Author

Takao Kuroda received his bachelor and master’s degrees in material physics and PhD from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, in 1972, 1974, and 1978, respectively.

He joined Panasonic Corporation in Osaka in 1978 and started research and development of image sensors, beginning with charge-coupled devices, at the Panasonic Electronic Laboratory. He extended the field of development to shift-register addressing-type sensors in addition to charge-coupled devices. In 1981, a sensor model he designed, a solid-state single-chip color camera system, was employed for the cockpit cameras of Japan Airlines to show views at takeoff and landing to passengers for the first time. In 1985 he was in charge of evaluation in the development of the first mass-produced ...

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