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3D geometric metamorphosis based on harmonic map
Seoul, KOREA October 13-October 16
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/PCCGA.1997.626179Fifth Pacific Conference on Computer ...
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T. Kanai, Dept. of Precision Machinery Eng., Tokyo Univ., Japan
H. Suzuki, Dept. of Precision Machinery Eng., Tokyo Univ., Japan
F. Kimura, Dept. of Precision Machinery Eng., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Recently, animations with deforming objects are frequently used in various computer graphics applications. Metamorphosis (or morphing) of three dimensional objects can realize a shape transformation between two or more existing objects. We present a new algorithm for 3D geometric metamorphosis between two objects based on the harmonic map. Our algorithm is applicable for arbitrary polyhedra that are homeomorphic to the three dimensional sphere or the two dimensional disk. In our algorithm, each of the two 3D objects is first embedded to the circular disk on the plane. This embedded model has the same graph structure as its 3D objects. By overlapping those two embedded models, we can establish a correspondence between the two objects. Using this correspondence, intermediate objects between two objects are easily generated. The user only specifies a boundary loop on an object and a vertex on that boundary which control the interpolation.
Index Terms:
computational geometry; 3D geometric metamorphosis; harmonic map; animations; deforming objects; computer graphics; image morphing; three dimensional objects; shape transformation; arbitrary polyhedra; three dimensional sphere; two dimensional disk; graph structure; object correspondence; boundary loop; interpolation; graphical user interface
Citation:
T. Kanai, H. Suzuki, F. Kimura, "3D geometric metamorphosis based on harmonic map," pg, pp.97, Fifth Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (PG'97), 1997
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