OPTICAL

CAMOUFLA
GE

CONTENTS:

Introduction
History
Active camouflage
Process
Cloaking
Retro-reflective Projection Technology (RPT)
Altered reality
Working
Applications
Drawbacks
Conclusions
Reference

WHERE DID ALL THIS

BEGIN?

Three professors at University of Tokyo

-Susumu Tachi
- Masahiko Inami
-Naoki Kawakami
Before
Now

ACTIVE CAMOUFLAGE:

Adaptive camouflage
Coatings capable of changing color or luminosity.
Differ from more conventional means of concealment in
two important ways.

PROCESS:

CLOAKING:
It is the bending
of light around
an object, so as
to give the
illusion of there
being nothing in
the way
Retroreflectum

INVISIBILITY CLOAK:

RETRO-REFLECTIVE
PROJECTION TECHNOLOGY:

Retro-Reflectivity Adjustments:

Dimmer switches
Increasing/decreasing the light source
Increasing/decreasing the observation
angle

ALTERED REALITY:

Monitor Based Augmented

Reality:

WORKING:

VIDEO CAMERA :

High-end device
Two types of professional cameras

PROJECTO
R:

A projector accomplishes this task by

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

COMPUTE
R:

For optical camouflage to work, the hardware/software

combo must take the captured image from the video camera

COMBINER:
The system
requires a
special
mirror to
both reflect
the projected
image
toward the
cloak and to
letlight
raysbouncin
g off the

REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS:

1.Augmented stereoscopic vision in surgery
2.Cockpit floors
3.Transparent rear hatch
4.Stealth technology

DRAWBACKS:

Large amount of external hardware

required
The illusion is only convincing when
viewed from a certain angle
Hyper pixel- 180 x 180 LED

CONCLUSION:

This technology is still at its developing state.

Can be explored in a better