Sony Outstanding Engineer Award 2020
The Sony Outstanding Engineer Award, established to further inspire engineers to take on new challenges, is the highest form of individual recognition for Sony Group engineers.
In order to develop products and services that appeal to customers' sensibilities, there is a wide range of technologies that Sony will have to work on.
In addition to elemental technologies, there is also a need to integrate creative new technologies, and to optimize complex systems. This section introduces the winners of the Sony Outstanding Engineer Award 2020, who have actively addressed these challenges and achieved significant value creation.
Product development of the video AF(autofocus) system using phase detection image sensor that provided a new shooting experience for creators
Yuki Asukabe
Sony Corporation
Development of Σ (Sigma) graphite heat dissipation structure that realizes both Anti-shake performance and longtime video recording for alfa-body
Hiroshi Abe
Sony Corporation
Development of system architecture for camera and commercial realization to camera products
Satoshi Ikuta
Sony Corporation
World's First Intelligent Vision Sensors with AI Processing Functionality
Ryoji Eki
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Development and launch the DualSense™ wireless controller for PlayStation®5
Kazuyoshi Enomoto
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Cooling design for PlayStation®5
Yasuhiro Ootori
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
4K120p/8K output development for PlayStation®5 by HDMI2.1 FRL
Taichi Okabayashi
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Signature series/Near Field Powered Speaker System SA-Z1
Yoshiyuki Kaku
Sony Corporation
Machine Learning based Game AI control for non-player character (NPC)
Kenta Kawamoto
Sony AI Inc.
Development of New Architecture for SPAD Depth Sensor used in Automotive LiDAR and Contribution to Commercialization
Oichi Kumagai
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Establishing binary level backward compatible GPU hardware for PlayStation®5
Junichi Sakamoto
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Development of Universal Audio Source Separation Using Deep Neural Networks (DNNs)
Stefan Uhlich
Sony Europe B.V.
Development of X-Balanced-Speaker Unit that realize high sound quality
Takahisa Tagami
Sony Corporation
Standardization of Video-based Point Cloud Compression
Danillo Bracco Graziosi
Sony Corporation of America
Fyber - A standalone hair creation and grooming software for 3D characters
Daniela Hasenbring
Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc.
Development of new clock generation architecture suitable for advanced CMOS process
Masahisa Tamura
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Standardization of Geometry-based Point Cloud Compression
Ohji Nakagami
Sony Group Corporation
Development of Vibrotactile & Force Feedback Technology and Contribution to DualSense™ Wireless Controller
Yusuke Nakagawa
Sony Group Corporation
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Development and Commercialization of ID7000™, a Flagship Spectral Cell Analyzer that achieves high-plex multicolor analysis
Koji Futamura
Sony Corporation
Development of AI powered driving behavior-based car insurance “GOOD DRIVE”
Ryosuke Furukawa
Sony Group Corporation
Development of the PlayStation®5 Ray Tracing Technology
Benjamin Segovia
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Real-time data platform to unlock growing needs for low latency within the music industry
Myron Machado
The Orchard
Development and Mass Production of Highdefinition SWIR Image Sensor using Cu-Cu connections
Shuji Manda
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Contribution to commercialization of Spatial Reality Display ELF-SR1 with development of lenticular lens design suitable for eye tracking system
Tomoya Yano
Sony Group Corporation
Realization of PlayStation®4 BC using GPU analysis technology in PlayStation®5
Kenichiro Yokota
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Contribution to the commercialization of Spatial Reality Display with novel technology for better binocular fusion
Kazuki Yokoyama
Sony Group Corporation
