The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Security

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Security
Author: Tom Davidson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2001
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780028639512

Covers creating a home security plan, assessing local public safety agencies, planning a budget, alarm systems, home survellience, and protecting a car.

Take Control of Home Security Cameras

Take Control of Home Security Cameras
Author: Glenn Fleishman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2020
Genre:
ISBN:

Are you thinking about installing a home security camera (or several!) or a smart-home security and sensor system that includes cameras? This book guides you through the many decisions about quality, features, privacy, and security that will help you find just what you want. If you own one or more home security cameras already, you'll learn much more about options, configuration, and changes you can make-and how you might expand your system or replace parts of it. (This book could even convince you that the time isn't right to purchase a home security camera given tradeoffs you don't want to make, especially on privacy and security!) In Take Control of Home Security Cameras , networking and security expert Glenn Fleishman shows you how to make smart choices about buying and configuring cameras that take into account technical details, video quality, system integration, your own privacy and that of others, and internet security. As you read this book, you'll: Figure out which features are right for you Configure your system securely to ensure that you and people you authorize are the only ones with access to live and stored video Find out how to build a system entirely offline, in which no video or live streams make their way to the internet at all Understand the different kinds of cloud-based storage of video, and which you might be comfortable with Learn about Apple HomeKit Secure Video, a new option available for iPhone and iPad users and certain camera systems (including Logitech Circle 2) that provides the highest level of privacy currently available in cloud storage Get to know features found in home security cameras, and how they affect the quality and nature of video you capture Set your system so that alerts only appear for the kinds of motion, sound, or other triggers that meet your threshold Avoid becoming part of the surveillance state-or opt into a limited and controlled part of it with a fuller understanding of what that means Learn about the legal aspects and limits of recording audio and video, and how they might (or might not) help catch criminals Get in-depth insight into over 10 of the most popular home security video cameras and systems, including Amazon Blink and Ring, Google Nest, NETGEAR Arlo, Logitech Circle, and several others Figure out whether you want a multi-camera system that records video on your network or smart cameras that stream events or continuous video to the internet.

Prepper's Home Defense

Prepper's Home Defense
Author: Jim Cobb
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2012-12-18
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1612431151

Provides instructions and guidelines for creating security strategies to protect against a potential failure of civilization, and includes tips on perimeter security, house fortifications, firearms and weaponry, and security animals.--

The Home Security Handbook

The Home Security Handbook
Author: Lynne Finch
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2014-09-02
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1629141038

Do you know what to do if you think someone is in your house? What if an unmarked car is trying to pull you over on a dark and lonely? Author Lynne Finch takes a comprehensive look at ways to improve your family’s immediate safety and methods for protecting them in the future. Finch covers a wide range of topics from temporary ways renters can make their home secure, to more permanent changes an owner can make. As well as travel tips for domestic and international travel, with suggestions as simple as how to use your luggage tags to not only make your bag distinct, but to be more security conscious. Through interviews with Law Enforcement officers, Finch provides advice on how to handle various social interactions that keeps you from becoming a victim. These safety suggestions are helpful to readers of all ages, and a must-read for those just going off to college. Learn how to keep your drink safe at a bar or club, and prevent your friend from becoming a target. As well as what to do if someone is following you home at night. Home Security Handbook is a well researched, thoughtful look at a serious subject that affects everyone live’s. Written in an approachable, conversational style, Finch provides informative tips that help prepare readers to deal with the most common safety concerns.

Home Security

Home Security
Author: Calvin Beckford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Burglary protection
ISBN: 9781843309116

Home security is an essential part of owning a home. We all need to feel safe while we're at home as well as confident when we go out that burglars cannot get in. However, many homes are surprisingly easy to break into and in many cases burglars don't even have to use force. There is a huge amount that householders could do to keep their homes secure. This highly informative and practical book shows you how to protect your home and possessions without having to spend a fortune on elaborate security systems. The book starts with a chapter on what makes crime happen and the principles of crime prevention. The chapters that follow deal with boundaries, access, door and window security, garden security, lighting for both house and garden and electronic systems. A chapter on defensive plants explains how planting a dense, thorny hedge is a good way to deter intruders.

