Sona Signal and Image PROcessing Research Centre (Sona SIPRO) A Unit of Sona College of Technology] was formally inaugurated by the Former Scientist President of India Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam in 2009. Since then a team of Engineers have been working to solve many social problems using Information Science. This work on Fabric Defect Detection in Hand loom Cottage Silk Industries is a work funded by the All India Council for Technical Education under the Research Promotion Scheme. This book is a outcome of the research work carried out to cater the requirements of small scale hand loom silk weavers located in Salem (TN), India.