Projective transformations of the parameter of a Bernstein-Bézier curve

  • Authors:
  • Richard R. Patterson

  • Affiliations:
  • Indiana University-Purdue Univ. at Indianapolis, Indianapolis

  • Venue:
  • ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
  • Year:
  • 1985

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Abstract

The definitions of polynomial and rational Bernstein-Bézier curves are reviewed and extended to include homogeneous parametrizations. Then the effects of a projective transformation of the parameter space are described in terms of a group representation. This representation is used to answer the following questions: (1) If the control points are held fixed, when do two different sets of weights determine the same rational curve? (2) How do we find the control points for a subdivision of the original curve?