mwang@watmath.UUCP (mwang) (02/21/84)
_D_E_P_A_R_T_M_E_N_T _O_F _C_O_M_P_U_T_E_R _S_C_I_E_N_C_E _U_N_I_V_E_R_S_I_T_Y _O_F _W_A_T_E_R_L_O_O _S_E_M_I_N_A_R _A_C_T_I_V_I_T_I_E_S _C_O_M_P_U_T_E_R _G_R_A_P_H_I_C_S _S_E_M_I_N_A_R - Friday, February 24, 1984. Maureen Stone of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center will speak on ``Automatically Fitting Splines to Pictures.'' TIME: 3:30 PM ROOM: MC 5158 ABSTRACT For publication quality graphics it is important to have a resolution independent representation for text and illustrations. One way to achieve this is to describe the outline of each shape as a parametric cu- bic curve or spline. Producing such a representation for a complex image, however, can be a tedious task. This talk will describe a method for automatically gen- erating efficient spline approximations from sampled data. Using this algorithm it is possible for a designer to sketch or scan a shape and let the computer define the curves for the outline. February 21, 1984