Blob metamorphosis based on Minkowski sums

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 143-153

  Galin, E ^a   Akkouche, S ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Animation; Blobs; Implicit surfaces; Metamorphosis; Minkowski sums; Skeletons; Soft objects

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FUNCTIONS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; SURFACES;

BIJECTIVE GRAPH; BLOB METAMORPHOSIS; BLOBS; CONVEX POLYGONAL SHAPES; IMPLICIT SURFACES; METAMORPHOSIS; MINKOWSKI SUMS; SOFT OBJECTS;

ANIMATION;

EID: 0030244643     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8659.1530143     Document Type: Article

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