DocumentCode
2935670
Title
Smooth motion of a rigid body in 2D and 3D
Author
Chaudhry, Farzana S. ; Handscomb, David C.
Author_Institution
Comput. Lab., Oxford Univ., UK
fYear
1997
fDate
27-29 Aug 1997
Firstpage
205
Lastpage
210
Abstract
Given measurements of the positions of a number of marked points on a rigid body at a sequence of times ti (i=0, 1, ..., n), we represent the motion of the body, assuming this motion to be smooth, by means of piecewise-rational curves, one through each sequence of positions, sharing a common denominator and having the property that the distance between these curves always remains constant. We consider in detail the motion in 2D and 3D of a rigid rod marked at each end
Keywords
biomechanics; classical mechanics; mechanical engineering; piecewise constant techniques; splines (mathematics); time series; common denominator; constant inter-curve distance; marked points; piecewise-rational curves; position measurements; rational splines; rigid body motion; rigid rod; rotation; smooth 2D motion; smooth 3D motion; time sequence; Acceleration; Data mining; Laboratories; Leg; Motion measurement; Polynomials; Position measurement; Time sharing computer systems; Visualization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information Visualization, 1997. Proceedings., 1997 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location
London
ISSN
1093-9547
Print_ISBN
0-8186-8076-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IV.1997.626517
Filename
626517
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