Introduction

2016 marks the twentieth anniversary of the world’s first IP network camera, the AXIS NetEye. What began as an experiment in streaming live images to web browsers came to change the video surveillance landscape. It has been eight years since Intelligent Network Video: Understanding Modern Video Surveillance Systems was first published by CRC Press. In that relatively short timeframe, technology has caused a profound shift in the way we live and work. Remember when smartphones and social media were just emerging? Today we cannot imagine life without them. An internet that is still growing and the widespread adoption of cloud-based applications have enabled technology to permeate every facet of our lives—from online banking and shopping ...

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