David Paul Gregg (March 11, 1923 – November 8, 2001) was an American engineer. He was the inventor of the optical disc (disk). Gregg was inspired to create the optical disc in 1958 while working at California electronics company, Westrex, a part of Western Electric. His patent for a "Videodisk" was filed in March 1962 (USPO 3350503) while working to advance electron beam recording and reproducing.
Gregg went to work at 3M's Mincom division with experienced television videotape engineers Wayne Johnson and Dean De Moss. The three men subsequently filed patents to cover a disc-recording system, a way to duplicate discs, and reproducing TV signals from photographic discs. When Mincom contracted Stanford's SRI to further the research, Gregg left and formed his own company, Gauss Electrophysics.
In 1968 the Gregg and Gauss patents were purchased by MCA (Music Corporation of America), which helped develop the technology further. His designs and patents paved the way for the LaserDisc, which helped with the creation of the DVD, compact discs, and MiniDisc.[1] In 1963 he also invented a video disk camera which could store several minutes' worth of images onto an optical video disk. There was no patent files for the camera and only little is known about it. Gregg died in Culver City, California in November 2001 at the age of 78.[2]
When Gregg had improvised his invention, he imagined himself as a consumer. He interpreted that the LaserDisc (also known as the optical disc), "had to be of extremely low-cost, which implied the utmost simplicity, lowest material and processing costs, and user friendliness."
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david, paul, gregg, march, 1923, november, 2001, american, engineer, inventor, optical, disc, disk, gregg, inspired, create, optical, disc, 1958, while, working, california, electronics, company, westrex, part, western, electric, patent, videodisk, filed, marc. David Paul Gregg March 11 1923 November 8 2001 was an American engineer He was the inventor of the optical disc disk Gregg was inspired to create the optical disc in 1958 while working at California electronics company Westrex a part of Western Electric His patent for a Videodisk was filed in March 1962 USPO 3350503 while working to advance electron beam recording and reproducing David Paul GreggBorn 1923 03 11 March 11 1923DiedNovember 8 2001 2001 11 08 aged 78 Culver City California U S NationalityAmericanOccupation s Engineer inventor This article may be confusing or unclear to readers Please help clarify the article There might be a discussion about this on the talk page August 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Gregg went to work at 3M s Mincom division with experienced television videotape engineers Wayne Johnson and Dean De Moss The three men subsequently filed patents to cover a disc recording system a way to duplicate discs and reproducing TV signals from photographic discs When Mincom contracted Stanford s SRI to further the research Gregg left and formed his own company Gauss Electrophysics In 1968 the Gregg and Gauss patents were purchased by MCA Music Corporation of America which helped develop the technology further His designs and patents paved the way for the LaserDisc which helped with the creation of the DVD compact discs and MiniDisc 1 In 1963 he also invented a video disk camera which could store several minutes worth of images onto an optical video disk There was no patent files for the camera and only little is known about it Gregg died in Culver City California in November 2001 at the age of 78 2 When Gregg had improvised his invention he imagined himself as a consumer He interpreted that the LaserDisc also known as the optical disc had to be of extremely low cost which implied the utmost simplicity lowest material and processing costs and user friendliness See also editJames Russell inventor Optical recordingReferences edit Patents for the LaserDisc Format David Paul Gregg AncientFaces Retrieved 2019 01 07 External links editAbout com article about David Gregg Entry in Smart Computing encyclopedia via Internet Archive Wayback Machine Gregg D P 1997 Patents and inventorship issues over the last thirty years of optical storage Paper presented at the 3109 1 doi 10 1117 12 280678 Another article nbsp This article about an American inventor is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Paul Gregg amp oldid 1191537149, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
