以下是我在TypeScript中的解决方案，遵循@Mizipzor建议的想法(使用投影):

/**
 * Determines whether a line segment defined by a start and end point intersects with a sphere defined by a center point and a radius
 * @param a the start point of the line segment
 * @param b the end point of the line segment
 * @param c the center point of the sphere
 * @param r the radius of the sphere
 */
export function lineSphereIntersects(
  a: IPoint,
  b: IPoint,
  c: IPoint,
  r: number
): boolean {
  // find the three sides of the triangle formed by the three points
  const ab: number = distance(a, b);
  const ac: number = distance(a, c);
  const bc: number = distance(b, c);

  // check to see if either ends of the line segment are inside of the sphere
  if (ac < r || bc < r) {
    return true;
  }

  // find the angle between the line segment and the center of the sphere
  const numerator: number = Math.pow(ac, 2) + Math.pow(ab, 2) - Math.pow(bc, 2);
  const denominator: number = 2 * ac * ab;
  const cab: number = Math.acos(numerator / denominator);

  // find the distance from the center of the sphere and the line segment
  const cd: number = Math.sin(cab) * ac;

  // if the radius is at least as long as the distance between the center and the line
  if (r >= cd) {
    // find the distance between the line start and the point on the line closest to
    // the center of the sphere
    const ad: number = Math.cos(cab) * ac;
    // intersection occurs when the point on the line closest to the sphere center is
    // no further away than the end of the line
    return ad <= ab;
  }
  return false;
}

export function distance(a: IPoint, b: IPoint): number {
  return Math.sqrt(
    Math.pow(b.z - a.z, 2) + Math.pow(b.y - a.y, 2) + Math.pow(b.x - a.x, 2)
  );
}

export interface IPoint {
  x: number;
  y: number;
  z: number;
}

' VB.NET - Code

Function CheckLineSegmentCircleIntersection(x1 As Double, y1 As Double, x2 As Double, y2 As Double, xc As Double, yc As Double, r As Double) As Boolean
    Static xd As Double = 0.0F
    Static yd As Double = 0.0F
    Static t As Double = 0.0F
    Static d As Double = 0.0F
    Static dx_2_1 As Double = 0.0F
    Static dy_2_1 As Double = 0.0F

    dx_2_1 = x2 - x1
    dy_2_1 = y2 - y1

    t = ((yc - y1) * dy_2_1 + (xc - x1) * dx_2_1) / (dy_2_1 * dy_2_1 + dx_2_1 * dx_2_1)

    If 0 <= t And t <= 1 Then
        xd = x1 + t * dx_2_1
        yd = y1 + t * dy_2_1

        d = Math.Sqrt((xd - xc) * (xd - xc) + (yd - yc) * (yd - yc))
        Return d <= r
    Else
        d = Math.Sqrt((xc - x1) * (xc - x1) + (yc - y1) * (yc - y1))
        If d <= r Then
            Return True
        Else
            d = Math.Sqrt((xc - x2) * (xc - x2) + (yc - y2) * (yc - y2))
            If d <= r Then
                Return True
            Else
                Return False
            End If
        End If
    End If
End Function

如果你找到了圆心(因为它是3D的，我想你是指球体而不是圆)和直线之间的距离，然后检查这个距离是否小于可以做到这一点的半径。

碰撞点显然是直线和球面之间最近的点(当你计算球面和直线之间的距离时，会计算出这个点)

点与线之间的距离: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Point-LineDistance3-Dimensional.html

虽然我认为使用线圆交点，然后检查交点是否在端点之间更好，可能更便宜，但我想添加这个更直观的解决方案。

我喜欢把这个问题想象成“香肠上的点问题”，在不改变算法的情况下，它可以在任何维度上工作。 这个解找不到交点。

以下是我想到的:

(我使用“小于”，但“小于或等于”也可以使用，这取决于我们测试的内容。)

