Guillermo González Camarena
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Guillermo González Camarena (17 February 1917 – 18 April 1965) was a Mexican
electrical engineer Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...
who was the inventor of a color-wheel type of
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Early life

González Camarena was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He was the youngest of seven siblings, among sculptor
Jorge González Camarena Jorge González Camarena (24 March 1908 – 24 May 1980) was a Mexican painter, muralist and sculptor. He is best known for his mural work, as part of the Mexican muralism movement, although his work is distinct from the main names associat ...
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Death

He died in a car crash in
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on April 18, 1965 (at the age of 48), returning from inspecting a
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in Las Lajas, Veracruz.


Legacy

A field-sequential color television system similar to his Tricolor system was used in
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's
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in 1979, to take pictures and video of
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.*Enrique Krauze - Guillermo González-Camarena Jr. ''"50 años de la televisión mexicana"'' (50th anniversary of Mexican T.V.) - Year 1999 Mexican T.V. Documentary produced by Editorial Clío &
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, broadcast in 2000)
There was a Mexican science research and technology group created ''La Funck Guillermo González Camarena or The Guillermo González Camarena Foundation in 1995'' that was beneficial to creative and talented inventors in Mexico. At the same time, the ''IPN'' began construction on the ''Centro de Propiedad Intelectual "Guillermo González Camarena" (Guillermo González Camarena Intellectual Property Center)''. González_camarena_guillermo_ing,_EN_SU_DESPACHO.jpg, File:Detalle_de_cámara_de_televisión_GonCaM_03.jpg, File:Television_receiver_for_Chromoscopic_adapter_for_television_equipment.jpg González_camarena_guillermo_ing,_con_agustín_lara,_ultima_foto.jpg,


External links


Patent 2296019 Chromoscopic adapter for television equipment. Google Patents

The Original Patent For Color Television Explained


References

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