Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!phyllis From: phyllis@utcsrgv.UUCP (Phyllis Eve Bregman) Newsgroups: ont.events Subject: Maureen Stone: "Automatically fitting splines to pictures". Message-ID: <3321@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Feb-84 11:58:56 EST Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.3321 Posted: Mon Feb 20 11:58:56 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Feb-84 12:31:05 EST Organization: CSRG, University of Toronto Lines: 20 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. -- Phyllis Eve Bregman CSRG, Univ. of Toronto {decvax,linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,allegra,utzoo}!utcsrgv!phyllis