Advances in artificial intelligence for the colour industry

Abstract

The use of artificial intelligence in finding solutions to traditional and emergent colorimetric problems is reviewed. Developments in artificial intelligence are briefly discussed and some of the more prominent ideas are described. Rather than give the complete background to specific technologies that are being used, the author considers the application of these technologies. Applications relevant to practical colour measurement are considered that complement the CMC(2:l) equation.

Artificial intelligence in the colour and textile industry

“…The use of artificial neural networks in textiles has been categorised as [ 1721: -prediction of mechanical and physical properties of textiles; identification, classification and analysis of textile defects: process optimisation and online monitoring; and ---marketing and planning. Westland has reported some other applications of neural networks in the area of online colour measurement, conversion of Munsell coordinates into CIE coordinates and transformation of tristimulus values from one illuminant to other [26]. Use of fuzzy logic in the development of a colour tolerance system has also been reported.…”

“…Some earlier developments in artificial intelligence have been reported for the textiles industry [23], textile finishing 124,251 and the colour industry [26]. One of the earlier applications of artificial intelligence in textile coloration was robotics, which was explored in the quest for automation and control.…”