An abstract of my final project in bachelor\'s degree in Mathematics: interpolation and approximation of curves and surfaces with B-Spline basis functions
1. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise
polynomial functions
Alejandro Cosin Ayerbe
June 2012
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
2. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Introduction
This presentation is an abstract of my final project in bachelor’s degree in Mathematics,
the goals of the project were the following:
Study and develop powerful methods of curve and surface interpolation and
approximation.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
3. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Introduction
This presentation is an abstract of my final project in bachelor’s degree in Mathematics,
the goals of the project were the following:
Study and develop powerful methods of curve and surface interpolation and
approximation.
Cover the two main current approaches: global and local.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
4. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Introduction
This presentation is an abstract of my final project in bachelor’s degree in Mathematics,
the goals of the project were the following:
Study and develop powerful methods of curve and surface interpolation and
approximation.
Cover the two main current approaches: global and local.
Matlab is used as the programming tool, developing methods so that the translation
to C++ is straightforward.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
5. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Introduction
This presentation is an abstract of my final project in bachelor’s degree in Mathematics,
the goals of the project were the following:
Study and develop powerful methods of curve and surface interpolation and
approximation.
Cover the two main current approaches: global and local.
Matlab is used as the programming tool, developing methods so that the translation
to C++ is straightforward.
Automate the approximation process for surfaces and curves in order to generate a
solution that meets a preset maximum error.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
6. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline basis functions can be used to build curves and surfaces, they are highly
versatile and have important mathematical properties.
Given the knot vector U = {0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5}, the B-Spline functions of degree
0, 1 and 2 are as follows:
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
7. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
8. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
B-Spline curves and surfaces
B-Spline curves and surfaces they are linear combination of B-Spline basis functions, so
they have also good properties:
Strong convex hull:
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
9. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Local modification scheme:
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
10. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Coincident control points:
A well known example of such curves and surfaces are the NURBS (Non-Uniform
Rational B-Splines). In this case, the curves and surfaces generated will be Non-Uniform
Non-Rational B-Splines, very similar.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
11. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Global interpolation
Once functions to obtain the values of the B-Spline basis functions have been
programmed, interpolation conditions can be imposed to obtain the control points that
define a curve or surface.
If the degree is given and the knot and parameter vectors are estimated, a global
approach to the problem results in a linear system, easy to solve: given the set of points
Q=[[1,1]’,[3,3]’, [6,0]’,[8,2]’,[11,5]’], a second degree B-Spline curve
interpolating these points is shown below:
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
12. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
It is possible to add derivative constraints to the interpolation problem, and interpolate
the derivative vector at the beginning and the end of the curve: given a degree, 2, the set
of points Q=[[1,1]’,[3,3]’,[6,0]’,[8,2]’,[11,5]’], and the vectors
D=[[-3,-1]’,[0,3]’] and D=[[6,-4]’,[-3,4]’], the B-Spline curves interpolating
this data are shown below:
Derivative constraints can be added to all the points of the curve.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
13. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
The process of interpolating a set of points arranged in grid using global techniques is
much easier than it looks. If the degree (p, q) of the surface is given, and knot vectors U
and V and parameter vectors are estimated, the interpolating surface can be obtained
through a small number of curve interpolations, because B-Spline sufaces are tensor
product surfaces. This avoids to solve large linear systems.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
14. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
15. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Example: given the set of points
Q=[[4,0,1]’,[3,0,1]’,[2,0,1]’,[1,0,1]’,[0,0,1]’,[4,1,1]’,[3,1,1]’,...
[2,1,1]’,[1,1,1]’,[0,1,1]’,[4,2,1]’,[3,2,1]’,[2,2,2]’,[1,2,1]’,...
[0,2,1]’,[4,3,1]’,[3,3,1]’,[2,3,1]’,[1,3,1]’,[0,3,1]’,[4,4,1]’,...
[3,4,1]’,[2,4,1]’,[1,4,1]’,[0,4,1]’];
the B-Spline interpolating surface of degree (2, 2) for this set is shown below:
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
16. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Local interpolation
A local interpolation scheme consists in generating segments of curve or surface wich join
with a pre established level of continuity, given by the method of interpolation used.
In the case of curves, each segment is known as B´zier segment, and in the case of
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surfaces, each segment is known as B´zier patch.
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There is a local interpolation method, due to Renner, which performs local interpolation
of a set of points, generating a cubic B-Spline curve.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
17. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Local interpolation example for curves: given the set of points
Q=[[1,2]’,[2,4]’,[3,1]’,[5,3]’,[6,1]’,[7,4]’], the cubic interpolating curve is
shown below (in blue):
Note that each control point is in the (estimated) tangent of each point to be
interpolated.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
18. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
For the case of surfaces, given a set of points arranged in grid, bicubic (degree (3, 3))
B´zier patches are build. The construction of each B´zier patch is the key of this
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interpolation method. The inner control points of each patch are obtained with the help
of estimates of mixed partial derivatives.
