Evaluation of existing and new feature recognition algorithms. Part 1: Theory and implementation

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 839-852

  Owodunni, O ^a   Hinduja, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavity; Concavity; Convex hull; Face visibility; Feature recognition; Inner loop

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACE RECOGNITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONVEX HULL; FACE VISIBILITY; FEATURE DETECTION TECHNIQUES; GEOMETRIC MODELS;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0036070402     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440502320192978     Document Type: Article

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