Title :
On estimating local geometric properties of intersection curves
Author :
Shin-Ting, Wu ; Aléssio, Osmar ; Costa, Suelii R.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Fac., State Univ. of Campinas, Brazil
Abstract :
The paper presents a simple and robust algorithm for estimating the local geometric properties of intersection curves, namely the tangent, normal, binormal, curvature and torsion vectors at any point. In addition, two new marching directions that make use of these properties are given
Keywords :
computational geometry; differential geometry; binormal vectors; curvature vectors; intersection curves; local geometric property estimation; marching directions; normal vectors; robust algorithm; tangent vectors; torsion vectors; Computational geometry; Differential equations; Mathematics; Robustness; Sorting; Taylor series; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 2000. Proceedings XIII Brazilian Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Gramado
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0878-2
DOI :
10.1109/SIBGRA.2000.883908
