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From: phyllis@utcsrgv.UUCP (Phyllis Eve Bregman)
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Subject: Maureen Stone:  "Automatically fitting splines to pictures".
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Date: Mon, 20-Feb-84 11:58:56 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 20 11:58:56 1984
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      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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