TECHNICAL REPORT PRESENTATION ON
OPTICAL CAMOUFLAGE
By E.Bhargav 08S41A1226 IV-B.Tech, IT Vageeswari College of Engineering
WHAT IS OPTICAL CAMOUFLAGE?
Optical Camouflage is a kind of active camouflage that makes objects virtually transparent by using a technology named RetroReflective Projection (RPT)
OPTICAL CAMOUFLAGE REQUIREMENTS
Optical camouflage requires these things, as well, but it also requires several other components. Here's everything needed to make a person appear invisible.
A garment made from highly reflective material A video camera A computer A projector A special, half-silvered mirror called a combiner .
REQUIREMENTS
Garment--The garment is made of a special material that we'll
examine more closely in a moment.
Video Camera-- Capturing the background image require a video
camera, which sits behind the person wearing the cloak. The video from the camera must be in a digital format so it can be sent to a computer for processing.
Projector--The modified image produced by the computer must be
shone onto the garment, which acts like a movie screen. A projector accomplishes this task by shining a light beam through an opening controlled by a device called an iris diaphragm.
REQUIREMENTS(CONTD..)
Computer-- For optical camouflage to
work the hardware/software combo must take the captured image from the video camera, calculate the appropriate perspective to simulate reality and transform the captured image into the image that will be projected onto the retro-reflective material.
Combiner--- The system requires a special mirror to both reflect the
projected image toward the cloak and to let light rays bouncing off the cloak return to the user's eye. This special mirror is called a beam splitter, or a combiner
HOW DOES OPTICAL CAMOUFLAGE WORK?
1. A person wears a hooded cloak made of retro-reflective material A digital camera captures the background of the person A computer processes the image so as to superimpose on a real world. A projector then projects the image onto a half mirror. The half mirror projects the image on the cloak
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6. The retro-reflected rays from the cloak contain the background image of the person wearing the cloak thereby rendering him invisible
THE SECRET OF TRANSPARENT CLOCK
CONFIGURATION OF OPTICAL CAMOUFLAGE
APPLICATIONS
Pilots landing a plane could use this technology to make cockpit floors transparent. This would enable them to see the runway and the landing gear simply by glancing down.
APPLICATIONS
Drivers backing up cars could benefit one day from optical camouflage. A quick glance backward through a transparent rear hatch or tailgate would make it easy to know when to stop.
DRAWBACKS
Large amount of external hardware required For the invisibility cloak to work properly. We need a number of components such as a video camera (which sits behind the person wearing the cloak and captures the background image.), a computer (which takes the captured image from the video camera, calculate the appropriate perspective to simulate reality and transform the captured image into the image that will be projected onto the retro-reflective material), a projector (which takes the modified image produced by the computer and shines it onto the garment, which acts like a movie screen), an iris diaphragm (The projector sends the light through the iris diaphragm, which is actually a small.
CONCLUSION
We have developed an Optical Camouflage system. Optical Camouflage can be used on surgical globes or equipments so they dont block surgeons view during delicate operations. In aviation, cockpit floors could become 'invisible' to assist pilots during landing. The weak point of this technique is that the observer needs to look through a half-mirror. The current system needs a half-mirror and projectors, which were fixed on the ground. In the next step of our research, an observer would be able to observe the background image from various viewpoint with H.M.P. (Head-Mounted Projector)
