Panasonic PV-460 Honored With IEEE Milestone for Image Stabilization
The IEEE Milestone marks the PV-460 as the foundational patent for image stabilization, a technology now standard across consumer imaging devices.
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Panasonic Holdings received an IEEE Milestone plaque on July 9, 2026, for the PV-460, the world's first practical video camera with image stabilization, developed in 1988. The ceremony took place at the company's Technology CUBE. It is the Panasonic Group's second IEEE Milestone, following a 2014 recognition for the Japanese battery industry.
The Panasonic Group collected its second IEEE Milestone on July 9, 2026, for the PV-460 camcorder, the first practical video camera with built-in image stabilization. The ceremony at Technology CUBE saw Toshio Fukuda, 2020 IEEE President, present the plaque to Tatsuo Ogawa, Panasonic Holdings' Group CTO. The PV-460, released in the United States in 1988, combined a miniaturized vibration gyro sensor with an optical correction mechanism. Panasonic later licensed the technology internationally, and image stabilization became a standard feature in film cameras, digital cameras, and smartphones.
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