function srf = nrbcoons(u1, u2, v1, v2)
% 
% NRBCOONS: Construction of a Coons patch.
% 
% Calling Sequence:
% 
%   srf = nrbcoons(ucrv1, ucrv2, vcrv1, vcrv2)
% 
% INPUT:
% 
%   ucrv1	: NURBS curve defining the bottom U direction boundary of
% 		the constructed NURBS surface.
% 
%   ucrv2	: NURBS curve defining the top U direction boundary of
% 		the constructed NURBS surface.
% 
%   vcrv1	: NURBS curve defining the bottom V direction boundary of
% 		the constructed NURBS surface.
% 
%   vcrv2	: NURBS curve defining the top V direction boundary of
% 		the constructed NURBS surface.
%
% OUTPUT:
% 
%   srf		: Coons NURBS surface patch.
% 
% Description:
% 
%   Construction of a bilinearly blended Coons surface patch from four NURBS
%   curves that define the boundary.
% 
%   The orientation of the four NURBS boundary curves.
% 
%          ^ V direction
%          |
%          |     ucrv2
%          ------->--------
%          |              |
%          |              |
%    vcrv1 ^   Surface    ^ vcrv2
%          |              |
%          |              |
%          ------->-----------> U direction
%                ucrv1
% 
% 
% Examples:
% 
%   // Define four NURBS curves and construct a Coons surface patch.
%   pnts = [ 0.0  3.0  4.5  6.5 8.0 10.0;
%            0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0 0.0  0.0; 
%            2.0  2.0  7.0  4.0 7.0  9.0];   
%   crv1 = nrbmak(pnts, [0 0 0 1/3 0.5 2/3 1 1 1]);
% 
%   pnts= [ 0.0  3.0  5.0  8.0 10.0;
%           10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0;
%           3.0  5.0  8.0  6.0 10.0];
%   crv2 = nrbmak(pnts, [0 0 0 1/3 2/3 1 1 1]);
% 
%   pnts= [ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0;
%           0.0 3.0 8.0 10.0;
%           2.0 0.0 5.0 3.0];
%   crv3 = nrbmak(pnts, [0 0 0 0.5 1 1 1]);
% 
%   pnts= [ 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0;
%           0.0   3.0  5.0  8.0 10.0;
%           9.0   7.0  7.0 10.0 10.0];
%   crv4 = nrbmak(pnts, [0 0 0 0.25 0.75 1 1 1]);
% 
%   srf = nrbcoons(crv1, crv2, crv3, crv4);
%   nrbplot(srf,[20 20],220,45);
%
%    Copyright (C) 2000 Mark Spink, 2010 Rafael Vazquez
%
%    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
%    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
%    the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
%    (at your option) any later version.

%    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
%    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
%    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
%    GNU General Public License for more details.
%
%    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
%    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

if nargin ~= 4
  error('Incorrect number of input arguments');
end

r1 = nrbruled(u1, u2);
r2 = nrbtransp(nrbruled(v1, v2));
t  = nrb4surf(u1.coefs(:,1), u2.coefs(:,1), u1.coefs(:,end), u2.coefs(:,end));

% raise all surfaces to a common degree
du = max([r1.order(1), r2.order(1), t.order(1)]);
dv = max([r1.order(2), r2.order(2), t.order(2)]);
r1 = nrbdegelev(r1, [du - r1.order(1), dv - r1.order(2)]);
r2 = nrbdegelev(r2, [du - r2.order(1), dv - r2.order(2)]);
t  = nrbdegelev(t,  [du - t.order(1),  dv - t.order(2)]);

% merge the knot vectors, to obtain a common knot vector

% U knots
k1 = r1.knots{1};
k2 = r2.knots{1};
k3 = t.knots{1};
k = unique([k1 k2 k3]);
n = length(k);
kua = [];
kub = [];
kuc = [];
for i = 1:n
  i1 = length(find(k1 == k(i)));
  i2 = length(find(k2 == k(i)));
  i3 = length(find(k3 == k(i)));
  m = max([i1, i2, i3]);
  kua = [kua k(i)*ones(1,m-i1)];  
  kub = [kub k(i)*ones(1,m-i2)];
  kuc = [kuc k(i)*ones(1,m-i3)];
end  

% V knots
k1 = r1.knots{2};
k2 = r2.knots{2};
k3 = t.knots{2};
k = unique([k1 k2 k3]);
n = length(k);
kva = [];
kvb = [];
kvc = [];
for i = 1:n
  i1 = length(find(k1 == k(i)));
  i2 = length(find(k2 == k(i)));
  i3 = length(find(k3 == k(i)));
  m = max([i1, i2, i3]);
  kva = [kva k(i)*ones(1,m-i1)];  
  kvb = [kvb k(i)*ones(1,m-i2)];
  kvc = [kvc k(i)*ones(1,m-i3)];
end  

r1 = nrbkntins(r1, {kua, kva});
r2 = nrbkntins(r2, {kub, kvb});
t  = nrbkntins(t,  {kuc, kvc});

% combine coefficient to construct Coons surface
coefs(1,:,:) = r1.coefs(1,:,:) + r2.coefs(1,:,:) - t.coefs(1,:,:);
coefs(2,:,:) = r1.coefs(2,:,:) + r2.coefs(2,:,:) - t.coefs(2,:,:);
coefs(3,:,:) = r1.coefs(3,:,:) + r2.coefs(3,:,:) - t.coefs(3,:,:);
coefs(4,:,:) = r1.coefs(4,:,:) + r2.coefs(4,:,:) - t.coefs(4,:,:);
srf = nrbmak(coefs, r1.knots);

end

%!demo
%! pnts = [ 0.0  3.0  4.5  6.5 8.0 10.0;
%!          0.0  0.0  0.0  0.0 0.0  0.0; 
%!          2.0  2.0  7.0  4.0 7.0  9.0];   
%! crv1 = nrbmak(pnts, [0 0 0 1/3 0.5 2/3 1 1 1]);
%!
%! pnts= [ 0.0  3.0  5.0  8.0 10.0;
%!         10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0;
%!         3.0  5.0  8.0  6.0 10.0];
%! crv2 = nrbmak(pnts, [0 0 0 1/3 2/3 1 1 1]);
%!
%! pnts= [ 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0;
%!         0.0 3.0 8.0 10.0;
%!         2.0 0.0 5.0 3.0];
%! crv3 = nrbmak(pnts, [0 0 0 0.5 1 1 1]);
%!
%! pnts= [ 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0;
%!         0.0   3.0  5.0  8.0 10.0;
%!         9.0   7.0  7.0 10.0 10.0];
%! crv4 = nrbmak(pnts, [0 0 0 0.25 0.75 1 1 1]);
%!
%! srf = nrbcoons(crv1, crv2, crv3, crv4);
%!
%! nrbplot(srf,[20 20]);
%! title('Construction of a bilinearly blended Coons surface.');
%! hold off