Alexander Effland, Martin Rumpf, Stefan Simon, Kirsten Stahn and Benedikt Wirth Bézier curves in the space of images In Proceedings Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, Volume 9087 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science
page 372-384.
Publisher: Springer International
2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18461-6_30
Abstract: Bézier curves are a widespread tool for the design of curves in Euclidian space. This paper generalizes the notion of Bézier curves to the infinite-dimensional space of images. To this end the space of images is equipped with a Riemannian metric which measures the cost of image transport and intensity variation in the sense of the metamorphosis model by Miller and Younes. Bézier curves are then computed via the Riemannian version of de Casteljau's algorithm, which is based on a hierarchical scheme of convex combination along geodesic curves. Geodesics are approximated using a variational discretization of the Riemannian path energy. This leads to a generalized de Casteljau method to compute suitable discrete Bézier curves in image space. Selected test cases demonstrate qualitative properties of the approach. Furthermore, a Bézier approach for the modulation of face interpolation and shape animation via image sketches is presented.