确保Circle_Point小于到无限线的半径距离。(这里使用最喜欢的方法)。 计算从两个Segment_Points到Circle_Point的距离。 测试较大的Circle_Point-Segment_Point距离是否小于根号(Segment_Length^2+Radius^2)。 (这是从一个分段点到一个理论点的距离，也就是从另一个分段点到无限线(直角)的半径距离。见图片)。

3 t。如果为true: Circle_Point在sausage内部。 3 f。如果为false:如果较小的Circle_Point- segment_point距离小于Radius，则Circle_Point在sausage内部。

图片:最粗的线段是选定的线段，没有示例圆。有点粗糙，有些像素有点不对。

function boolean pointInSausage(sp1,sp2,r,c) {
  if ( !(pointLineDist(c,sp1,sp2) < r) ) {
    return false;
  }
  double a = dist(sp1,c);  
  double b = dist(sp2,c);
  double l;
  double s;
  if (a>b) {
    l = a;
    s = b;
  } else {
    l = b;
    s = a;
  }
  double segLength = dist(sp1,sp2);
  if ( l < sqrt(segLength*segLength+r*r) ) {
    return true;
  }
  return s < r;
}  

如果发现任何问题，告诉我，我会编辑或撤回。

You can find a point on a infinite line that is nearest to circle center by projecting vector AC onto vector AB. Calculate the distance between that point and circle center. If it is greater that R, there is no intersection. If the distance is equal to R, line is a tangent of the circle and the point nearest to circle center is actually the intersection point. If distance less that R, then there are 2 intersection points. They lie at the same distance from the point nearest to circle center. That distance can easily be calculated using Pythagorean theorem. Here's algorithm in pseudocode:

{
dX = bX - aX;
dY = bY - aY;
if ((dX == 0) && (dY == 0))
  {
  // A and B are the same points, no way to calculate intersection
  return;
  }

dl = (dX * dX + dY * dY);
t = ((cX - aX) * dX + (cY - aY) * dY) / dl;

// point on a line nearest to circle center
nearestX = aX + t * dX;
nearestY = aY + t * dY;

dist = point_dist(nearestX, nearestY, cX, cY);

if (dist == R)
  {
  // line segment touches circle; one intersection point
  iX = nearestX;
  iY = nearestY;

  if (t < 0 || t > 1)
    {
    // intersection point is not actually within line segment
    }
  }
else if (dist < R)
  {
  // two possible intersection points

  dt = sqrt(R * R - dist * dist) / sqrt(dl);

  // intersection point nearest to A
  t1 = t - dt;
  i1X = aX + t1 * dX;
  i1Y = aY + t1 * dY;
  if (t1 < 0 || t1 > 1)
    {
    // intersection point is not actually within line segment
    }

  // intersection point farthest from A
  t2 = t + dt;
  i2X = aX + t2 * dX;
  i2Y = aY + t2 * dY;
  if (t2 < 0 || t2 > 1)
    {
    // intersection point is not actually within line segment
    }
  }
else
  {
  // no intersection
  }
}

编辑:增加了代码来检查所找到的交点是否实际上在线段内。

这里你需要一些数学知识:

假设A = (Xa, Ya)， B = (Xb, Yb)， C = (Xc, Yc)。从A到B的直线上的任意一点都有坐标(*Xa + (1-)Xb， * ya + (1-)*Yb) = P

如果点P的距离是R到C，它一定在圆上。你想要的是解决

distance(P, C) = R

这是

(alpha*Xa + (1-alpha)*Xb)^2 + (alpha*Ya + (1-alpha)*Yb)^2 = R^2
alpha^2*Xa^2 + alpha^2*Xb^2 - 2*alpha*Xb^2 + Xb^2 + alpha^2*Ya^2 + alpha^2*Yb^2 - 2*alpha*Yb^2 + Yb^2=R^2
(Xa^2 + Xb^2 + Ya^2 + Yb^2)*alpha^2 - 2*(Xb^2 + Yb^2)*alpha + (Xb^2 + Yb^2 - R^2) = 0

如果你将abc公式应用到这个方程来求解，并使用alpha的解来计算P的坐标，你会得到交点，如果存在的话。