OPTICAL CAMOUFLAGE

- Invisibility Cloak.

PREMJITH P.G

S7, EEE
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What is Optical Camouflage?
It’s developed by scientists at the University
of Tokyo.
Optical camouflage is a kind of
camouflage in which one wears a cloth
which projects the background so that he
appears somehow invisible.
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What is Invisibility Cloak?

The invisibility cloak renders the human

partially invisible, when he/she slips
beneath the shining, silvery cloak.

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Invisibility Cloak
is now a reality.

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How Invisibility Cloak is Real?
Optical camouflage requires a complicated
arrangement. First, the person who wants to be
invisible (Person A) wears the cloak. An observer
(Person B) stands before (Person A) at a specific
location. At that location, (Person A) appear to be
partially invisible to (Person B). If (Person B) were
viewing from a slightly different location, he would
simply see (Person A) wearing a cloak.

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 The Invisibility Cloak

The cloak that enables optical

camouflage to work is made from a
special material known as
retro-reflective material.

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Retro-Reflectivity :

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Principle :

Optical camouflage doesn't work by way

of magic. It works by taking advantage of
something called augmented-reality
technology.

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Augmented Reality :

Augmented reality merely tries to

supplement real world with additional,
helpful content.

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Requirements :

A garment made from highly reflective

material
A video camera
A computer
A projector
A special, half-silvered mirror called a
combiner
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The Complete System :

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Video Camera :

Capturing the background image

requires 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.

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Computer :

All augmented-reality systems rely

on powerful computers to synthesize
graphics and then superimpose them
on a real-world image.

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Computer :

For optical camouflage, the Computer

must take the image from the video
camera, calculate the appropriate
perspective to simulate reality to be
projected onto the retro-reflective
material.

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Projector :

For optical camouflage, the central

opening must be the size of a pinhole.
This ensures a larger depth of field so
that the cloak can be located any
distance from the projector.

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Combiner :

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.

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Combiner :

The combiner allows the user to

perceive both the image enhanced by
the computer and light from the
surrounding world.

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Combiner :

Combiner is critical because the

computer-generated image and the
real-world scene must be fully
integrated for the illusion of invisibility
to seem realistic.

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Real World 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.

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Real World Applications

Doctors performing surgery could use

optical camouflage to see through their
hands and instruments to the
underlying tissue.

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Real World Applications

Providing a view of the outside in

windowless rooms is one of the more
fanciful applications of Optical
Camouflage.

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Real World Applications

Drivers backing up cars could benefit

one day from optical camouflage. A
quick glance backward through a
transparent rear would make it easy to
know when to stop.

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Disadvantages :

Surface is used as the reflector

will be having the natural folds and
wrinkles in the material.
The target can only be in a certain
field of view

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Disadvantages :

Partial Invisibility

Requires Expensive Equipments.

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Conclusion :

Although this is having some

disadvantages, Optical Camouflage is
a nice technology. However further
developments are being going on. I
believe this is going to change the
entire world.

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