J.N. Lygouras

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J.N. Lygouras is a prolific researcher whose work spans robotics, computer vision, digital electronics, and embedded hardware systems. Over a career spanning more than three decades, Lygouras has made significant contributions to sensor development, robotic vision, and real-time image processing architectures. His most widely cited work, a 2003 paper on a force-sensing data glove (98 citations), demonstrated innovative sensor integration for human-computer interaction, combining low-cost materials with precise electronic circuitry. His pioneering development of the pseudo-stereo vision system — using planar mirrors and a single camera to achieve depth perception — represents a particularly creative contribution to robotic sensing, explored across multiple publications and garnering nearly 75 citations collectively. Lygouras has also advanced FPGA-based hardware acceleration, developing fully pipelined architectures for real-time SIFT feature extraction and RANSAC-based image matching, addressing critical computational bottlenecks in robotic vision applications. His earlier work on nonlinear analog-to-digital conversion and memory-efficient lookup tables for trigonometric functions reflects a deep foundation in digital circuit design. With over 300 cumulative citations, his research provides practical, hardware-oriented solutions that continue to influence robotics and embedded vision systems.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Data glove with a force sensor

   98 citations · 2003
2. 2
   Fully pipelined FPGA-based architecture for real-time SIFT extraction

   34 citations · 2015
3. 3
   Vision-Based Path Generation Method for a Robot-Based Arc Welding System

   34 citations · 2006
4. 4
   Pseudostereo-Vision System: A Monocular Stereo-Vision System as a Sensor for Real-Time Robot Applications

   31 citations · 2007
5. 5
   Nonlinear ADC with digitally selectable quantizing characteristic

   23 citations · 1988
6. 6
   Pseudo-Stereo Vision System: A Detailed Study

   23 citations · 2005
7. 7
   FPGA-based architecture of a real-time SIFT matcher and RANSAC algorithm for robotic vision applications

   21 citations · 2017
8. 8
   A pseudo stereo vision system as a sensor for real time path control of a robot

   18 citations · 2003
9. 9
   Memory reduction in look-up tables for fast symmetric function generators

   14 citations · 1999
10. 10
    Acceleration of RANSAC algorithm for images with affine transformation

    13 citations · 2016

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