Evaluation of camouflage pattern performance of textiles by human observers and CAMAELEON

Daniela H. Heinrich; Gorm K. Selj

doi:10.1117/12.2277908

5 October 2017 Evaluation of camouflage pattern performance of textiles by human observers and CAMAELEON

Daniela H. Heinrich, Gorm K. Selj

Proceedings Volume 10432, Target and Background Signatures III; 1043206 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2277908
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2017, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

Military textiles with camouflage pattern are an important part of the protection measures for soldiers. Military operational environments differ a lot depending on climate and vegetation. This requires very different camouflage pattern to achieve good protection. To find the best performing pattern for given environments we have in earlier evaluations mainly applied observer trials as evaluation method. In these camouflage evaluation test human observers were asked to search for targets (in natural settings) presented on a high resolution PC screen, and the corresponding detection times were recorded. Another possibility is to base the evaluation on simulations. CAMAELEON is a licensed tool that ranks camouflaged targets by their similarity with local backgrounds. The similarity is estimated through the parameters local contrast, orientation of structures in the pattern and spatial frequency, by mimicking the response and signal processing in the visual cortex of the human eye. Simulations have a number of advantages over observer trials, for example, that they are more flexible, cheaper, and faster. Applying these two methods to the same images of camouflaged targets we found that CAMAELEON simulation results didn’t match observer trial results for targets with disruptive patterns. This finding now calls for follow up studies in order to learn more about the advantages and pitfalls of CAMAELEON. During recent observer trials we studied new camouflage patterns and the effect of additional equipment, such as combat vests. In this paper we will present the results from a study comparing evaluation results of human based observer trials and CAMAELEON.

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Daniela H. Heinrich and Gorm K. Selj "Evaluation of camouflage pattern performance of textiles by human observers and CAMAELEON", Proc. SPIE 10432, Target and Background Signatures III, 1043206 (5 October 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2277908

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