Selection of distinguishing features for fabric defect classification using neural network

Abstract

Over the years significant research has been performed for automated, i.e. machine vision based fabric inspection systems in order to replace manual inspection, which is time consuming and not accurate enough. Automated fabric inspection systems mainly involve two challenging problems, one of which is defect classification. The amount of research done to date to solve the defect classification problem is insufficient. Scene analysis and feature selection play a very important role in the classification process. Insufficient scene analysis results in an inappropriate set of features. Selection of an inappropriate feature set increases complexities of subsequent steps and makes the classification task harder. Considering this observation, we present a possibly appropriate feature set in order to address the problem of fabric defect classification using neural network (NN). We justify the features from the point of view of distinguishing quality and feature extraction difficulty. We perform some experiments in order to show the utility of proposed features. Promising classification accuracy has been found.