Kurt Singer (film technician)
Kurt Singer (born in the 19th or 20th century) is / was an inventor and engineer, and at the time he was making his inventions, he was working for the RCA-Victor Division of the Radio Corporation of America , an American company established in 1919 as Corporation was founded by American electronics manufacturers. RCA was the founder of the large film production company RKO Pictures . Twelve inventions were listed for Singer between 1947 and 1960.
For one of his novelties, which was of great importance in the field of film, he was awarded the Oscar for technical merit in 1948 . He received the class III award in the form of a certificate for the design and development of a continuously variable band elimination filter, which is continuously variable in a range from 30 to 9000 cycles ("for the design and development of a continuously variable band elimination filter"). Singer's invention was published in the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers , Volume 51, Issue 2 in August 1948 . There it said with regard to the invention: "This device has proven to be extremely useful for eliminating interference frequencies in the production of sound for moving images."
One invention was registered for Singer as early as 1947 and, in addition to the above, another in 1948. In 1949, two more inventions followed, as well as 1952 and 1953. Another invention each dates from 1957 and 1960.
Award
Web links
- Kurt Singer - Academy Awards 1948 in the IMDb (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 20th Annual Academy Awards Results and Commentary (1948) Scientific or Technical Award (Class III) at dititalhit.com (English)
- ↑ Continuously Variable Band-Elimination Filter at ieeexplore.ieee.org (English)
- ↑ Authors: Kurt Singer at ieeexplore.ieee.org (English)
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| SURNAME | Singer, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American filmmaker and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |