Woven Fabric Density Measurement Using Image Processing Techniques

Abstract

A method of measuring the fabric density (weft pick per cm & warp per cm) of a woven fabric has been developed in this research. The fabric density of a woven fabric measured by capturing a digital image of the woven fabric to be examined by means of a digital microscope, converting the image into digital image information, storing the digital l image information in a digital memory and converting said information by a central processing unit into the fabric density information. The method was tested using 4 (four) woven fabric samples with different structures and densities. In order to validate the proposed method, the results were compared with the mean fabric density which was directly measured from the standard method. It has been found that the results between conventional and proposed method are not significantly different (with 0,95 significance value).