IMAGE PROCESSING

THE RETRO-REFLECTIVE PROJECTION TECHNIQUE

OPTICAL CAMOUFLAGE

INDEX
 1.Introduction

2.Optical camouflage

3.Technology focus

4.Component requirements

5.The making of cloak

6.Instruments

7.Methods of producing optical camouflage

8.Conclusion

9.References

OPTICAL CAMOUFLAGE
Introduction:
Invisibility has been on humanity`s wearer making the wearer invisible.
wish from past 10,000 years..

Amon-ra a saint could disappear and

reappear

With recent advances in optics and

computing and advent of flexible
electronic like liquid crystal display
can allow back ground image to be
displayed on the material it self. This
wish is now full filled with the
concept of optical camouflage.

In 2003 three professors at university

of tokyo -susumu tachi,masahiko
inami,naoki kawakami created a
prototype camouflage in which a
camera takes a shot of the
background and displays it on the
cloth using an external projector.
The same year time magazine named
it the best invention.
this is nothing but making the idea
clear about creating illusion
This makes the image onto the
masked object and u=you can
observe the masked object as if it is
visually transparent.

The interesting application of this

optical camouflage is Invisible cloak.
Optical camouflage :
This is a kind of active camouflage
which completely envelopes the
wearer.
It displays an image of the scene on
the side opposite the viewer on it so
that the viewer can "see through" the
The word camouflage means " is to
blend with the surroundings " .This
word comes from the French word
"camoufler "means "to disguise"
this concept is also found in the
nature. Many animals can disguise
themselves into the objects beside
them to protect themselves from the
predators.

Technology Focus:
 by Ivan Sutherland in Harvard
university.

Augmented-reality systems add

computer generated information to a
user`s sensory perceptions.

Components requirements :
a garment made from highly
reflective material ,a video camera ,a
Optical camouflage is a pure physics computer projector, a special half
application that can provide the silvered mirror called combiner
invisibility in the visible physics by
using the behavior and properties of
light and interaction of light.
Working:
step 1:
there are two types of environments
the object (a person) dons a garment
1.augumented reality 2.totally virtual
that resembles a raincoat,(made with
environment
high reflective material)
1: make the users look through a
step2:
special viewing apparatus to see a
real-world scene which synthesized
the observing screen should be
graphics.
placed in the location such that it
should focus the view of raincoat
2: the virtual environment is made by
making the virtual images which are
done by a powerful computer
graphics.

The optical camouflage works on the

concept of augmented reality
technology which was first pioneered
 when light strikes one of these beads,
the light rays bounce back exactly in
the same direction

This is called the retro reflective

surface.

these beads act as prisms and hence

cause the reflected light to travel
back.

rough surface ,smooth surface

Eg:traffic signs road markers and

bicycle reflectors.

The Making of coat : The coat

is made with thousands of smal
beads.

video camera professional video

camera (television camera)is used.

Originally developed for studios.

there are two types of professional Method of producing
video cameras: high end and
recording cameras; Optical camouflage

Projector:

projector accomplishes this task by

shining a light bean through an
opening controlled by a device called
iris diaphragm.

Computer:

it manipulates the data according to a

list of instructions

All augmented reality systems rely

on powerful computers to make
graphics and then super impose on
the backgrounds.
Combiner:
it is a special mirror that reflects the
projected image towards the cloak
and let light rays bouncing off the
cloak return to user`s eye. This is
called beam splitter or combiner.
step1:a digital video camera captures
the scenes behind the person wearing
the cloak.
it processes the image and makes
necessary calculations.
step2: the projector receives the
enhanced image from the computer
and shines the image through a
pinhole sized opening onto the
combiner.

step3:the silvered half mirror which

is completely reflective bounces the
projected image toward the person
wearing the cloak.

: step4:light rays bouncing off of the

cloak passes through the transparent
part of the mirror and fall on the
users side

CONCLUSION:
 Hence the optical camouflage is
made to appear from the retro
reflective material and makes the
person invisible.

REFERENCES:

1) M. Shiro, Ghost in the Shell,

Kodansya, 1991
2) http://www.star.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
3)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloakin
g_device
4)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_
camouflage
5) http://www.wisegeek.com/what-
is-optical-camouflage.htm
6)http://objsam.wordpress.com/200
8/01/30/japanese-invisible-
technology-opticalcamouflage