What's in my closet?: Image classification using fuzzy logic
This is an incremental application of fuzzy logic to a specific domain (clothing image classification) with limited scope.
The paper tackled image classification of clothing items (dress, shirt, pants) using a fuzzy logic system in MATLAB, achieving recognition based on characteristic functions derived from user-input images.
A fuzzy system was created in MATLAB to identify an item of clothing as a dress, shirt, or pair of pants from a series of input images. The system was initialized using a high-contrast vector-image of each item of clothing as the state closest to a direct solution. Nine other user-input images (three of each item) were also used to determine the characteristic function of each item and recognize each pattern. Mamdani inference systems were used for edge location and identification of characteristic regions of interest for each item of clothing. Based on these non-dimensional trends, a second Mamdani fuzzy inference system was used to characterize each image as containing a shirt, a dress, or a pair of pants. An outline of the fuzzy inference system and image processing techniques used for creating an image pattern recognition system are discussed.