Image Analysis and Processing for Generating Camouflages from Digital Earth Photographs

Camouflage is present both on the civilian market and in military. It is used by hunters and military enthusiasts, but also by clothing designers and game developers. They are forced to design their own or choose between already developed camouflages, both military and civilian, so they cannot adapt...

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Main Authors: Aneta Poniszewska-Marańda, Michał Suszek, Krzysztof Stepień
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/1/403
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author Aneta Poniszewska-Marańda
Michał Suszek
Krzysztof Stepień
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description Camouflage is present both on the civilian market and in military. It is used by hunters and military enthusiasts, but also by clothing designers and game developers. They are forced to design their own or choose between already developed camouflages, both military and civilian, so they cannot adapt it to their needs in a fast and easy way. Currently, there are not many software solutions that allow for easy generation of digital camouflages and support the user in selecting the colors for final camouflage result. The approach presented in the paper proposes to solve these problems by analyzing the colors from digital Earth images of the target areas and using the developed image processing algorithm for generating digital camouflages. Based on the proposed approach and its designed algorithm, the application was created to allow the user to easily generate the digital camouflages. The paper also presents the results of analysis of camouflage quality, comparing the camouflages generated with the developed algorithms and their application and the selected market generators together with the selected military digital camouflages. By using the proposed algorithm to generate the camouflage and implementing the centroid algorithm for color extraction, it was possible to create better quality camouflages compared to those created by existing software solutions. This was supported by an analysis of the camouflage quality in chosen terrain variants, in which developed application achieved the best results.
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spelling doaj.art-a67893d11dd24afc8f3b0f2f4d7a511a2023-11-16T14:56:39ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-12-0113140310.3390/app13010403Image Analysis and Processing for Generating Camouflages from Digital Earth PhotographsAneta Poniszewska-Marańda0Michał Suszek1Krzysztof Stepień2Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology, Al. Politechniki 8, 93-590 Lodz, PolandInstitute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology, Al. Politechniki 8, 93-590 Lodz, PolandInstitute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology, Al. Politechniki 8, 93-590 Lodz, PolandCamouflage is present both on the civilian market and in military. It is used by hunters and military enthusiasts, but also by clothing designers and game developers. They are forced to design their own or choose between already developed camouflages, both military and civilian, so they cannot adapt it to their needs in a fast and easy way. Currently, there are not many software solutions that allow for easy generation of digital camouflages and support the user in selecting the colors for final camouflage result. The approach presented in the paper proposes to solve these problems by analyzing the colors from digital Earth images of the target areas and using the developed image processing algorithm for generating digital camouflages. Based on the proposed approach and its designed algorithm, the application was created to allow the user to easily generate the digital camouflages. The paper also presents the results of analysis of camouflage quality, comparing the camouflages generated with the developed algorithms and their application and the selected market generators together with the selected military digital camouflages. By using the proposed algorithm to generate the camouflage and implementing the centroid algorithm for color extraction, it was possible to create better quality camouflages compared to those created by existing software solutions. This was supported by an analysis of the camouflage quality in chosen terrain variants, in which developed application achieved the best results.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/1/403image analysisgenerating imagesdigital camouflagecamouflage generationmodeling
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Image Analysis and Processing for Generating Camouflages from Digital Earth Photographs
Applied Sciences
image analysis
generating images
digital camouflage
camouflage generation
modeling
title Image Analysis and Processing for Generating Camouflages from Digital Earth Photographs
title_full Image Analysis and Processing for Generating Camouflages from Digital Earth Photographs
title_fullStr Image Analysis and Processing for Generating Camouflages from Digital Earth Photographs
title_full_unstemmed Image Analysis and Processing for Generating Camouflages from Digital Earth Photographs
title_short Image Analysis and Processing for Generating Camouflages from Digital Earth Photographs
title_sort image analysis and processing for generating camouflages from digital earth photographs
topic image analysis
generating images
digital camouflage
camouflage generation
modeling
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/1/403
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