Erich Hartmann
(in Mathematical Methods for Curves and Surfaces II, M. Daehlen, T. Lyche, L. Schumaker eds., Vanderbild Univ. Press, Nashville, 237-244)
Abstract:
Analogously to the Hessian normal form of a line, the normal form
of a planar curve is defined. Thus any planar curve for which
the normal form exists can be considered as an implicit curve and all such
curves can be treated in a uniform way. Hence the simple implicit blending
methods are applicable. Offsets are just level curves of the oriented
distance function h. Bisectors of two curves have simple implicit
representations.
Figure 1: -blending of two Bézier curves