Title :
Virtual autumn coloring system based on biological and fractal model
Author :
Mochizuki, S. ; Cai, D. ; Komori, T. ; Kimura, H. ; Hori, R.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Inf. Sci. & Electron., Tsukuba Univ., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
The authors simulate the time evolution of autumn coloring of both maple leaves and entire trees, and propose both biological and fractal models of this process. We calculate the amount of sunlight received on the leaves and propose the "autumn-coloring-logical-time" that is the temporal indicator of autumn coloring, then we use experimental biological data to calibrate the model parameters. Using the leaf fractalities, we adopt a chaos game algorithm or random iteration algorithm to render natural autumn colorings
Keywords :
biology computing; botany; chaos; digital simulation; fractals; iterative methods; rendering (computer graphics); virtual reality; autumn coloring; autumn-coloring-logical-time; biological model; chaos game algorithm; experimental biological data; fractal model; leaf fractalities; maple leaves; model parameters; natural autumn coloring rendering; random iteration algorithm; sunlight; temporal indicator; time evolution simulation; virtual autumn coloring system; Biological system modeling; Biology; Chaos; Evolution (biology); Fractals; Image generation; Pigmentation; Rendering (computer graphics); Temperature; Veins;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Graphics and Applications, 2001. Proceedings. Ninth Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1227-5
DOI :
10.1109/PCCGA.2001.962891
