distance_cc_mindistance_cc_mindistance_cc_minDistanceCcMinDistanceCcMin (Operator)

Name

distance_cc_mindistance_cc_mindistance_cc_minDistanceCcMinDistanceCcMin — Calculate the minimum distance between two contours.

Signature

Description

distance_cc_mindistance_cc_mindistance_cc_minDistanceCcMinDistanceCcMin calculates the minimum distance between two contours Contour1Contour1Contour1Contour1contour1 and Contour2Contour2Contour2Contour2contour2. The minimum distance is returned in DistanceMinDistanceMinDistanceMinDistanceMindistanceMin.

The parameter ModeModeModeModemode sets the type of computing the distance. 'point_to_point'"point_to_point""point_to_point""point_to_point""point_to_point" determines the distance of the closest contour points, 'fast_point_to_segment'"fast_point_to_segment""fast_point_to_segment""fast_point_to_segment""fast_point_to_segment" calculates the distance of the line segments adjacent to these points, and 'point_to_segment'"point_to_segment""point_to_segment""point_to_segment""point_to_segment" determines the actual minimum distance of the contour segments.

While 'point_to_point'"point_to_point""point_to_point""point_to_point""point_to_point" and 'fast_point_to_segment'"fast_point_to_segment""fast_point_to_segment""fast_point_to_segment""fast_point_to_segment" are efficient algorithms with a complexity of n*log(n), 'point_to_segment'"point_to_segment""point_to_segment""point_to_segment""point_to_segment" has quadratic complexity and thus takes a longer time to execute, especially for contours with many line segments.

Parallelization

• Multithreading type: reentrant (runs in parallel with non-exclusive operators).
• Multithreading scope: global (may be called from any thread).
• Processed without parallelization.

Parameters

Example (C)

gen_contour_polygon_rounded_xld(Cont1, [0,100,100,0,0], [0,0,100,100,0],
                                [50,50,50,50,50], 0.5);
gen_contour_polygon_rounded_xld(Cont2, [41,91,91,41,41], [41,41,91,91,41],
                                [25,25,25,25,25], 0.5);
distance_cc_min(Cont1, Cont2, "fast_point_to_segment", &distance_min);

Result

distance_cc_mindistance_cc_mindistance_cc_minDistanceCcMinDistanceCcMin returns 2 (H_MSG_TRUE).

Alternatives

distance_scdistance_scdistance_scDistanceScDistanceSc, distance_pcdistance_pcdistance_pcDistancePcDistancePc, distance_ccdistance_ccdistance_ccDistanceCcDistanceCc

See also

distance_srdistance_srdistance_srDistanceSrDistanceSr, distance_prdistance_prdistance_prDistancePrDistancePr

Module

Foundation