The next image shows a scheme of the simplest case of local interpolation, when there
are only four points in the grid (in the corners). The outer control points are obtained
with the local interpolation method for curves seen before, and the inner ones with
estimates of mixed partial derivatives (control points are denoted Pi,j ):
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
19. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Once the control points of each B´zier patch are obtained, the control points of the
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interpolating surface are obtained by eliminating B´zier points along inner rows and
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columns. An example is shown below (with control points in blue, and interpolated
points in red), for the set of points:
Q=[[2,0,2]’,[1,0,2]’,[0,0,3]’,[2,1,2]’,[1,1,2]’,[0,1,3]’,[2,2,1]’,
[1,2,1]’,[0,2,2]’,[2,3,1]’,[1,3,1]’,[0,3,2]’]
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
20. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
The approximation of a set of points with a curve can be achieved in various ways. One
of them is the least squares approximation scheme, a global scheme in which the
resulting curve minimizes the error in the least squares sense, i.e., the sum of the squared
distances between each point and the resulting curve is minimum with respect to the
unknowns (the control points in this case).
For being a global scheme, the degree of the curve must be given, as well as the knot and
parameter vectors.
Given a set of m + 1 points, the curve can be build with up to m control points, because
the case of m + 1 control points is the interpolation case. The endpoints of the curve are
interpolated, while the inner points are approximated in the least squares sense.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
21. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Example: given the set of points:
Q=[[0,0]’,[3,1]’,[2,4]’,[-1,5]’,[-1,6]’,[2,7]’,[5,10]’,...
[-3,12]’,[0,14]’,[3,16]’,[-5,17]’,[2,19]’];
the next figure shows two cubic curves (in blue) approximating these points, with six and
nine control points respectively (the more control points, the better the approximation):
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
22. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
For the case of surfaces, the approximation process is analogous to the interpolation
process: using the preceding method for curves, only a few approximations are required
to obtain the least squares surface. The next two figures show this process:
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
23. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
24. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
The resulting approximation, and an interpolation of the same set of points are shown
below (control points in blue color, initial set of point in red):
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
25. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
The preceding techniques of curve and surface approximation can be used in iterative
methods of approximating data to within some specified error bound.
Iterative methods proceed in two ways: adding control points (starting with only a few of
them), or removing control points (starting with many or enough control points).
Given a set of points to be approximated, the degree and an error bound E , a technique
based in adding control points proceeds as follows:
1 Start with the minimum number of control points.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
26. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
The preceding techniques of curve and surface approximation can be used in iterative
methods of approximating data to within some specified error bound.
Iterative methods proceed in two ways: adding control points (starting with only a few of
them), or removing control points (starting with many or enough control points).
Given a set of points to be approximated, the degree and an error bound E , a technique
based in adding control points proceeds as follows:
1 Start with the minimum number of control points.
2 Using a global method, approximate a curve (or surface) to the data.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
27. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
The preceding techniques of curve and surface approximation can be used in iterative
methods of approximating data to within some specified error bound.
Iterative methods proceed in two ways: adding control points (starting with only a few of
them), or removing control points (starting with many or enough control points).
Given a set of points to be approximated, the degree and an error bound E , a technique
based in adding control points proceeds as follows:
1 Start with the minimum number of control points.
2 Using a global method, approximate a curve (or surface) to the data.
3 Check the deviation of the curve (or surface) from the data.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
28. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
The preceding techniques of curve and surface approximation can be used in iterative
methods of approximating data to within some specified error bound.
Iterative methods proceed in two ways: adding control points (starting with only a few of
them), or removing control points (starting with many or enough control points).
Given a set of points to be approximated, the degree and an error bound E , a technique
based in adding control points proceeds as follows:
1 Start with the minimum number of control points.
2 Using a global method, approximate a curve (or surface) to the data.
3 Check the deviation of the curve (or surface) from the data.
4 If the deviation is greater than E at any point, return to step 2, else end the process.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
29. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
To check the error after each approximation, is necessary to obtain the closest point of a
curve or surface to a given point. This is an inverse function problem, which can be
solved through the Newton method or similar. The following image shows examples for
curves and surfaces.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
30. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
31. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
The following is a curve approximation example with an error bound E = 0.45. Initially
the the number of control points is three (the degree plus two). Each curve generated
passes closer to the points to be approximated.
E = 0.45;
Q=[[0,0]’,[3,1]’,[2,4]’,[-1,5]’,[-1,6]’,[2,7]’,[5,10]’,...
[-3,12]’,[0,14]’,[3,16]’,[-5,17]’,[2,19]’];
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
32. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
For the case of surfaces, the iterative process benefits from the tensor product surface
properties: when checking the error, the isoparametric curves with more error are
considered and approximated separatedly until an error bound less than E is achieved.
This way, new knot vectors (and thus control points) are generated for the next iteration.
An example is shown in the next two slides, where the error bound is E = 0.6.
The first figure in green color is the set of points to be approximated, and an
interpolation of that set is seen in the right. The next figures correspond to the iterative
process of approximation on the left, and the error in each point of the grid in the right.
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
33. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
34. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
Curve and surface interpolation and approximation by piecewise polynomial
35. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
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36. Introduction
B-Spline basis functions
B-Spline curves and surfaces
Global interpolation
Local interpolation
Global approximation of curves and surfaces
Approximation to within a specified accuracy
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