给出了Pythagorean-hodograph(PH)C-曲线的定义、平面四阶C-曲线是PH曲线的充分必要条件及平面四阶PHC-Bézier曲线的几何构造方法.最后证明了高于四阶的平面PHC曲线只能是直线或者多项式PH曲线.
The definition of Pythagorean-hodograph C-curve is given and a necessary and sufficient condition for a fourth-order plane C-curve to be a PH C-curve is obtained. A new geometric construction approach of fourth-order PH C-Bézier curves is also proposed. Finally, it is proved that higher order (〉4) PH C-curves are either straight lines or polynomial PH curves.