Testing if a given X, Y coordinate is within the bounds of a patch (or array of many patches)

I have a circular, polar plot-like figure that is divided into many (80) patch objects. It is based on the bullseye script: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/16458-bullseye-polar-data-plot

My problem is that I have an external input of X, Y coordinates and I need a function to test if a set of given x, y coordinates is within the area delineated by one patch object, or many patch objects. I intend to set particular patch objects as "active" or "inactive" - so need to test if the input coordinates are within an active patch object.

I'm not sure about the best way to go about this - or if it's even possible without doing many, many complex computations?

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Perhaps just turn the Hittest property of the inactive patches to 'off' ?