Unifying representation of Bézier curve and generalized Ball curves (Q1976465)

Two families of generalized Ball curves are introduced to unify the representations of the Bézier curve and the generalized Ball curves. The main advantage of these curves is that their position with respect to the control polygon can be moved through selecting two different parameters. The relative degree elevation and reduction schemes, recursive algorithms and the Bernstein-Bézier representation is also given. The efficiency of evaluation of the new curves is higher than that of the Bézier curve and lower than that of the generalized Ball curves.