IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award Recipients
2009 - EUGENE J. POLLEY
Retired Engineer, Head of Video Recording Group
Zenith Electronics LLC
Lincolnshire, IL, USA
“For contributions to the technology of the wireless remote control for television and other consumer electronics products”
2008 - RALPH H. BAER
Chief Engineer
RH Baer Consultants
Manchester, NH, USA
“For commercialization of interactive video games and other consumer toys”
2007 - TOMLINSON HOLMAN
Professor
University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
Los Angeles, California
“For engineering contributions and innovative developments in audio and cinema multichannel playback systems.”
2006 - Co-Recipients
WAYNE BRETL
R&D Manager, Zenith Electronics Corporation
Lincolnshire, IL
and
RICHARD CITTA
Chief Scientist, Micronas
Palatine, IL
and
WAYNE LUPLOW
Vice President, Zenith Electronics Corporation
Lincolnshire, IL
"For contributions to the development of the vestigial sideband (VSB) digital transmission system for digital television broadcasting."
2005 - NOT AWARDED
2004 - KARLHEINZ BRANDENBURG
Professor and Head of Department of Electronic Media Technique
University of Ilmenau, Germany
"For major contributions to digital audio source coding."
2003 - Co-Recipients
RICHARD H. SMALL
Principal Engineer, Harmon-Becker Automotive Systems, Inc.
Martinsville, IN
and
NEVILLE THIELE
Honorary Research Associate, Univ of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
"For major contributions to the synthesis and analysis of loudspeakers."
2002 - Co-recipients
TAKASHI FUJIO
Lecturer, Himeji Institute of Technology, Engineering Department, Japan
and
KOZO HAYASHI
(Ret) 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, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
and
YUICHI NINOMIYA
Executive Research Engineer, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Director, NHK Science & Technical Research Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
'For pioneering contributions to the research and development of High Definition Television.'
2001 - ULRICH REIMERS
Braunschweig Technical University - Braunschweig, Germany
'For visionary leadership in the development of digital video broadcast (DVB) Standards and implementation guidelines for satellite, terrestrial and cable equipment.'
2000 - MARVIN H. WHITE
Lehigh University - Bethlehem, Pa
'For pioneering and innovative contributions to the development of low-light level, solid-state imagers used in consumer products.'
1999 - LEONARDO CHIARIGLIONE
Division Head, CSELT, Torino, Italy
'For technical leadership in the development of the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) international standards for motion video and audio.'
1998 - JERROLD A. HELLER
Leucadia, CA
'For visionary engineering leadership in the development of digital television for broadcast, cable and satellite applications.'
1997 - RAY M. DOLBY
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. - San Francisco, CA
'For outstanding contributions to the development of audio noise reduction and surround sound systems.'
1996 - KEES A. SCHOUHAMER IMMINK
Philips Research Labs - Eindhoven, The Netherlands
'For pioneering contributions to consumer digital audio and video recording products.'
1995 - IRVING S. REED
University of Southern California
and
GUSTAVE SOLOMON
Private Consultant and Lecturer - Los Angeles, CA
'For contributions to basic error correcting codes, specifically the Reed-Solomon Codes, which have led to the compaction of data and made possible a generation of consumer compact optical disk products.'
1994 - CARL G. EILERS
Zenith Electronics Corporation - Glenview, IL
'For pioneering contributions to FM stereophonic and television multichannel sound broadcasting systems.'
1993 - GEORGE L. BRANTINGHAM
Italy,
PAUL S. BREEDLOVE
Texas Instruments
and
RICHARD H. WIGGINS
Dallas, TX
'For pioneering contributions to consumer electronics products employing synthetic speech for education and entertainment.'
1992 - ISAMU WASHIZUKA
Sharp Corp. - Nara, Japan
'For demonstrating technical feasibility of large size color LCD displays suitable for consumer TV applications.'
1991 - GILBERT F. AMELIO
Rockwell Commun. Systems - Richardson, TX
'For contributions to the development of charge-coupled device image sensors, leading to their near universal use in consumer video cameras.'
1990 - NORMAN L. STAUFFER
Honeywell - Littleton, CO
'For basic inventions leading to the development of the auto focus camera.'
1989 - HEITARO NAKAJIMA
SONY Corp., Japan
and
JOHANNES PETRUS SIJOU
Philips Int'l - The Netherlands
'For technical innovation and leadership in the development of the digital audio compact disk system and the achievement of international cooperation in both the development and introduction of this system.'
