Woven Fabric Density Measurement Using Image Processing Techniques

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).