System and method for dynamic camouflaging

• US 10,502,532 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2016
• Issued: 12/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bender, Michael, Childress, Rhonda L., Forshee-Lee, Timothy J., Rudden, Mary E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nazar, Ahmed I
• Application Number:
  US15/175,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20170350676A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,281 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 3/00 Camouflage, i.e. means or methods for concealment or disguise for vessels B63G8/34, B63G13/02 ; sound camouflage, i.e. simulating gun fire noise, F41A33/04; dummy or decoy targets F41J; chaff per se F41J2/00; ammunition for dispensing chaff F42B5/15, F42B12/70; radar absorbing fabrics H01Q17/005
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1438 using more than one graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/10 Terrestrial scenes scenes under surveillance with static cameras G06V20/52; scenes perceived from the exterior of a vehicle G06V20/56; scenes perceived from the interior of a vehicle G06V20/59
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/121 using a cache memory
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/37 Details of the operation on graphic patterns G09G5/38 takes precedence

Abstract

Systems and methods for dynamic camouflaging are disclosed. A computer-implemented method can be used with the system including determining, by a computing device, if current environment image data is available for a location of one or more users, and instructing, by the computing device, at least one image-enabled clothing system of the one or more users to display a camouflage image based on the determining. The camouflage image is based on the current environment image data when the current environment image data is available, and the camouflage image is based on historic image data associated with the location of the one or more users when the current environment image data is not available.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

determining, by a computing device, if current real-world environment image data is available for a physical location of one or more users; and

instructing, by the computing device, at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system of the one or more users to display a camouflage image based on the determining;

wherein the camouflage image is based on the current real-world environment image data when the current real-world environment image data is available, and wherein the camouflage image is based on historic image data associated with the physical location of the one or more users when the current real-world environment image data is not available.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, that the one or more users require an updated camouflage image; and

repeating the determining if the current real-world environment image data is available and the instructing, based on the determining that the one or more users requires an updated camouflage image.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining includes determining that the current real-world environment image data is available, and further comprising:

receiving, by the computer device, the current real-world environment image data from one or more image capture devices; and

generating, by the computing device, a camouflage pattern based on the current real-world environment image data, wherein the camouflage image is based on the camouflage pattern.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the current real-world environment image data is image data from a plurality of cameras, and wherein the generating the camouflage pattern includes generating a plurality of camouflage patterns, such that the plurality of camouflage patterns reflect differences in current real-world environment image data captured by respective ones of the plurality of cameras.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

obtaining, by the computing device, orientation data for the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system from at least one sensor;

displaying the plurality of camouflage patterns on the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system; and

rotating a position of each of the plurality of camouflage patterns on the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system based on the orientation data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the camouflage image is based on the historic image data, and the method further comprises:

retrieving, by the computing device, the historic image data based on the physical location of the one or more users; and

generating, by the computing device, a camouflage pattern based on the historic image data, wherein the camouflage image is based on the camouflage pattern.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining, by the computing device, sensor data from one or more sensors;

determining, by the computing device, that a parameter of the sensor data meets a predetermine threshold value; and

initiating, by the computing device, a remedial procedure to effect a change in the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system or the camouflage image based on the determining that the parameter of the sensor data meets the predetermined threshold value.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the sensor data is light level data; and

the initiating a remedial procedure comprises adjusting a brightness level of the camouflage image based on the light level data.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the sensor data is biosensor data indicating a state of the one or more users; and

the initiating the remedial procedure comprises instructing, by the computing device, the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system of the one or more users to display an alert pattern.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the sensor data is temperature data indicating a temperature of the one or more users; and

the initiating the remedial procedure comprises instructing, by the computing device, a temperature control system of the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system to initiate a cooling device to cool the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system.

11. A computer program product for dynamically camouflaging objects, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:

receive current environment image data from a first image capture device having a first perspective;

receive current environment image data from a second image capture device having a second perspective;

display a first camouflage image generated from the current environment image data of the first image capture device on a first portion of at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system;

display a second camouflage image generated from the current environment image data of the second image capture device on a second portion of the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system;

obtain orientation data for the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system from at least one sensor;

and

rotate a position of the displayed first camouflage image and a position of the displayed second camouflage image based on the orientation data.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising program instructions to cause the computing device to:

determine that the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system requires an updated camouflage image; and

determine that the current environment image data from the first image capture device and the current environmental image data from the second image capture device are available.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the first camouflage image and the second camouflage image are generated based on user parameters of a person utilizing the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system, such that the first camouflage image and the second camouflage image are customized for the person.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising program instructions to cause the computing device to:

obtain sensor data; and

initiate a remedial procedure to effect a change in the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system based on the sensor data.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein:

the sensor data is light level data; and

the remedial procedure comprises adjusting a brightness level of the first camouflage image and the second camouflage image based on the light level data.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein:

the sensor data is biosensor data indicating a state of the one or more users of the at least one image-enabled clothing system; and

the remedial procedure comprises instructing the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system to display an alert pattern if an alert mode of the at least one wearable image-enabled clothing system is enabled.

17. A system for dynamically camouflaging a user, comprising:

a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium associated with a computing device;

program instructions to determine a physical location of the one or more remote users;

program instructions to determine if current real-world environment image data is available for the physical location of one or more remote users;

program instructions to generate at least one camouflage pattern based on the determination, wherein the at least one camouflage pattern is based on the current real-world environment image data when available, and the camouflage pattern is based on historic image data associated with the physical location of the one or more users when the current real-world environment image data is not available; and

program instructions to send the at least one camouflage pattern to the one or more remote users.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the at least one camouflage pattern includes a safety pattern.

19. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

program instructions to determine if the one or more users require an updated camouflage pattern;

program instructions to retrieve a saved camouflage pattern upon determining that the one or more users requires an updated camouflage pattern; and

program instructions to send the retrieved saved camouflage pattern to the one or more remote users.

20. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

program instructions to receive and store user parameters of the one or more remote users;

wherein the at least one camouflage pattern is a customized pattern generated based on the user parameters.