Bryce E. Bayer
Bryce E. Bayer (born August 15, 1929 in Portland , Maine , † November 13, 2012 in Bath , Maine) was an American physicist . He developed the Bayer matrix .
Life
Bayer attended Deering High School in Portland. In 1951 he finished his studies in technical physics at the University of Maine with a bachelor's degree. In 1960 he earned a Masters in Statistics (Industrial Statistics) from the University of Rochester . He worked in the development department of Eastman Kodak , where he developed the Bayer filter named after him in 1974 and patented in 1976 . The filter enabled the development of image sensors to record color information and thus the development of digital cameras .
Bayer received the Progress Award from the Royal Photographic Society of Britain in 2009 and the Camera Origination and Imaging Medal from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers in 2012 for its development .
Bayer had been married to Joan Fitzgerald since 1954 and the couple had two sons and a daughter.
literature
- Dennis Hevesi: Bryce Bayer, Inventor of a Filter to Make Color Digital Pictures, Dies at 83. In: New York Times . November 28, 2012.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bayer, Bryce E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portland , Maine |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 2012 |
| Place of death | Bath , Maine |