Texture identification and matching a sample fabric within a known collection of produced fabrics is a time-consuming and difficult process as a human activity. In this study, a computational method for textile texture identification is introduced using an image analysis technique. For this purpose, images of fabrics were captured by a digital flat scanner. Texture features were extracted using the Edge frequency and Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) methods. In this way, a library of texture features was collected. To match a new texture with library samples, the closest texture feature based on Euclidian distance was identified as the fabric texture. Experimental results for 33 different textures showed the successful identification of textures with both methods. However, the edge frequency method is more feasible and acceptable due to its computational simplicity and lower processing time. In addition, it was shown that the edge frequency method is extremely insensitive to the colour and scanning direction of the fabric.

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Machine Vision Analysis for Textile Texture Identification

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  • Kandi Saeideh Gorji
    Color Imaging & Digital Image Processing Department, Institute for Color Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

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Texture identification and matching a sample fabric within a known collection of produced fabrics is a time-consuming and difficult process as a human activity. In this study, a computational method for textile texture identification is introduced using an image analysis technique. For this purpose, images of fabrics were captured by a digital flat scanner. Texture features were extracted using the Edge frequency and Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) methods. In this way, a library of texture features was collected. To match a new texture with library samples, the closest texture feature based on Euclidian distance was identified as the fabric texture. Experimental results for 33 different textures showed the successful identification of textures with both methods. However, the edge frequency method is more feasible and acceptable due to its computational simplicity and lower processing time. In addition, it was shown that the edge frequency method is extremely insensitive to the colour and scanning direction of the fabric.

Tags: texture, textile, knitted, edge frequency, Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix

Citation: Kandi S. G.; Machine Vision Analysis for Textile Texture Identification. FIBRES & TEXTILES in Eastern Europe 2011, Vol. 19, No. 6 (89) pp. 53-57.

Published in issue no 6 (89) / 2011, pages 53–57.

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