Efficient merging of multiple segments of B\'ezier curves

Abstract

This paper deals with the merging problem of segments of a composite B\'ezier curve, with the endpoints continuity constraints. We present a novel method which is based on the idea of using constrained dual Bernstein polynomial basis (P. Wo\'zny, S. Lewanowicz, Comput. Aided Geom. Design 26 (2009), 566--579) to compute the control points of the merged curve. Thanks to using fast schemes of evaluation of certain connections involving Bernstein and dual Bernstein polynomials, the complexity of our algorithm is significantly less than complexity of other merging methods