  Fabric defect segmentation is integral to textile quality control. Despite
this, the scarcity of high-quality annotated data and the diversity of fabric
defects present significant challenges to the application of deep learning in
this field. These factors limit the generalization and segmentation performance
of existing models, impeding their ability to handle the complexity of diverse
fabric types and defects. To overcome these obstacles, this study introduces an
innovative method to infuse specialized knowledge of fabric defects into the
Segment Anything Model (SAM), a large-scale visual model. By introducing and
training a unique set of fabric defect-related parameters, this approach
seamlessly integrates domain-specific knowledge into SAM without the need for
extensive modifications to the pre-existing model parameters. The revamped SAM
model leverages generalized image understanding learned from large-scale
natural image datasets while incorporating fabric defect-specific knowledge,
ensuring its proficiency in fabric defect segmentation tasks. The experimental
results reveal a significant improvement in the model's segmentation
performance, attributable to this novel amalgamation of generic and
fabric-specific knowledge. When benchmarking against popular existing
segmentation models across three datasets, our proposed model demonstrates a
substantial leap in performance. Its impressive results in cross-dataset
comparisons and few-shot learning experiments further demonstrate its potential
for practical applications in textile quality control.
