A High-Speed Algorithm for the Generation of Straight Lines and Circular Arcs

  • Authors:
  • Y. Suenaga;T. Kamae;T. Kobayashi

  • Affiliations:
  • Yamato Research Section, Yokosuka Electrical Communication Laboratory;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers
  • Year:
  • 1979

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Abstract

Incremental generation of straight lines and circular arcs is important in various fields such as graphic displays, digital plotters, and numerical control systems. An improved algorithm of incremental curve generation called a modified displacement comparison method (MDCM) is proposed.