Point set surfaces

M. Alexa; J. Behr; D. Cohen-Or; S. Fleishman; D. Levin; C. T. Silva

Point set surfaces

M. Alexa, J. Behr, D. Cohen-Or, S. Fleishman, D. Levin, C. T. Silva

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Abstract

We advocate the use of point sets to represent shapes. We provide a definition of a smooth manifold surface from a set of points close to the original surface. The definition is based on local maps from differential geometry, which are approximated by the method of moving least squares (MLS). We present tools to increase or decrease the density of the points, thus, allowing an adjustment of the spacing among the points to control the fidelity of the representation. To display the point set surface, we introduce a novel point rendering technique. The idea is to evaluate the local maps according to the image resolution. This results in high quality shading effects and smooth silhouettes at interactive frame rates.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IEEE Visualization Conference
Editors	T. Ertl, K. Joy, A. Varshney
Pages	21-28
Number of pages	8
State	Published - 2001
Event	Visualization 2001 - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Oct 21 2001 → Oct 26 2001

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Other	Visualization 2001
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	10/21/01 → 10/26/01

Keywords

3D acquisition
Moving least squares
Point sample rendering
Surface representation and reconstruction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science
General Engineering

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