Novel segmentation algorithm for jacquard patterns based on multi‐view image fusion

Abstract

Pattern regeneration is one of the applications of reverse engineering technology in the textile field, which realises the process of textile-pattern regeneration-textile, and fundamentally provides an intelligent design means of textile. At present, the method of pattern regeneration in the jacquard fabric is to use the image segmentation algorithm to segment the image digitalised by unidirectional imaging, and then the segmented pattern could be identified to regeneration for the design of new fabrics. However, due to the concave and convex pattern textures on the surface of jacquard fabric, the traditional unidirectional imaging method cannot be used for the full characterisation of its structural information, resulting in unsatisfactory pattern segmentation effect. To solve this problem, a novel segmentation algorithm for jacquard patterns based on multi-view image fusion was proposed in this study. Based on multi-view image acquisition and fusion, the pattern image of jacquard fabric could be cluster-segmented by extracting the complete texture information of the fused image and the actual colour information of the calibrated image. Compared with the traditional unidirectional imaging method, the experimental results show that the enhanced texture information of the fused image is more workable for the pattern segmentation, it validates the effectiveness of the proposed method.