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ccnontextdetect.h
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1 // File: ccnontextdetect.h
3 // Description: Connected-Component-based non-text detection.
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5 // Author: rays@google.com (Ray Smith)
6 // Created: Sat Jun 11 09:52:01 PST 2011
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19 
20 #ifndef TESSERACT_TEXTORD_CCPHOTODETECT_H_
21 #define TESSERACT_TEXTORD_CCPHOTODETECT_H_
22 
23 #include "blobgrid.h"
24 #include "scrollview.h"
25 
26 namespace tesseract {
27 
28 // The CCNonTextDetect class contains grid-based operations on blobs to create
29 // a full-resolution image mask analogous yet complementary to
30 // pixGenHalftoneMask as it is better at line-drawings, graphs and charts.
31 class CCNonTextDetect : public BlobGrid {
32  public:
33  CCNonTextDetect(int gridsize, const ICOORD& bleft, const ICOORD& tright);
34  virtual ~CCNonTextDetect();
35 
36  // Creates and returns a Pix with the same resolution as the original
37  // in which 1 (black) pixels represent likely non text (photo, line drawing)
38  // areas of the page, deleting from the blob_block the blobs that were
39  // determined to be non-text.
40  // The photo_map (binary image mask) is used to bias the decision towards
41  // non-text, rather than supplying a definite decision.
42  // The blob_block is the usual result of connected component analysis,
43  // holding the detected blobs.
44  // The returned Pix should be PixDestroyed after use.
45  Pix* ComputeNonTextMask(bool debug, Pix* photo_map, TO_BLOCK* blob_block);
46 
47  private:
48  // Computes and returns the noise_density IntGrid, at the same gridsize as
49  // this by summing the number of small elements in a 3x3 neighbourhood of
50  // each grid cell. good_grid is filled with blobs that are considered most
51  // likely good text, and this is filled with small and medium blobs that are
52  // more likely non-text.
53  // The photo_map is used to bias the decision towards non-text, rather than
54  // supplying definite decision.
55  IntGrid* ComputeNoiseDensity(bool debug, Pix* photo_map, BlobGrid* good_grid);
56 
57  // Tests each blob in the list to see if it is certain non-text using 2
58  // conditions:
59  // 1. blob overlaps a cell with high value in noise_density_ (previously set
60  // by ComputeNoiseDensity).
61  // OR 2. The blob overlaps more than max_blob_overlaps in *this grid. This
62  // condition is disabled with max_blob_overlaps == -1.
63  // If it does, the blob is declared non-text, and is used to mark up the
64  // nontext_mask. Such blobs are fully deleted, and non-noise blobs have their
65  // neighbours reset, as they may now point to deleted data.
66  // WARNING: The blobs list blobs may be in the *this grid, but they are
67  // not removed. If any deleted blobs might be in *this, then this must be
68  // Clear()ed immediately after MarkAndDeleteNonTextBlobs is called.
69  // If the win is not nullptr, deleted blobs are drawn on it in red, and kept
70  void MarkAndDeleteNonTextBlobs(BLOBNBOX_LIST* blobs,
71  int max_blob_overlaps,
72  ScrollView* win, ScrollView::Color ok_color,
73  Pix* nontext_mask);
74  // Returns true if the given blob overlaps more than max_overlaps blobs
75  // in the current grid.
76  bool BlobOverlapsTooMuch(BLOBNBOX* blob, int max_overlaps);
77 
78  // Max entry in noise_density_ before the cell is declared noisy.
79  int max_noise_count_;
80  // Completed noise density map, which we keep around to use for secondary
81  // noise detection.
82  IntGrid* noise_density_;
83 };
84 
85 } // namespace tesseract.
86 
87 #endif // TESSERACT_TEXTORD_CCPHOTODETECT_H_
int gridsize() const
Definition: bbgrid.h:64
const ICOORD & bleft() const
Definition: bbgrid.h:73
CCNonTextDetect(int gridsize, const ICOORD &bleft, const ICOORD &tright)
integer coordinate
Definition: points.h:32
Pix * ComputeNonTextMask(bool debug, Pix *photo_map, TO_BLOCK *blob_block)
const ICOORD & tright() const
Definition: bbgrid.h:76