Aquatex Analyzer-Intelligent Fabric Water Absorption Analyzer

Authors:

Shreya R. Humbe1, Anuja O. Ingavale2, Sanika B. Chavan3, Mandar S. Petkar4

Prof. V. B. Gundavade

Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Kolhapur Institute of Technology’s College of Engineering, Kolhapur

Abstract – Dyeing performance, and quality of textile materials, moisture absorption plays a significant part, when assessing the comfort. Regular methods of testing, including AATCC TM79 and the spray technique, are dependent on the human eye and manual timing, resulting in subjective and irregular results. Coming up short on this front, these methods can’t provide a qualitative assessment, and won’t let us watch the absorption process unfold in real time. Well-known advances in computer vision and picture processing, however, call for a low-cost, automatic, and precise way of checking fabric absorbency. This paper introduces the Aquatex Analyzer, a system that leverages a camera to monitor the water absorption of fabrics. It captures a reference dry picture, then snaps a sequence of images over the next ten seconds as the fabric absorbs the water. Using a series of steps that involve grayscale conversion, picture difference, thresholding and segmenting, the system pinpoints wet areas and calculates the absorption percentage at each second, and neatly stores and visualizes the results, laying out a clear, consistent and quantifiable measure of how much different fabrics can absorb.

Key Words: textile, Absorption, processing, Grayscale, Segmentation, Thresholding