The object
Eric R. Fossum invented the CMOS active-pixel image sensor manufactured in cameras and inspection systems. CMOS active-pixel sensors brought image capture onto low-power integrated circuits, enabling compact cameras to migrate from specialist equipment into phones, cars and scientific instruments.
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What Eric did
Invented the CMOS active-pixel image sensor manufactured in cameras and inspection systems.
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Why it matters
CMOS image sensors displaced bulky camera technologies across consumer and industrial imaging.
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Living-status check
NIHF's official profile identifies Fossum as currently at Dartmouth College and as chairman of Gigajot Technology Inc. Current institutional evidence in 2026.