Steven Sasson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Steven Sasson
Occupation	Engineer
Date Of Birth	Jul 4, 1950(1950-07-04)
Age	74
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Cancer

Steven Sasson Biography

Steven Sasson is one of the most popular and richest Engineer who was born on July 4, 1950 in New York, United States. American electronic engineer from the United States who developed the camera that was digital in the year 1975. President Obama conferred him the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2009.

Obama. President President Barack Obama honored him with the most prestigious medal U.S. engineers can earn in the East Room of White House in 2009. honored his with the highest-respected award U.S. engineers can earn in the East Room of White House in 2009.

Sasson was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Ragnhild Tomine (Endresen) and John Vincent Sasson. His mother was Norwegian. His invention began in 1975 with a broad assignment from his supervisor at Eastman Kodak Company, Gareth A. Lloyd: to attempt to build an electronic camera using a charge coupled device (CCD). The resulting camera invention was awarded the U.S. patent number 4,131,919.

Steven Sasson invented the first self-contained digital camera at Eastman Kodak in 1975. It weighed 8 pounds (3.6 kg) and had only 100 × 100 resolution (0.01 megapixels). The image was recorded onto a cassette tape and this process took 23 seconds. His camera took images in black-and-white. As he set out on his design project, what he envisioned for the future was a camera without mechanical moving parts (although his device did have moving parts, such as the tape drive).

He was raised with his family and friends in Brooklyn, New York.

Steven Sasson Net Worth

Steven Sasson is one of the richest Engineer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Steven Sasson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He completed his studies at his school, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in electrical engineering in the year 1972.

His first digital camera was a black and white camera and weighed eight pounds.

Steven J. Sasson (born July 4, 1950) is an American electrical engineer and the inventor of the first self-contained (portable) digital camera. Sasson is a 1972 (BS) and 1973 (MS) graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in electrical engineering. He attended and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School. He has worked for Eastman Kodak since shortly after his graduation from engineering school.

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Facts & Trivia

Steven Ranked on the list of most popular Engineer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Steven Sasson celebrates birthday on July 4 of every year.

What did Steve Sasson invent?

Digital camera

Why did Steve Sasson invent the digital camera?

Inventing the Digital Camera His experience taking apart electronics as a child made him think about how electrical pulses could be displayed as a two- dimensional pattern, much like how a television works.

What did Steve Sasson do for photography?

Steven Sasson invented the self-contained digital camera at Kodak in 1975. It weighed 8 pounds (3.6 kg) and had only 100 × 100 resolution (0.01 megapixels). The image was recorded onto a cassette tape and this process took 23 seconds. His camera took images in black-and-white.

Who invented the electric camera?

The first actual digital still camera was developed by Eastman Kodak engineer Steven Sasson in 1975. He built a prototype (US patent 4,131,919) from a movie camera lens, a handful of Motorola parts, 16 batteries and some newly invented Fairchild CCD electronic sensors.

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