20-09-2017, 11:49 AM
Active camouflage or camouflage adaptive is the camouflage that adapts, often quickly, to the environment of an object as an animal or a military vehicle. In theory, active camouflage could provide the perfect concealment of visual detection.
Active camouflage is used in several groups of animals, including reptiles on land, and cephalopods and mollusks flatfish in the sea. The animals achieve active camouflage by both color change and (between marine animals and squid) by back-lighting, with the use of bioluminescence.
The camouflage of military counter-lighting was first investigated during World War II for marine use. More recent research has attempted to achieve cryptosis by using cameras to detect the visible background and by controlling Peltier panels or coatings that can vary their appearance.
Active camouflage provides concealment by making an object not only generally similar to its surroundings, but effectively invisible with "illusory transparency" through exact mimicry, and by changing the appearance of the object as changes occur in its background.
Active camouflage is used in several groups of animals, including reptiles on land, and cephalopods and mollusks flatfish in the sea. The animals achieve active camouflage by both color change and (between marine animals and squid) by back-lighting, with the use of bioluminescence.
The camouflage of military counter-lighting was first investigated during World War II for marine use. More recent research has attempted to achieve cryptosis by using cameras to detect the visible background and by controlling Peltier panels or coatings that can vary their appearance.
Active camouflage provides concealment by making an object not only generally similar to its surroundings, but effectively invisible with "illusory transparency" through exact mimicry, and by changing the appearance of the object as changes occur in its background.