fix: Resolve OCR left margin truncation issue

- Add safety padding (50px) around images before preprocessing to protect
  edge content during deskew rotation
- Fix _deskew() to expand canvas during rotation instead of using fixed
  canvas size with BORDER_REPLICATE (which lost edge content)
- Add fallback payment method patterns for truncated text detection
  (RD→CARD, ARD→CARD, MERAR→NUMERAR)

This fixes the issue where text near left edge was being cut off,
causing "CARD" to appear as "RD", "SUBTOTAL" as "UBTOTAL", etc.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

data-entry-app/backend/app/services/image_preprocessor.py

@@ -16,6 +16,25 @@ except ImportError:
 class ImagePreprocessor:
     """Preprocess receipt images for OCR."""
 
+    def _add_safety_padding(self, image: np.ndarray, padding: int = 50) -> np.ndarray:
+        """Add white padding around image to protect edge content during rotation.
+
+        This prevents left/right margin truncation in OCR by ensuring text near
+        edges isn't lost during deskew rotation.
+        """
+        if len(image.shape) == 2:
+            # Grayscale
+            return cv2.copyMakeBorder(
+                image, padding, padding, padding, padding,
+                cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT, value=255
+            )
+        else:
+            # Color (BGR)
+            return cv2.copyMakeBorder(
+                image, padding, padding, padding, padding,
+                cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT, value=(255, 255, 255)
+            )
+
     def load_image(self, path: Path) -> np.ndarray:
         """Load image from file."""
         image = cv2.imread(str(path))
@@ -48,16 +67,31 @@ class ImagePreprocessor:
         Light preprocessing for CLEAR images (PDFs, good scans).
         Preserves original quality, only enhances contrast.
         """
+        # 0. Add safety padding to protect edge content during deskew rotation
+        image = self._add_safety_padding(image)
+
         # 1. Grayscale
         if len(image.shape) == 3:
             gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
         else:
             gray = image.copy()
 
-        # 2. Resize if too small
+        # 2a. Scale DOWN if any side exceeds 4000px (PaddleOCR limit)
         height, width = gray.shape
+        max_side = max(height, width)
+        if max_side > 4000:
+            scale = 4000 / max_side
+            gray = cv2.resize(gray, None, fx=scale, fy=scale, interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)
+            height, width = gray.shape
+
+        # 2b. Scale UP if too small
         if width < 1500:
             scale = 1500 / width
+            # Ensure we don't exceed 4000px after upscaling
+            new_width = int(width * scale)
+            new_height = int(height * scale)
+            if max(new_width, new_height) > 4000:
+                scale = 4000 / max(new_width, new_height)
             gray = cv2.resize(gray, None, fx=scale, fy=scale, interpolation=cv2.INTER_CUBIC)
 
         # 3. Deskew
@@ -75,16 +109,31 @@ class ImagePreprocessor:
         Heavy preprocessing for FADED thermal receipts.
         Aggressive binarization to recover faded text.
         """
+        # 0. Add safety padding to protect edge content during deskew rotation
+        image = self._add_safety_padding(image)
+
         # 1. Grayscale
         if len(image.shape) == 3:
             gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
         else:
             gray = image.copy()
 
-        # 2. Resize if too small (larger = better OCR)
+        # 2a. Scale DOWN if any side exceeds 4000px (PaddleOCR limit)
         height, width = gray.shape
+        max_side = max(height, width)
+        if max_side > 4000:
+            scale = 4000 / max_side
+            gray = cv2.resize(gray, None, fx=scale, fy=scale, interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)
+            height, width = gray.shape
+
+        # 2b. Scale UP if too small (larger = better OCR)
         if width < 1500:
             scale = 1500 / width
+            # Ensure we don't exceed 4000px after upscaling
+            new_width = int(width * scale)
+            new_height = int(height * scale)
+            if max(new_width, new_height) > 4000:
+                scale = 4000 / max(new_width, new_height)
             gray = cv2.resize(gray, None, fx=scale, fy=scale, interpolation=cv2.INTER_CUBIC)
 
