Development of a Drape-Tester by Image Analysis

An instrument is developed to measure the dynamic andstatic fabric drapability by the technology of image analy-sis. A set of stepper motor speed - regulation system,which is based on the control of single - chip microproces-sor and microcomputer, is developed to form the dynamictest environment in order to implement the measurementof dynamic drapability. An algorithm is presented to con-vert the original draped images which are captured by adigital camera into binary images. The test results showthat the algorithm is adapted for all kinds of fabrics. Thewhole measurement process is controlled by a friendly