer. This means Video Content Analysis (or VCA) technology; which differentiates between shapes and colors, allowing you to search entire archives of footage for a specific incident. Today’s cameras can take note when something in the environment changes. CCTV has become the literal eyes and ears of your security system while a central computerized security manager and the Internet have become its central nervous system: everything is connected.

Tomorrow: So, what’s next? Whether we’re the monitors or the monitored, the sophisticated network of CCTV grows wider and wider each day. For now, the future of CCTV is integrating intelligent surveillance into existing security systems using hybrid platforms that bridge the gap between today and tomorrow.