Development of a Procedure for Camouflage Pattern Design
Research and development
Authors:
- Friškovec Mojca
CETIS Plc, Celje, Slovenia - Gabrijelčič Helena
Department of Textiles, Faculty of Natural Science and Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
 Full text | Abstract: Today, camouflage uniforms are an indispensable part of military equipment and serve not only as a means of disguising an object in a certain environment but also as a national symbol. Since battlefields and areas of international conflicts also take place in urban environments, the need to design urban camouflage is all the greater. The purpose of the research was to develop a procedure to create a set of camouflage patterns for the urban environment. The experimental part included the selection and processing of digital images of representative urban environments. Image processing simplified the digital photos by changing them into surface elements and contours, which helped us to extract representative shapes and sequences. Afterwards three methods for pattern design including the random and planned composition of shapes and sequences were developed and analysed. The procedures for pattern design included compositional and pictorial analyses of simplified digital images, principles of fractal sequences, a theory of the psychophysical comprehension of shapes and sequences, and knowledge about the visual and optical effects of shapes and repeats. The result of the research was the definition of an optimal procedure for digital camouflage pattern design, which was also confirmed by the Slovenian Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces. |
Tags: pattern, camouflage, design procedure, shapes, contours.
Citation: Friškovec M., Gabrijelčič H.; Development of a Procedure for Camouflage Pattern Design. FIBRES & TEXTILES in Eastern Europe 2010, Vol. 18, No. 4 (81) pp. 68-76.