Automatic fabric defect detection and classification by using image processing technology

Abstract

Machine vision encompasses all industrial and non-industrial applications in which a combination of hardware and software provide operational guidance to devices in the execution of their functions based on the capture and processing of images. One of the important applications of machine vision is fabric inspection. newlineFabric inspection is a necessary and essential step of quality control in the textile manufacturing industry. All textile industries aim to produce competitive fabrics. The competition depends mainly on productivity and quality of the fabrics produced by each industry. In the textile sector, there have been an enlarge amount of losses due to faulty fabrics. So automatic fabric inspection is developed to solve these issues. newlineAutomatic fabric inspection offer a no of potential advantages, including improved safety, reduced labor costs, elimination of human error and subjective judgment. An automatic fabric defect recognition system consists of preprocessing, detection and classification. newline