Full convexity: new characterisations and applications

Abstract

Full convexity was proposed recently as a sound alternative to classical digital convexity. Indeed, it guarantees in arbitrary dimension d the connectedness (and even the simple connectedness) of fully convex sets, while keeping a rich geometry. For instance digital planes and half-spaces are fully convex. We present here several new results and several open problems related to full convexity. One drawback of full convexity is that it require 2^d convex hull computations and lattice point enumerations. We show here that one convex hull computation and enumeration is enough to check full convexity. We then present two new possible characterisations of full convexity. We then focus on the computation of fully convex objects from digital objects and present two alternatives to the already presented fully convex enveloppe. If time permits it, we will conclude with an application of full convexity to polyhedrization of digital sets.

Date
May 15, 2023 9:30 AM — May 17, 2023 12:30 PM
Location
Politecnico di Milano
Jacques-Olivier Lachaud
Jacques-Olivier Lachaud
Professor of Computer Science

My research interests include digital geometry, geometry processing, image analysis, variational models and discrete calculus.