An Integrated Approach to Home Security and Safety Systems

An Integrated Approach to Home Security and Safety Systems
Author: Sonali Goyal
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2021-10-14
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1000465128

This book provides an integrated solution for security and safety in the home, covering both assistance in health monitoring and safety from strangers/intruders who want to enter the home with harmful intentions. It defines a system whereby recognition of a person/stranger at the door is done using three modules: Face Recognition, Voice Recognition and Similarity Index. These three modules are taken together to provide a percentage likelihood that the individual is in the "known" or "unknown" category. The system can also continuously monitor the health parameters of a vulnerable person living alone at home and aid them in calling for help in an emergency. The authors have analyzed a number of existing biometric techniques to provide security for an individual living alone at home. These biometric techniques have been tested using MATLAB® image processing and signal processing toolboxes, and results have been calculated on the basis of recognition rate. A major contribution in providing security is a hybrid algorithm proposed by the author named PICA, which combines features of both PCA (Principle Component Analysis) and ICA (Independent Component Analysis) algorithms. This hybrid approach gives better performance recognition than either system alone. The second proposed hybrid algorithm for voice recognition is named as a MFRASTA algorithm by combining features of MFCC (Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient) and RASTA-PLP (RelAtive SpecTrA-Perceptual Linear Prediction) algorithm. After performing experiments, results are collected on the basis of recognition rate. The authors have also proposed a third technique named as a Similarity Index to provide trust-based security for an individual. This technique is text independent in which a person is recognized by pronunciation, frequency, tone, pitch, etc., irrespective of the content spoken by the person. By combining these three techniques, a high recognition rate is provided to the person at the door and high security to the individual living independently at home. In the final contribution, the authors have proposed a fingertip-based application for health monitoring by using the concept of sensors. This application is developed using iPhone 6’s camera. When a person puts their fingertip on a camera lens, with the help of brightness of the skin, the person’s heartbeat will be monitored. This is possible even with a low-quality camera. In case of any emergency, text messages will be sent to the family members of the individual living alone by using 3G Dongle and MATLAB tool. Results show that the proposed work outperforms all the existing techniques used in face recognition, voice recognition, and health monitoring alone.

The Complete Book of Home, Site, and Office Security

The Complete Book of Home, Site, and Office Security
Author: Bill Phillips
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2006
Genre: Dwellings
ISBN: 0071467440

Priročnik o varnostnih in zaščitnih ukrepih v najširšem smislu bralca vodi, mu svetuje in ga uči, kako postati in razmišljati kot varnostni strokovnjak, izboljšati varnost stanovanja, urada ali premoženja, kako najeti varnostnega svetovalca, izbrati in namestiti razne varnostne sisteme oziroma naprave, izboljšati računalniško in požarno varnost, se obraniti vlomilcev, terorizma in mnogih drugih nevarnosti. Preventivni ukrepi vključujejo tudi teme kot so ojačanje vrat in oken, izbiranje najboljših ključavnic, sodobnih nadzornih sistemov, alarmov, razsvetljave itd. Vsako poglavje vsebuje projekte tipa "naredi sam", varčevalne in praktične nasvete, ki jih je mogoče takoj uporabiti.

Marie Van Brittan Brown and Home Security

Marie Van Brittan Brown and Home Security
Author: Virginia Loh-Hagan
Publisher: Cherry Lake
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2018-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1534130810

The 21st Century Junior Library Women Innovators series highlights the contributions of women to STEM fields. Marie Van Brittan Brown and Home Security examines the life of this important woman and her contributions to home security systems. Sidebars encourage readers to engage in the material by asking deeper questions or conducting individual research. Full color photos, a glossary, and a listing of additional resources all enhance the learning experience.

The Savvy Guide to Home Security

The Savvy Guide to Home Security
Author: John Paul Mueller
Publisher: Indy Tech Publishing
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780790613154

Whether you are planning to design and install a system yourself, or work with professionals, this book is a valuable tool in securing your home. . .offers coverage of home offices, provides interviews with security experts, and offers many recommendations on security systems.

Build Your Own Home Security System

Build Your Own Home Security System
Author: Delton T. Horn
Publisher: Tab Books
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1993
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780830638710

Packed with the hands-on instruction needed to construct and install dozens of practical, inexpensive electronic security devices. For each project, a helpful schematic is included plus a list of the circuits and components required. Lightning Print on Demand Title Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.