by Leng Jing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-79). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.i / 摘要 --- p.iii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.v / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.vi / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.viii / Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Motivation --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Project Background --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.7 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- LITERATURE SURVEY --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- History of Shoe Last Making --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Review of the Shoe Last Design Approach --- p.11 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE --- CUSTOM SHOE LAST DESIGN SYSTEM --- p.15 / Chapter 3.1 --- System Overview --- p.15 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Scanned Data and Data Alignment --- p.17 / Chapter 3.3 --- The Computation of Distance Map --- p.21 / Chapter 3.4 --- The Modification of Distance Map --- p.24 / Chapter 3.5 --- The Deformation --- p.30 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- INTERACTIVE LOCAL DEFORMATIONS --- p.35 / Chapter 4.1 --- Local Deformations --- p.37 / Chapter 4.2 --- Adaptive Deformation --- p.39 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION --- p.43 / Chapter 5.1 --- Add in Application to SolidWorks® --- p.43 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Matlab® Implementation --- p.52 / Chapter CHAPTER SIX --- CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSIONS --- p.56 / Chapter 6.1 --- Summary and Conclusions --- p.56 / Chapter 6.2 --- Recommendations for Future Research --- p.57 / APPENDEX A --- p.59 / SHOE SIZE CONVERTER --- p.59 / APPENDEX B --- p.60 / SOURCE CODE OF SHOE LAST CUSTOMIZATION SYSTEM --- p.60 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.74