IEEE Milestone (for Sony color video tape recorder and Trinitron color television receiver)
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The IEEE Milestone (for Sony color video tape recorder and Trinitron color television receiver) is a historical recognition awarded by the IEEE to commemorate Sony’s pioneering contributions to color video recording and display technology through its early color VTRs and Trinitron TVs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| IEEE Milestone (for Sony color video tape recorder and Trinitron color television receiver) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1934455 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE Milestone (for Sony color video tape recorder and Trinitron color television receiver) Context triple: [Trinitron, receivedAward, IEEE Milestone (for Sony color video tape recorder and Trinitron color television receiver)]
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A.
IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award
The IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award is a prestigious IEEE honor recognizing outstanding contributions and leadership in the field of consumer electronics technology.
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B.
NTSC color television standard
The NTSC color television standard is an analog broadcast system developed in the United States that defined how color video signals were encoded and transmitted for decades of North American television.
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C.
Trinitron
Trinitron is Sony’s line of high-quality aperture grille cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays, renowned for their sharp image, bright colors, and widespread use in televisions and computer monitors from the late 1960s onward.
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D.
Ampex
Ampex is an American electronics company renowned for pioneering professional audio and video tape recording technology.
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E.
Intel Museum
The Intel Museum is a technology museum in Santa Clara, California, showcasing the history of Intel and the evolution of semiconductor and microprocessor technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE Milestone (for Sony color video tape recorder and Trinitron color television receiver) Target entity description: The IEEE Milestone (for Sony color video tape recorder and Trinitron color television receiver) is a historical recognition awarded by the IEEE to commemorate Sony’s pioneering contributions to color video recording and display technology through its early color VTRs and Trinitron TVs.
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A.
IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award
The IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award is a prestigious IEEE honor recognizing outstanding contributions and leadership in the field of consumer electronics technology.
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B.
NTSC color television standard
The NTSC color television standard is an analog broadcast system developed in the United States that defined how color video signals were encoded and transmitted for decades of North American television.
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C.
Trinitron
Trinitron is Sony’s line of high-quality aperture grille cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays, renowned for their sharp image, bright colors, and widespread use in televisions and computer monitors from the late 1960s onward.
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D.
Ampex
Ampex is an American electronics company renowned for pioneering professional audio and video tape recording technology.
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E.
Intel Museum
The Intel Museum is a technology museum in Santa Clara, California, showcasing the history of Intel and the evolution of semiconductor and microprocessor technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IEEE Milestone
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historical recognition ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
IEEE History Center
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surface form:
IEEE History Committee
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| associatedWithOrganization |
Sony
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surface form:
Sony Corporation
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| awardedBy |
IEEE History Center
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ |
| category | history of technology award ⓘ |
| commemorates |
pioneering development of Trinitron color television receivers at Sony
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pioneering development of color video tape recorders at Sony ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| field |
electrical engineering
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electronic engineering ⓘ |
| hasCommemorativePlaque | yes ⓘ |
| hasType | plaque-based recognition ⓘ |
| honors |
Sony
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surface form:
Sony Corporation
Trinitron ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Trinitron color television receiver
Sony color video tape recorder ⓘ |
| isNonMonetary | true ⓘ |
| languageOfPlaque |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedAt | Sony-related site in Japan ⓘ |
| partOf | IEEE Milestones program ⓘ |
| purpose | to commemorate pioneering color video recording and display technologies by Sony ⓘ |
| recognizesContributionIn |
broadcast television engineering
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color television display technology ⓘ color video recording technology ⓘ |
| recognizesTimePeriod |
Trinitron color television development era
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early color video tape recorder era ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
broadcast television industry
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consumer electronics industry ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| selectionCriteriaInclude |
benefit to society
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historical impact ⓘ technical significance ⓘ |
| sponsor | IEEE Tokyo Section ⓘ |
| subjectOf | IEEE historical documentation ⓘ |
| technologyTypeRecognized |
Trinitron
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surface form:
Trinitron color television receiver
color video tape recorder ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: IEEE Milestone (for Sony color video tape recorder and Trinitron color television receiver) Description of subject: The IEEE Milestone (for Sony color video tape recorder and Trinitron color television receiver) is a historical recognition awarded by the IEEE to commemorate Sony’s pioneering contributions to color video recording and display technology through its early color VTRs and Trinitron TVs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Trinitron
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receivedAward
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IEEE Milestone (for Sony color video tape recorder and Trinitron color television receiver)
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