On the different shapes arising in a family of plane rational curves depending on a parameter.
Juan Gerardo AlcázarPublished in: Comput. Aided Geom. Des. (2010)
Keyphrases
- closed curves
- shape space
- planar curves
- gaussian curvature
- differential geometry
- three dimensional
- polygonal approximation
- special case
- curve segments
- shape analysis
- arc length
- shape recognition
- geodesic paths
- shape model
- shape representation
- fourier descriptors
- decision making
- normal vectors
- principal axes
- parametric curves
- shape variations
- medial axis
- closed contours
- digital curves
- shape descriptors
- shape matching
- endpoints