phyllis@utcsrgv.UUCP (Phyllis Eve Bregman) (02/20/84)
UofT Department of Computer Science Seminar Schedule for
the week of February 20th, 1984
Thursday, February 23rd, 4:00 P.M., GB244: Dr. Maureen Stone
Computer Science Laboratory, Palo Alto Research Center:
"Automatically fitting splines to pictures".
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 cubic 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 generating 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.
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Phyllis Eve Bregman
CSRG, Univ. of Toronto
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