Assessment of camouflage effectiveness based on perceived color difference and gradient magnitude

Xueqiong Bai, Ningfang Liao*, Wenmin Wu

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We propose a new model to assess the effectiveness of camouflage in terms of perceived color difference and gradient magnitude. The “image color similarity index” (ICSI) and gradient magnitude similarity deviation (GMSD) were employed to analyze color and texture differences, respectively, between background and camouflage images. Information entropy theory was used to calculate weights for each metric, yielding an overall camouflage effectiveness metric. During the analysis process, both spatial and color perceptions of the human visual system (HVS) were considered, to mimic real-world observations. Subjective tests were used to compare our proposed method with previous methods, and our results confirmed the validity of assessing camouflage effectiveness based on perceived color difference and gradient magnitude.

Original languageEnglish
Article number4672
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalSensors
Volume20
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2020

Keywords

  • Camouflage effectiveness
  • Color appearance
  • Image processing

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