Takayanagi, Kenjiro
Published: August 18, 2006, 4:54 pm
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Kenjiro Takayanagi (1899-1990), a Japanese inventor who was among the leading developers of modern television technology. On December 25, 1926, he succeeded in displaying a clear image of the Japanese character on a cathode ray tube (sometimes called the 'Braun tube' after its inventor, Karl Braun), a mechanical and electrical display system with 40 scanning lines. Throughout the 1930s, Takayanagi and his research teams made a number of seminal advances in television image processing and transmission.
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Takayanagi, Kenjiro". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 18, 2006; Last revised Date August 18, 2006; Retrieved May 22, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Takayanagi,_Kenjiro>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Kenjiro Takayanagi (1899-1990), a Japanese inventor who was among the leading developers of modern television technology. On December 25, 1926, he succeeded in displaying a clear image of the Japanese character on a cathode ray tube (sometimes called the 'Braun tube' after its inventor, Karl Braun), a mechanical and electrical display system with 40 scanning lines. Throughout the 1930s, Takayanagi and his research teams made a number of seminal advances in television image processing and transmission.
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