Multifunction Digital Video Processor

Renville H. McMann, Jr., President, Thomson-CSF Laboratories, is the holder of over thirty patents including the Image Enhancer, now used throughout the broadcasting industry – and the magnetic scan conversion technique used by NASA to convert color television pictures transmitted from the moon for standard broadcasting. He was a major participant in developing the original CBS Minicam Mark VI television camera system, the forerunner to today's Microcam®. In 1972 Mr. McMann received the Armstrong Medal for contributions to communications technology. And in 1977 he received the David Sarnoff Gold Medal Award for all of his pioneering work in television. He was actively involved in the development of the Digital Noise Reducer which dramatically improves the quality of color television pictures that have been degraded by noise. In 1978 he received an Emmy for the Digital Noise Reducer for outstanding technical achievement in broadcast communications. He is a past president of the Radio Club of America, a Fellow of the Yale Engineering Society, and a fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. He is a member of the International Radio and Television Society, the Royal Television Society, the Society of Broadcast Engineers, Society for Information Display, Soaring Society of America, and the Institute of Social Sciences.