“…Hence automatic defect identification, with the help of digital image proceesing scheme, is a natural alternative. In this direction, defect detection in application areas such as automated manufacturing [2,3], textile fabric [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11], film industry [12][13][14], wood [15][16][17], construction industry [18], Printed Circuit Board (PCB) ( [19][20][21], wafer [22][23][24][25], solar cells [25][26][27][28], paper industry [29], leather [30], food processing [31,32], and rails [33] are reported in the literature. These image analysis techniques, designed for defect detection, are implemented either on non-textured surface like paper and glass materials or homogeneously textured surfaces like textile or on structural patterns like semiconductor wafer dies and Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).…”