Original concept diagram of a T-shirt, dress and skirt covered in a repeating geometric texture.
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Camouflage / 2022 · CVPR research

Adversarial Textiles — Shirts, Skirts and Dresses

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A pattern spread across a garment explores how clothing can confuse a person detector from different angles.

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Compare the patch on the previous shirt with the all-over patterns here. Imagine the wearer turning: the visible fabric changes even though the garment is still patterned.

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What is Adversarial Textiles — Shirts, Skirts and Dresses?

A pattern spread across a garment explores how clothing can confuse a person detector from different angles.

What should I look for in Adversarial Textiles — Shirts, Skirts and Dresses?

Compare the patch on the previous shirt with the all-over patterns here. Imagine the wearer turning: the visible fabric changes even though the garment is still patterned.

What explains Adversarial Textiles — Shirts, Skirts and Dresses?

Turning changes which parts of a garment the camera sees. A patch may leave the view or become incomplete. AdvTexture explores repeated structures across the cloth so different visible portions can affect the detector. The authors demonstrated failures in their physical experiments; the claim concerns particular person detectors, not every AI model or facial recognition system.

Original concept diagram of a T-shirt, dress and skirt covered in a repeating geometric texture.

Adversarial Textiles — Shirts, Skirts and Dresses