An ω -wedge is the closed set of points contained between two rays that are emanating from a single point (the apex), and are separated by an angle ω< π. Given a convex polygon P, we place the ω -wedge such that P is inside the wedge and both rays are tangent to P. The set of apex positions of all such placements of the ω -wedge is called the ω -cloud of P. We investigate reconstructing a polygon P from its ω -cloud. Previous work on reconstructing P from probes with the ω -wedge required knowledge of the points of tangency between P and the two rays of the ω -wedge in addition to the location of the apex. Here we consider the setting where the maximal ω -cloud alone is given. We give two conditions under which it uniquely defines P: (i) when ω< π is fixed/given, or (ii) when what is known is that ω< π/ 2. We show that if neither of these two conditions hold, then P may not be unique. We show that, when the uniqueness conditions hold, the polygon P can be reconstructed in O(n) time with O(1) working space in addition to the input, where n is the number of arcs in the input ω -cloud.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputer Science – Theory and Applications - 14th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2019, Proceedings
EditorsRené van Bevern, Gregory Kucherov
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages25-37
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783030199548
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2019
Event14th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2019 - Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Duration: 1 Jul 20195 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11532 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference14th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2019
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityNovosibirsk
Period1/07/195/07/19

    Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

    Research areas

  • TRIANGLES, SHAPE

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