Yong-Jin Liu

Yong-Jin Liu

Yong-Jin Liu is a tenured Full Professor with the Computer Science Department at Tsinghua University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2004 from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. His research interests include computational geometry, computer graphics, computer aided design and pattern analysis.

A geometric method for determining intersection relations between a movable convex object and a set of planar polygons

Published in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2004

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate how to topologically and geometrically characterize the intersection relations between a movable convex polygon A and a set /spl Xi/ of possibly overlapping polygons fixed in the plane. More specifically, a subset /spl Phi//spl sube//spl Xi/ is called an intersection relation if there exists a placement of A that intersects, and only intersects, /spl Phi/. The objective of this paper is to design an efficient algorithm that finds a finite and discrete representation of all of the intersection relations between A and /spl Xi/. Past related research only focuses on the complexity of the free space of the configuration space between A and /spl Xi/ and how to move or place an object in this free space. However, there are many applications that require the knowledge of not only the free space, but also the intersection relations. Examples are presented to demonstrate the rich applications of the formulated problem on intersection relations.

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Recommended citation: Kai Tang, Yong-Jin Liu (2004) A geometric method for determining intersection relations between a movable convex object and a set of planar polygons. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 636-650, 2004.