A和B是两个矩形。C是它们的覆盖矩形。

four points of A be (xAleft,yAtop),(xAleft,yAbottom),(xAright,yAtop),(xAright,yAbottom)
four points of A be (xBleft,yBtop),(xBleft,yBbottom),(xBright,yBtop),(xBright,yBbottom)

A.width = abs(xAleft-xAright);
A.height = abs(yAleft-yAright);
B.width = abs(xBleft-xBright);
B.height = abs(yBleft-yBright);

C.width = max(xAleft,xAright,xBleft,xBright)-min(xAleft,xAright,xBleft,xBright);
C.height = max(yAtop,yAbottom,yBtop,yBbottom)-min(yAtop,yAbottom,yBtop,yBbottom);

A and B does not overlap if
(C.width >= A.width + B.width )
OR
(C.height >= A.height + B.height) 

它考虑到所有可能的情况。

struct point { int x, y; };

struct rect { point tl, br; }; // top left and bottom right points

// return true if rectangles overlap
bool overlap(const rect &a, const rect &b)
{
    return a.tl.x <= b.br.x && a.br.x >= b.tl.x && 
           a.tl.y >= b.br.y && a.br.y <= b.tl.y;
}

这是来自《Java编程入门-综合版》中的练习3.28。该代码测试两个矩形是否缩进，一个矩形是否在另一个矩形内，一个矩形是否在另一个矩形外。如果这些条件都不满足，则两者重叠。

**3.28(几何:两个矩形)编写一个程序，提示用户进入 中心x, y坐标，宽度和高度的两个矩形，并确定 第二个矩形是在第一个矩形的内部还是与第一个矩形重叠，如图所示 如图3.9所示。测试您的程序以覆盖所有情况。 下面是示例运行:

输入r1的中心x坐标，y坐标，宽度和高度:2.5 4 2.5 43 输入r2的中心x坐标，y坐标，宽度和高度:1.5 5 0.5 3 R2在r1里面

输入r1的中心x坐标，y坐标，宽度和高度:1 2 3 5.5 输入r2的中心x坐标，y坐标，宽度和高度:3 4 4.5 5 R2和r1重叠

输入r1的中心x坐标，y坐标，宽度和高度:1 2 3 3 输入r2的中心x坐标，y坐标，宽度和高度:40 45 3 2 R2不与r1重叠

import java.util.Scanner;

public class ProgrammingEx3_28 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);

    System.out
            .print("Enter r1's center x-, y-coordinates, width, and height:");
    double x1 = input.nextDouble();
    double y1 = input.nextDouble();
    double w1 = input.nextDouble();
    double h1 = input.nextDouble();
    w1 = w1 / 2;
    h1 = h1 / 2;
    System.out
            .print("Enter r2's center x-, y-coordinates, width, and height:");
    double x2 = input.nextDouble();
    double y2 = input.nextDouble();
    double w2 = input.nextDouble();
    double h2 = input.nextDouble();
    w2 = w2 / 2;
    h2 = h2 / 2;

    // Calculating range of r1 and r2
    double x1max = x1 + w1;
    double y1max = y1 + h1;
    double x1min = x1 - w1;
    double y1min = y1 - h1;
    double x2max = x2 + w2;
    double y2max = y2 + h2;
    double x2min = x2 - w2;
    double y2min = y2 - h2;

    if (x1max == x2max && x1min == x2min && y1max == y2max
            && y1min == y2min) {
        // Check if the two are identicle
        System.out.print("r1 and r2 are indentical");

    } else if (x1max <= x2max && x1min >= x2min && y1max <= y2max
            && y1min >= y2min) {
        // Check if r1 is in r2
        System.out.print("r1 is inside r2");
    } else if (x2max <= x1max && x2min >= x1min && y2max <= y1max
            && y2min >= y1min) {
        // Check if r2 is in r1
        System.out.print("r2 is inside r1");
    } else if (x1max < x2min || x1min > x2max || y1max < y2min
            || y2min > y1max) {
        // Check if the two overlap
        System.out.print("r2 does not overlaps r1");
    } else {
        System.out.print("r2 overlaps r1");
    }

}
}

我有一个很简单的解决办法

设x1, y1x2,y2,l1,b1,l2分别为它们的坐标和长、宽

考虑条件((x2 现在，这两个矩形重叠的唯一方式是，如果点(x1,y1)的对角线在另一个矩形内或者类似地，点(x2,y2)的对角线在另一个矩形内。这正是上面的条件所暗示的。

下面是如何在Java API中完成的:

public boolean intersects(Rectangle r) {
    int tw = this.width;
    int th = this.height;
    int rw = r.width;
    int rh = r.height;
    if (rw <= 0 || rh <= 0 || tw <= 0 || th <= 0) {
        return false;
    }
    int tx = this.x;
    int ty = this.y;
    int rx = r.x;
    int ry = r.y;
    rw += rx;
    rh += ry;
    tw += tx;
    th += ty;
    //      overflow || intersect
    return ((rw < rx || rw > tx) &&
            (rh < ry || rh > ty) &&
            (tw < tx || tw > rx) &&
            (th < ty || th > ry));
}

在问题中，你链接到矩形旋转角度任意时的数学。然而，如果我理解了问题中关于角度的部分，我就会理解为所有的矩形都是相互垂直的。

一般已知重叠面积的公式为:

举个例子:

   1   2   3   4   5   6

1  +---+---+
   |       |   
2  +   A   +---+---+
   |       | B     |
3  +       +   +---+---+
   |       |   |   |   |
4  +---+---+---+---+   +
               |       |
5              +   C   +
               |       |
6              +---+---+

1)收集所有的x坐标(包括左边和右边)到一个列表中，然后排序并删除重复的

1 3 4 5 6

2)收集所有的y坐标(包括顶部和底部)到一个列表中，然后排序并删除重复的

1 2 3 4 6

3)通过唯一x坐标之间的间隙数量*唯一y坐标之间的间隙数量创建一个2D数组。

4 * 4

4)将所有矩形绘制到这个网格中，增加每个单元格的计数:

   1   3   4   5   6

1  +---+
   | 1 | 0   0   0
2  +---+---+---+
   | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0
3  +---+---+---+---+
   | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
4  +---+---+---+---+
     0   0 | 1 | 1 |
6          +---+---+

5)当你绘制矩形时，很容易截取重叠部分。