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IEEE MASARU IBUKA CONSUMER ELECTRONICS AWARD RECIPIENTS

2022 – PETER DILLON “For contributions to the development of Retired, Kodak Research Labs, image sensors with integrated color filter Pittsford, New York, USA arrays for digital video and still cameras.”

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ALBERT BRAULT Retired, Kodak Research Labs, Fairport, New York, USA

2021 – STEVE WOZNIAK “For pioneering the design of consumer- Public Speaker, Woz Speaks, friendly personal computers.” Los Gatos, California, USA

2020 - EBEN UPTON "For creating an inexpensive single-board CEO, Raspberry Pi, computer and surrounding ecosystem for Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, education and consumer applications” United Kingdom

2019 – TOMONORI AOYAMA “For pioneering contributions to super- Professor Emeritus, The University high-definition image technologies leading of , Kamakura, to 4K digital cinema .”

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TAKASHI HAYASAKA Corporate Officer, Business Consulting, Tokyo, Japan

2018 - LINUS BENEDICT TORVALDS "For his leadership of the development and Fellow, Linux Foundation, San proliferation of Linux.” Francisco, California, USA

2017 - JOHN O’ SULLIVAN “For pioneering contributions to high-speed Electrical Engineer, Taggle Systems, wireless LAN technology.” Everleigh, Australia AND DAVID SKELLERN Chairman, Capital Markets CRC Limited, Sydney, Australia AND TERENCE PERCIVAL Director (Retired), Broadband and the Digital Economy, NICTA, Northbridge, Australia

2016 – STEVEN J. SASSON “For designing and building the first digital

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President, Steven J. Sasson still camera.” Consulting LLC, Hilton, New York, USA

2015 - MARTIN COOPER “For pioneering contributions to mobile Chair, Dyna LLC, wireless technology, including the first Del Mar, California, USA handheld cellular telephone.”

2014 – NOT AWARDED

2013 - MARTIN DIETZ “For pioneering innovations in digital audio Vice President, EMEA and Business coding, technology leadership, and Strategy, Dolby Laboratories, contributions to the development of High- Nürnberg, Germany Efficiency AAC (“HE-AAC”).” AND KRISTOFER KJÖRLING Principal Member Technical Staff, Dolby Laboratories, Stockholm, AND LARS LILJERYD Principal Member Technical Staff and Senior Advisor Research, Dolby Laboratories, Stockholm, Sweden

2012 - GISLE BJØNTEGAARD “For leadership and technical contributions Chief Scientist, Tandberg Telecom, to the development of the globally Lysaker Norway deployed video coding standard AND H.264/MPEG4-AVC.” GARY J. SULLIVAN Video and Image Technology Architect, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, USA AND THOMAS WIEGAND Chair Image Communication, Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications – Heinrich Hertz Institute, Head Image Processing Department & Berlin University of Technology, Berlin, Germany

2011 - JOAN LAVERNE MITCHELL “For fundamental contributions to image Ricoh /IBM InfoPrint Solutions compression in printing technology and Company, digital image processing in consumer Boulder, CO, USA electronics.”

2010 – JAMES BARTON “For contributions to the development and

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CTO, Sr. VP Research & Dev, commercialization of digital video Director and Co-Founder TiVo, Inc. recorders.” Alviso, CA, USA

2009 – EUGENE J. POLLEY “For contributions to the technology of the Retired Engineer, Head of Video wireless remote control for television and Recording Group, Zenith Electronics other consumer electronic products.” Lincolnshire, IL, USA

2008 - RALPH H. BAER “For commercialization of interactive video Chief Engineer, RH Baer games and other consumer toys” Consultants, Manchester, NH, USA

2007 – TOMLINSON HOLMAN “For engineering contributions and University of Southern California innovative developments in audio and Los Angeles, CA, USA cinema multichannel playback systems.”

