Question

I need to get the coordinates of all the pixels inside this particular region of an ellipse.

I know the size of the grid, the center of the elipse and the vertical_radix and horizontal_radix.

I searched on the math forums but couldn’t find anything useful.

So for the next example the grid is 26 by 26.
Center of the ellipse is at (13, 7) and vertical_radix is 7 and horizontal_radix = 13.

Knowing this I need the coordinates (pair of x and y) of all the grey pixels.

I just need like a function that knowing this 6 params (grid_width, grid_height, x_center, y_center, vertical_radix, horizontal_radix) could get my coordinates. (any of the tagged languages)

Thanks.

Answer 1

Scale the x and y offsets of the dots from the center into a unit circle, then check the distance from the center.

EDIT:

Assuming a center of (x, y), a point at (x₁, y₁), and an ellipse with axes of (a, b):

The scaled point is (2(x₁-x)/a, 2(y₁-y)/b). See if this is more or less than 1 from (0, 0), i.e. square each component and compare the sum with 1.