Steven J. Sasson was born on July 4, 1950. He is an American man who grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and is now an electronics expert and inventor of the world's first digital camera, the digital camera.
The inventor of the digital camera is an alumnus of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and graduated with a degree in electrical engineering.
The Invention of the Digital Camera
In 1975 Steven J. Sasson succeeded in creating a digital camera, and his findings were recorded in world history as the inventor of the first digital camera technology.
Although in 1972, Texas Instruments Inc. had designed an electronic camera that did not require film.
However, the electronic camera created by Texas Instruments Inc. is not a digital camera. Sasson himself initially got an assignment from his supervisor at the Eastman Kodak Company, Gareth A Lloyd, to make an electronic camera that uses a charger or Charge Coupled Device (CCD).
Sasson's search for references to electronic cameras using CCD systems was fruitless, he eventually turned his attention to existing materials such as analog-to-digital converters whose adaptations emerged from the company Motorola, Kodak camera film lenses, and mini-sized CCD chips. The mini CCD chip was introduced in 1973 by Fairchild Semiconductor.
His dedication to work made him more enthusiastic, so he tried to fulfill the task his supervisor had given him at Eastman Kodak Company and did his best to find an electronic camera that used CCD.
From materials available and selected by Sasson, the inventor of the first digital camera created a new digital circuit. The new digital circuit was built using the guide from the measuring oscilloscope.
From this digital circuit, a prototype digital camera was born. The process of making the digital camera lasted until December 1975.
Still in December 1975, Sasson, assisted by his main technician, persuaded laboratory assistants to pose for them in order to try out the findings of the man from the United States.
After successfully taking pictures of the laboratory assistant with his camera, the inventor of the first digital camera examined the black-and-white image.
The black and white image that has been captured in the camera has a resolution of 0.01 megapixels or the equivalent of 10,000 pixels.
It takes about 23 seconds to transfer the image to a digital cassette, then it takes another 23 seconds to be read by the playback unit until the desired image appears on the television screen.
Since then, Sasson has continued to develop his inventions until he succeeded in fulfilling the duties of his supervisor and then set a record in history as the inventor of the world's first digital camera. No wonder he received many awards for his invention.
Sasson's discovery also turned out to be very useful for all of us who hoped for technology that could provide instant and maximum results like in this day and age.
Awards
On November 17, 2009, Sasson was presented with an award in person by the President of the United States, Barack Obama, during a ceremony in the East Room, White House, held.
The award given to Sasson is The National Medal of Technology and Innovation. The award is the highest award for scientists, engineers, and inventors.
Another award that was received by the inventor of this first digital camera was the Progress and Honorary Fellowship medal given by The Royal Photographic Society on September 6, 2012.
The award was given for Sasson's services in finding something related to the art of photography.
It is clear that the inventor of the world's first digital camera is successful for his great invention, which is growing in the age of technology literacy as it is today.