Japan Semiconductor Innovation 50 (A-10 1970s)
CCD Camcorder (Sony)
Sony succeeded to develop a CCD image sensor which had 110k
pixels in 1978, and world first camcorder XC-1 which incorporated this CCD
sensor was developed in 1980. XC-1 was adopted by "Skyvision"
of ANA jumbo jet and was used to show passengers scenes of take-off and
landing.
It was described in Sony 50-year commemorative magazine that it took one
year to ship 52pcs of CCD for Skyvision, due to the low yield rate. This
was the first real application of CCD, and growth of video equipment business
was driven by the application of CCD and succeeding CMOS image sensors.
< remarks>
The number of pixels is also described as 120k in some cases. We use 110k
to keep consistency with "D-6: 110k Pixel CCD Image Sensor" in
this same Innovation 50.
| XC-1 equipped on a Jumbo jet |
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| Offerd by Sony HP |