Planar Shape Interpolation Based on Local Injective Mapping

This paper presents an efficient and easy-to-use planar shape interpolation method, given two input shapes represented by simple polygons. We firstly used a perception-based feature matching algorithm to match the feature points in the source shape with the target shape, then built compatible triangulations by constructing a locally injective mapping between the source and target shapes. Finally, an interpolation method with bounded distortion was adopted to get intermediate frames. Experimental results show that the interpolation results by our method can well reflect the feature correspondences between the source and the target shapes, and the resultant deformation is visually pleasing with less distortion.