Three-dimensional camouflage surface
AssigneeArmorworks Enterprises LLC
InventorKent D. Saucedo
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for a three-dimensional camouflage applied to the exterior of a man-made article. The camouflage comprises a surface with a visible topography defined by a predetermined arrangement of three-dimensional elements.
Claims41
1-38. (canceled)
A camouflage applied to the exterior of a man-made article, comprising a surface with a visible topography defined by a predetermined arrangement of three-dimensional elements.
A camouflage applied to an exterior surface of a man-made object, comprising a first arrangement of plateaus of various sizes and shapes positioned at discrete elevation levels from a base level of the surface, the plateaus connected to one another by walls, wherein the walls and plateaus present a stepped topography.
A method of producing a three-dimensional camouflage from a two-dimensional image consisting of a finite set of discrete colors arranged in various shapes and patterns, comprising the steps of:
- associating one color of the two-dimensional image with a base level of the camouflage;
- assigning a discrete elevation level above the base level of the camouflage to at least one additional color of the two-dimensional image;
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- providing an array of three-dimensional forms at each discrete elevation level of the camouflage that coincide with the shapes and patterns of the two-dimensional image associated with that level.
An overlay for covering at least a portion of an exterior surface of a man-made article, the surface of the overlay comprising a first multi-level arrangement of three-dimensional forms producing a visible topography.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.