Distance from points to an ellipse
This function can calculate the geometric distance from one or more points to an ellipse in 2D.
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This function uses a dumb search to find the minimum distance between a point (or many points) and an ellipse. It has controllable accuracy which may be reduced for faster computation.
*Update 12 Jan 2010: Rody Oldenhuis has submitted a version of this file (possibly only for versions >=Matlab 2009a) that works for general 3D ellipses and should be more efficient than this one. Please see acknowledgements below.
*Update 08 Jan 2010: fixed a bug in original file
Cite As
Matthew Arthington (2026). Distance from points to an ellipse (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/26261-distance-from-points-to-an-ellipse), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
Acknowledgements
Inspired by: Distance between points and ellipse
Inspired: Distance between points and ellipse
General Information
- Version 1.3.0.0 (2.16 KB)
MATLAB Release Compatibility
- Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
| Version | Published | Release Notes | Action |
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| 1.3.0.0 | Added a link to point to a file that has been uploaded in response to my original description, which said that there exists a more efficient method than this, but it has not been implemented yet. |
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| 1.1.0.0 | Fixed a bug in original file. |
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| 1.0.0.0 |
