BY:
CAITLIN SOLTESZ
PERIOD 6
Engineering Research onIMAGING:DIGITAL CAMERA
Inventor Information
In 1827 the first real photograph was developed byFrench inventor, Joseph Nicephone Niepce.
The first electronic camera was patented
by Texas Instruments in 1972.
But it wasn’t until 1981 that Sony introduced
the first commercial electronic camera
called the Mavica.
Identify the Problem
The first idea of creating an image was on a wall bypassing light through a small hole. This was createdin Ancient Greece.
The first time the problem was identified by NASA,they needed to send images from the object up inspace back to Earth.
Brainstorm and Design
In 1969 Willard Boyle and George E. Smith inventedthe charged-coupled device (CCD). They jointlyreceived the Franklin’s Institute Stuart BallantineMedal.
Sasson’s invention started with an assignment fromhis boss at Eastman Kodak, G. Lloyd in 1975. Hethought of ways to improve other companies designs ofthe “digital camera” He was said to draw on whateverwas available.
He tested an 8 lb. Toaster size machine, he asked a co-worker to pose for him, the black and white image wascaptured at a resolution of .01 megapixels, it took 23seconds to record on a digital cassette tape andanother 23 seconds to appear on a TV.
“You could see the silhouette of her hair, but her facewas a blur of static.” -Sasson
In 1978 Sasson and Lloyd were given a patent on theirdigital camera.
Build, Test, Evaluate & Re-Design
Sony re-designed the digital camera and made it in to acommercial digital camera, the Mavica. The images werethen stored on a mini disc and then put into a videoreader, and then displayed onto a TV or printed.
The Mavica wasn’t a true digital camera, it was actually amodified video camera that took still images.
The first digital camera to work with your homecomputer was introduced in 1994 by Apple.
Sony Mavica
AppleQuickTake100
Share Solution
In the late 1980’s the digital camera had entered theconsumer market.
Many companies started making digital camerassuch as:
*Texas Instruments- Sony- Kodak- Microsoft- IBM*
*And many others*
