Automatic Analyzing of a Weaving Design

In order to weave textile based on textile samples, weaving information on the textile's weaving design and the placement of the stripe patterns must be obtained. In this paper, we will discuss a method for extracting the textile's weaving design through the use of machines with the objective of automating a part of the textile design process. Textile designs are built with patterns on the textile's surface by the placement of variously colored warp and weft threads. Consequently, the features of warp and weft threads are always continuous in the warp and weft directions. Therefore, warp and weft threads are distinguished by using two types of band-pass filters, limited in the lengthwise or widthwise direction in the spatial frequency domain. Furthermore, a method for extracting the textile's weaving design with the use of band-pass filters focusing on the frequency is proposed. When extracting the textile's weaving design, this method is not concerned with individual colors and features of each thread but are concerned with the use of two types of band-pass filters considered features of the textile's weaving design. This method is simpler and more efficient than earlier methods.