title: Parallel computation of contour properties.
abstract: Some contour properties can be derived in parallel by a string or cycle of automata in linear time, faster than can be done with a single processor. In particular, the intersection points of two contours, the straightness of a line, the union or intersection of two contours, and polygonal approximations of a contour are computed in linear time.
authors.affiliation: Computer Vision Laboratory, Computer Science Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Wu
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dubitzki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosenfeld