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This paper describes the application of digital image processing to the grading of fabric wrinkle recovery. Degrees of fabric wrinkling of AATCC replicate standards are analyzed using a combination of texture and profile analysis techniques. Results in dicate that wrinkling can be reliably measured using gray level and surface statistics, co-occurrence analysis, and power spectral density of image profiles.

In order to provide a fabric sound evaluation system for designing auditory-sensible fabrics, sound parameters are obtained, including the level pressure of total sound (LPT), sound color factors (Δ L and Δ f ), three coefficients (ARC, ARF, ARE) of autoregressive models based on the fast fourier transform spectrum, loudness(Z) and sharpness(Z) from Zwicker's psychoacoustic models, and mechanical properties from KES values for wool suiting fabrics. As psychophysical characteristics, subjective sensations of softness, loudness, sharpness, clearness, roughness, highness, and pleasantness of the fabric sounds are evaluated by the free modulus magnitude estimation. Tropical wool has the lowest loudness(Z) and the highest Δ L value among the fabrics. Melton, a thicker and heavier woolen, shows a trend similar to saxony and flannel for sound parameters. Wool suiting fabrics have higher scores for loudness and highness rather than clearness and pleasantness, except for tropical wool, which has the highest scores for pleasantness among the fabrics. Using the modified stepwise regression of Kawabata, all sensations are predicted by both sound parameters and mechanical properties. The sound sensation of wool suiting fabrics is related mainly to tensile, surface, and shear properties in mechanical measurements and with autoregressive coefficients as sound parameters.Fabric sounds have recently attracted both researchers and manufacturers of textiles and apparel. Fabric sound affects the sensorial comfort of clothing [ I ]. Because consumers are interested in the sensorial qualities of fabrics, auditory-sensible textile products are expected to broaden the market now more than at any other time. The tactile and visual aesthetic performance of textiles is already commonly understood, but auditory-sensible textiles are in the early stages of development and production. There have been only a few reports on fabric sound: Fukuhara reported that two edges of a micro-slit in a trilobal-shaped cross section of a polyester fiber imitate silk-scrooping [4]. To develop textile products with auditory comfort for the sensory satisfaction of consumers, however, the physical characteristics of fabrics that can be measured should be identified for application in the manufacturing process. In previous studies [2, 31, we discussed the relationship between the physical characteristics of fabric sounds and the mechanical properties of the fabrics. In addition, we observed some physiological responses to the rubbing sounds of several fabrics, including silk and polyester, in order to determine the relationship between objective physical measurements and human physiological attributes [13]. An approach by Pollard [9] proposed that complex sounds such as music may be determined by following three levels of sound analysis-physical, psycho-physical, and feature analysis. According to this suggestion, fabric sound can be, subjected to psycho-physical and feature analysis as well as physical analysis, indicating the usefulness of h...

This paper attempts to identify the handle and sensibility of woven silk fabrics for neckties to determine any relationships between them and purchasing preferences. Male and female students evaluate the specimens with a semantic differential scale of handle and sensibility adjectives: twenty-one hand adjectives are grouped as four—“surface sense,” “thermal sense,” “flexibility sense,” and “dryness sense”—and twenty-five sensibility adjectives are grouped as four—“modern,” “classic,” “character,” and “natural”—through factor analysis. Fabrics with a “flat” and “warm” touch result in a classic sensibility, but those that feel “flat” and “cool” represent a modern feeling. The “rough” fabrics with “warm” touch are natural, but those with a “cool” touch show character. Fabrics evaluated as high in handle and purchasing preferences for neckties show a “soft” and “flat” touch, and display modern and classic sensibilities. These relations between handle, sensibility, and fabric type are shown in image diagrams.

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