Ποιοτικός έλεγχος ραφής σε υπερ - εύκαμπτα υλικά με χρήση μεθόδων ψηφιακής επεξεργασίας σημάτων βίντεο

Abstract

One of the problems studied in the present dissertation is that of the detection of the fabrics’ position on the working area. The proposed detection methods are based on image processing and analysis techniques and take into consideration both partial occlusion and fabric deformation. The methods have been experimentally evaluated and the results indicate sufficient detection accuracy and robustness regarding partial occlusion and fabric deformation. After sewing the fabric, the position and orientation of the seam is automatically detected. Three novel seam detection methods have been developed using different pre-processing techniques. The experimental evaluation of the three detection methods is made on a database containing 118 images of ready sewn garments. Before performing seam quality control the seam images are normalized with respect to the seam position and orientation, using the aforementioned seam detection methods. Feature selection has been studied next, extracting three different sets of features and assessing seam quality using three different methods. The first method uses spectral features; the second method is based on the detection of self-shadows onto the seam specimens, while the third method is based on the estimation of the surface roughness of the specimens. The experimental evaluation of the proposed methods is made on a database containing 325 images of seam specimens. Seam quality control is performed by classifying the seam specimens into five ordinal grades of quality. In this direction, four classification methods are proposed and evaluated, taking into account the ordered arrangement of the classes. The first method uses the proportional odds model; while the second method uses a linear model. The other two methods are novel and also employ a linear model. The difference between these two methods and the second method is that the numerical values they are assigning to the ordered categories are not arbitrary like in the case of the second method. The experimental evaluation of these four methods indicates that in case of a large number of training data, the first method which is based on the proportional odds model is more efficient, while in case of an insufficient number of training data the linear model optimized by one of the two novel methods should be selected.