Sony Outstanding Engineer Award 2024
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 2024, who have actively addressed these challenges and achieved significant value creation.
Promotion of Depth sensing application by ToF AR SDK and introduction of ToF sensor
Hiromasa Doi
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Development of ASTRO BOT for PlayStation®5
Nicolas Doucet
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
World's first image sensor system with global shutter for Mirrorless camera, Alpha 9 III
Akihiro Hara
Sony Corporation
Restoring Ordinary Trust in Photography: Establishing and Commercializing an Authenticity Verification Method Including 3D Detection for the Generative AI Era
Yosuke Hiratsuka
Sony Corporation
Development of an Omnidirectional Spherical Wheel with Enhanced Capability to Traverse Steps and Uneven Terrain
Kazuo Hongo
Sony Group Corporation
Development of Real-Time Super Resolution Rendering Technology and Contribution to Game Business
Toshinori Ihara
Sony Corporation
Development and commercialization of “LOGIQ LABO,” a thinking skills training service for elementary school students using LLM
Yoshihiko Ikenaga
Sony Global Education Inc.
Business expansion through the development of the original media server "ZOET®"
Kentaro Matsui
Sony PCL Inc.
Development and Mass Production of 2-Layer Transistor Pixel Stacked CMOS Image Sensor
Akira Matsumoto
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
Success of the world's smallest and lightest transformable lunar robot LEV-2 by using fully autonomous control technology
Masaharu Nagata
Sony Group Corporation
Development and Implementation of the Automatic Shooting System in “Zepp” concert halls
Yuki Nakai
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Introducing new PlayStation®5 Pro technologies and consulting to global game developers to co-create high-level gaming experiences
Shigehiro Shimada
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd.
Kenjo Akiyama
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Implementing "PSSR," machine learning based upscaling technology on PlayStation®5 Pro
Takehiro Tominaga
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Contributing to the development of core technologies and the enhancement of global recognition for the microsurgery assistance robot project
Kazuhito Wakana
Sony Group Corporation
Innovating Crunchyroll Subscription Systems: Advanced Payment and Gift Card Solutions
Keith Whitney / Lee Shartzer
Crunchyroll, LLC
Expanding Location-Based Entertainment (LBE) to Enhance IP Value
Tatsuya Yoshioka
Sony Creative Products Inc.
Development of Vision Foundation Model and Federated Learning Platform
Weiming Zhuang
Sony Research Inc.