2006 – WAYNE BRETL “For contributions to the development of R&D Manager the vestigal sideband (VSB) digital Zenith Electronics Corporation transmission system for digital television Lincolnshire, IL, USA broadcasting” AND RICHARD CITTA Chief Scientist Micronas Palatine, IL, USA AND WAYNE LUPLOW Vice President Zenith Electronics Corporation Lincolnshire, IL, USA

2005 – No Award

2004 – KARLHEINZ BRANDENBURG “For major contributions to digital audio Professor & Head of Department of source coding.” Electronic Media Technique University of Ilmenau, Erlangen, Germany

2003 - RICHARD H. SMALL For major contributions to the synthesis Senior Principal Engineer, and analysis of loudspeakers." Harmon Becker Automotive Systems, Inc. Martinsville, IN, USA AND NEVILLE THIELE Honorary Research Associate Univ of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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2002 – TAKASHI FUJIO "For pioneering contributions to the Lecturer, Himeji Institute of research and development of High Technology, Engineering Definition Television." Department, Japan AND KOZO HAYASHI Senior Executive Director, Sharp Corporation, Tokyo, Japan AND MASAO SUGIMOTO Executive Corporate Engineering Advisor, Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, Japan AND MASAHIKO MORIZONO Chief Advisor of Technology, Corporation, Tokyo, Japan AND YUICHI NINOMIYA Executive Research Engineer, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Director, NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan

2001 – ULRICH REIMERS “For visionary leadership in the Institute of Nachrichtentechnik development of digital video broadcast Vechelde, Germany (DVB) Standards and implementation guidelines for satellite, terrestrial and cable equipment.”

2000 - MARVIN H. WHITE “For pioneering and innovative Lehigh University contributions to the development of low- Bethlehem, PA, USA light level, solid-state imagers used in consumer products.”

1999 - LEONARDO CHIARIGLIONE "For technical leadership in the CSELT development of the Moving Picture Experts Torino, Italy Group (MPEG) international standards for motion video and audio."

1998 - JERROLD A. HELLER "For visionary engineering leadership in Consultant the development of digital television for Encinitas, CA, USA broadcast, cable and satellite applications."

1997 - RAY M. DOLBY "For outstanding contributions to the Dolby Laboratories, Inc. development of audio noise reduction and San Francisco, CA, USA surround sound systems."

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1996 - KEES A. SCHOUHAMER IMMINK "For pioneering contributions to consumer Philips Research Labs digital audio and video recording Eindhoven, The Netherlands products."

1995 - IRVING S. REED "For contributions to basic error correcting University of California, codes, specifically the Reed-Solomon Los Angeles, CA, USA Codes, which have led to the compaction AND of data and made possible a generation of GUSTAVE SOLOMON consumer compact optical disk products." Private Consultant and Lecturer Los Angeles, CA, USA

1994 -CARL G. EILERS "For pioneering contributions to FM Zenith Electronics Corporation stereophonic and television multichannel Glenview, IL, USA sound broadcasting systems."

1993 - GEORGE L. BRANTINGHAM "For pioneering contributions to consumer Texas Instruments, electronics products employing synthetic Avezanno, Italy speech for education and entertainment." AND PAUL S. BREEDLOVE CompuAdd, Austin, TX, USA AND RICHARD H. WIGGINS Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX, USA

1992 - ISAMU WASHIZUKA "For demonstrating technical feasibility of Sharp Corp. large size color LCD displays suitable for Nara, Japan consumer TV applications."

1991 - GILBERT F. AMELIO "For contributions to the development of Rockwell Commun. Systems charge-coupled device image sensors, Richardson, TX, USA leading to their near universal use in consumer video cameras."

1990 - NORMAN L. STAUFFER "For basic inventions leading to the Honeywell development of the auto focus camera." Littleton, CO, USA

1989 - HEITARO NAKAJIMA "For technical innovation and leadership in SONY Corp. the development of the digital audio Tokyo, Japan compact disk system and the achievement AND of international cooperation in both the JOHANNES PETRUS SIJOU development and introduction of this Philips International system." The Netherlands

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