Introduction

Abstract

Computer vision needs suitable methods of shape representation and contour reconstruction. One of them, invented by the author and called method of Hurwitz-Radon Matrices (MHR), can be used in representation and reconstruction of shapes of the objects in the plane. Proposed method is based on a family of Hurwitz-Radon (HR) matrices. The matrices are skew-symmetric and possess columns composed of orthogonal vectors. 2D shape is represented by the set of successive nodes. It is shown how to create the orthogonal and discrete OHR operator and how to use it in a process of shape representation and reconstruction. Contour of the object, represented by successive contour points, consists of information which allows us to describe many important features of the object as shape coefficients. 2D curve modeling is a basic subject in many branches of industry and computer science.