Patent ID: 8849032
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of forming an output shape parameterised by control points from an input shape, the method being performed by a computer processor and comprising: (a) receiving the input shape formed by a plurality of segments; (b) classifying the input shape as one of a plurality of predefined template shapes; (c) determining a representative form for the input shape based on a similarity measure between the input shape and the classified template shape, the representative form being selected according to the similarity measure from the group consisting of the classified template shape-, and a non-template shape based on the segments of the input shape, the non-template shape having at least one control point derived from at least one control point of the classified template shape; and (d) storing in a memory associated with the computer processor the determined representative form as the output shape parameterised by the derived control points.