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Example 23.5 (minimal distance mapping of a point close to the clothoid, polygon approximation
of the clothoid).
According to Fig. 23.41 we minimize the Euclidean distance d ( x , X )=
X
x
of a given
2 outside or inside a clothoid to an unknown point ( x, y )
point X
C
is approximated by a polygon. For instance, let ( x 1 ,y 1 )and( x 2 ,y 2 ) be two points of a clothoid,
namely
R
C
where the clothoid
y 1 = J
x 0 ) j versus J
x 0 ) j = y 2 .
j =0 c j ( x 1
j =0 c j ( x 2
1 passing through these two points is oriented according to
A straight line
L
y 2
y 1 =tan
α
12 (x 2
x 1 )
or
tanα 12 = y 2
y 1
x 1 .
(23.186)
x 2
Accordingly the analytical form of
L
1 (x 1
x 2 )may be chosen as
y
y 1 = tan
α 12 ( x 2
x 1 )
subject to
dy
dx = tan α 12
The minimal distance mapping a point (X, Y
R
2 to ( x, y )
L
1 (x 1
x 2 ) is materialized by
the Lagrangean
L ( x, y ( x )) = 1
2 ( X − x ) 2 + 1
2 ( Y − y ( x )) 2
dL
dx ( x )=0
y ( x )) dy
↔−
( X
x )
( Y
dx ( x )=0
↔ x − X − Y dy
dx ( x )+ y ( x ) dy
dx ( x )=0
x
X
Y tan α 12 + tanα 12 ( y 1
tan α 12 x 1 + tan α 12 x )=0
x 1+ tan 2 α 12 = X + Y tan α 12
y 1 tan α 12 + x 1 tan 2 α 12
x = Xcos 2 α 12 + Ysinα 12 cos α 12
y 1 sinα 12 cosα 12 + x 1 sin 2 α 12
d 2 L
dx 2 ( x ) > 0
1
cos 2 α 12 > 0
1+tan 2 α 12 =
End of Example.
The result will be presented in
Corollary 23.9 (minimal distance mapping of a point close to the clothoid, polygon approxima-
tion of the clothoid).
 
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