Ray Milton Dolby OBEh (født 18. januar 1933, død 12. september 2013) var en amerikansk ingeniør og opfinder af støj-reduktionssystemet kendt som Dolby NR. Han var også medopfinder af videobåndoptageren ved Ampex. Han var grundlægger af Dolby Laboratories. Han var også milliardær og medlem af Forbes 400 med en estimeret formue på $2,9 milliarder i 2008 selvom formuen september 2012 var skrumpet til $2,4 milliarder.Forbes Billionaires
Udmærkelser og æresbevisninger 1971: AES Silver MedalList of AES Awardees 1979: 51st Academy Awards — Academy Award, Scientific or TechnicalRay Dolby. Academy Awards 1983: SMPTE Progress Medal For his contributions to theater sound and his continuing work in noise reduction and quality improvements in audio and video systems and as a prime inventor of the videotape recorder 1985: SMPTE Alexander M. Poniatoff Gold Medal 1986: honorary Officer af Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) 1988: Eduard Rhein Ring of Honor fra det tyske Eduard Rhein Foundation 1989: 61st Academy Awards — Academy Award, Scientific or Technical 1989: Emmy af National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) 1992: AES Gold Medal 1995: Special Merit/Technical Grammy Award 1997: U.S. National Medal of Technology 1997: IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics AwardList of Masaru Ibuka Award winners 1999: æresdoktorgrad fra University of York 2000: æresvidenskabdoktorgrad fra Cambridge University 2003: Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award af Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 2004: inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame og Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame 2010: IEEE Edison Medal 2014: Stjerne på Hollywood Walk of FameTupac Shakur, Phil Hartman to receive Walk of Fame stars - see list
Referencer
US patenter , Signal compressor, filed 1969.
Eksterne links
Ray Dolby bio Dolby, R. (2002-05-11). Some Musings on Progress in Audio. Heyser lecture at Audio Engineering Society. Retrieved on 2007-03-26 from http://aes.org/technical/112Heyser.cfm . 2004 Interview With Dolby Group photo of the Ampex VTR team including Ray Dolby
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