Title :
Optical camouflage using retro-reflective projection technology
Author :
Inam, Masahiko ; Kawakami, Naoki ; Tachi, Susumu
Author_Institution :
Electro-Commun. Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes a kind of active camouflage system named optical camouflage. Optical camouflage uses the retro-reflective projection technology, a projection-based augmented-reality system composed of a projector with a small iris and a retro-reflective screen. The object that needs to be made transparent is painted or covered with retro-reflective material. Then a projector projects the background image on it making the masking object virtually transparent.
Keywords :
active vision; augmented reality; image matching; optical projectors; active camouflage system; background image; masking object; optical camouflage; projection-based augmented-reality system; retroreflective material; retroreflective projection technology; retroreflective screen; transparent object; virtual transparency; Cameras; Displays; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Iris; Mercury (metals); Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Mixed and Augmented Reality, 2003. Proceedings. The Second IEEE and ACM International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2006-5
DOI :
10.1109/ISMAR.2003.1240754
