Licensees and Awards

Licensees Around the World

Faroudja’s inventive approach to improving the qual- ity of video imaging has caught the eye of some of the world’s greatest high technology companies. The following list represents those that have recog- nized the value of Faroudja’s solutions to imaging problems and pay for the opportunity to incorporate this technology in their advanced video products (as of December 1993):

Canon	Microtime
Conrac	Mitsubishi
General Instrument	NAC
Grass Valley	NEC
Hitachi	Sanyo
Ikegami	Sharp
JVC	Sony
Matsushita (Panasonic)	Toshiba

Awards and Achievements

In just the last four years, Yves Faroudja and Faroudja Labs have garnered worldwide recognition and a number of industry awards. These honors are notable for several reasons. They are in response to the significant impact that Faroudja’s technology has made on the serious improvement of video quality. They are also a reflection of his long term dedication to continually improving and optimizing the perfor- mance of the NTSC video format.

In chronological order, these awards and their spe- cific focus are listed including an EMMY in 1991 for minimizing artifacts in the NTSC broadcast encod- ing process.

1987: SMPTE

DAVID SARNOFF GOLD MEDAL AWARD

for

“Contributing in Optimizing NTSC Performances”

1988: MONITOR AWARD

for

“Excellence in Engineering

NTSC Encoders and Decoders”

1989: BM/E AWARD

for

“Excellence in Engineering”

1991: Technology Executive of the Year

from Cable TV Business

1991: EMMY

from The National Academy

of Television Arts and Sciences

for

“Techniques for Minimization of NTSC Artifacts

Through Advanced Encoding Techniques”

1992: VIDEO GRAND PRIX AWARD

Audio/Video International

LD100 Line Doubler “Advanced Technology Award”

1993: VIDEO MAGAZINE

Video Visionary

LD100 Line Doubler “10 Best Products”