On Three Constrained Versions of the Digital Circular Arc Recognition Problem

In this paper, the problem of digital circular arcs recognition is investigated in a new way. The main contribution is a simple and linear-time algorithm for solving three subproblems: online recognition of digital circular arcs coming from the digitization of a disk having either a given radius, a boundary that is incident to a given point, or a center that is on a given straight line. Solving these subproblems is interesting in itself, but also for the recognition of digital circular arcs. The proposed algorithm can be iteratively used for this problem. Moreover, since the algorithm is online, it provides a way to segment digital curves.

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