Computational Framework for Symmetry Classification of Repetitive Patterns

The interest shown recently in the algorithmic treatment of symmetries, also known as Computational Symmetry, covers several application areas among which textile and tiles design are some of the most significant. Designers make new creations based on the symmetric repetition of motifs that they find in databases of wallpaper images. The existing methods for dealing with these images have several drawbacks because the use of heuristics achieves low recovery rates when images exhibit imperfections due to the fabrication or the handmade process.