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Camouflage effect evaluation and examination is an important procedure in digital camouflage pattern design as it is helpful in improving the objectivity and effectiveness thereof. Based on the human vision mechanism, we propose a new method, which creates a saliency map of the input image that can quantitatively evaluate the degree to which the target and surrounding background differ with respect to color brightness and space distribution. Then, we use this saliency map to evaluate the effect of camouflage design. Experimental results demonstrate that the saliency map is an effective approach for evaluating camouflage design.
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This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61202283) and the Open Project of State Key Laboratory of Virtual Reality Technology and Systems of China (No. BUAA-VR-10KF-5).
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Feng, X., Guoying, C., Richang, H. et al. Camouflage texture evaluation using a saliency map. Multimedia Systems 21, 169–175 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00530-014-0368-y
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