OPTICAL CAMOUFLAGE

A SEMINAR REPORT
Submitted by
BAVANI SHANKAR.A
In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
In

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

PRAJNA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

(approved by AICTE and affiliated to JNTU University, Kakinada)

Ramakrishnapuram, PALASA – 530046

JAN 2011
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

PRAJNA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

(approved by AICTE and affiliated to JNTU University, Kakinada)

Ramakrishnapuram, PALASA – 530046

JAN 2011

Bonafide Certificate
Certified that this is a bonafide record of the Seminar Entitled
“Optical Camouflage”
Submitted by
BAVANI SHANKAR .A

Of 4th year 2nd semester, Electronics and communication engineering in the year
2011 in partial fulfillment of the requirements to the award of Degree Of
Bachelor Of Technology in Electronics and communication engineering of
Prajna Institute Of Technology and Management.
Head of the department
K. Kedareswara Rao, M.tech
Associate Professor
Dept. of ECE
PITAM, Palasa.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I also express my gratitude to K. Kedareswara Rao, Head of the

Department and my Seminar Guide for providing me with adequate facilities, ways and
means by which I was able to complete this seminar. I express my sincere gratitude to him for
his constant support and valuable suggestions without which the successful completion of this
seminar would not have been possible. I express my immense pleasure and thankfulness to all
the teachers and staff of the Department of Electronics and communication
engineering, for their cooperation and support.
 ABSTRACT

This paper describes a kind of active camouflage system named Optical

Camouflage. Initially, Camouflage is made understood and then the theory of optical

camouflage is developed. 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 concept of optical camouflage is straightforward:

to create the illusion of invisibility by covering an object with something that projects the

scene directly behind that object. This system was conceived with the primary view in mind

of concealing stationary or moving objects such as men, vehicles, or aircraft from view and

has practical military, law enforcement, and security applications.

 Table of contents

Chapter Contents
Page no.

1 Introduction 1
1.1 Optical Camouflage- an overview 2
2 Block Diagram
3 2.1 Description
3
2.2 Working 4
3 Retro reflectivity 5
4 Video Camera & Projector
10
4.1 Video Camera 10
4.2 Projector 11
5 Computer and Combiner 12
5.1 Computer 12
5.2 Combiner 12
6 Real World Applications 13
7 Drawbacks 16
8 Future Enhancements
17
9 Conclusion 18
10 References 19