         # 3. Deskew
@@ -115,6 +164,51 @@ class ImagePreprocessor:
 
         return result
 
+    def preprocess_for_tesseract(self, image: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
+        """
+        Tesseract-optimized preprocessing.
+        Tesseract works best with:
+        - Clean black text on white background (binarized)
+        - High DPI (scale up small images)
+        - Otsu thresholding (better than adaptive for clean documents)
+        """
+        # 0. Add safety padding to protect edge content during deskew rotation
+        image = self._add_safety_padding(image)
+
+        # 1. Grayscale
+        if len(image.shape) == 3:
+            gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
+        else:
+            gray = image.copy()
+
+        # 2. Scale for optimal Tesseract (target ~2000px width for receipts)
+        height, width = gray.shape
+        if width < 2000:
+            scale = 2000 / width
+            gray = cv2.resize(gray, None, fx=scale, fy=scale, interpolation=cv2.INTER_CUBIC)
+        elif width > 3000:
+            scale = 3000 / width
+            gray = cv2.resize(gray, None, fx=scale, fy=scale, interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)
+
+        # 3. Deskew
+        gray = self._deskew(gray)
+
+        # 4. Strong contrast enhancement
+        clahe = cv2.createCLAHE(clipLimit=3.0, tileGridSize=(8, 8))
+        enhanced = clahe.apply(gray)
+
+        # 5. Denoise before binarization
+        denoised = cv2.fastNlMeansDenoising(enhanced, h=10, templateWindowSize=7, searchWindowSize=21)
+
+        # 6. Otsu binarization (better than adaptive for clean PDFs)
+        _, binary = cv2.threshold(denoised, 0, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY + cv2.THRESH_OTSU)
+
+        # 7. Light morphological cleanup
+        kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_RECT, (1, 1))
+        cleaned = cv2.morphologyEx(binary, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, kernel)
+
+        return cleaned
+
     def get_all_variants(self, image: np.ndarray) -> List[np.ndarray]:
         """
         Generate 2 preprocessing variants for OCR (fast mode).
@@ -126,7 +220,11 @@ class ImagePreprocessor:
         ]
 
     def _deskew(self, image: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
-        """Correct image rotation/skew using Hough lines."""
+        """Correct image rotation/skew using Hough lines.
+
+        Uses expanded canvas to preserve all content during rotation,
+        preventing left/right margin truncation.
+        """
         edges = cv2.Canny(image, 50, 150, apertureSize=3)
         lines = cv2.HoughLinesP(
             edges, 1, np.pi / 180,
@@ -153,8 +251,20 @@ class ImagePreprocessor:
         h, w = image.shape[:2]
         center = (w // 2, h // 2)
         M = cv2.getRotationMatrix2D(center, median_angle, 1.0)
+
+        # Calculate new canvas size to fit entire rotated image (prevents edge truncation)
+        cos_angle = abs(np.cos(np.radians(median_angle)))
+        sin_angle = abs(np.sin(np.radians(median_angle)))
+        new_w = int(h * sin_angle + w * cos_angle)
+        new_h = int(h * cos_angle + w * sin_angle)
+
+        # Adjust rotation matrix for new canvas center
+        M[0, 2] += (new_w - w) / 2
+        M[1, 2] += (new_h - h) / 2
+
         return cv2.warpAffine(
-            image, M, (w, h),
+            image, M, (new_w, new_h),
             flags=cv2.INTER_CUBIC,
-            borderMode=cv2.BORDER_REPLICATE
+            borderMode=cv2.BORDER_CONSTANT,
+            borderValue=255  # White background (grayscale)
         )

data-entry-app/backend/app/services/ocr_extractor.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class ExtractionResult:
     tva_total: Optional[Decimal] = None
     address: Optional[str] = None
     items_count: Optional[int] = None
+    payment_methods: List[dict] = field(default_factory=list)  # [{"method":"CARD","amount":Decimal}]
 
     confidence_amount: float = 0.0
     confidence_date: float = 0.0
@@ -183,6 +184,24 @@ class ReceiptExtractor:
         (r'(\d{1,2})\s*%\s*:?\s*([\d\s.,]+)', 0.75),
     ]
 
+    # Payment method patterns - appears after TOTAL LEI, before TOTAL TVA
+    # Format: "CARD: 50.00" or "NUMERAR 100.00" or "PLATA CARD: 50.00"
+    PAYMENT_METHOD_PATTERNS = [
+        # CARD with amount (high confidence)
+        (r'(?:PLATA\s+)?CARD\s*:?\s*([\d\s.,]+)', 'CARD', 0.95),
+        # NUMERAR (cash) with amount
+        (r'NUMERAR\s*:?\s*([\d\s.,]+)', 'NUMERAR', 0.95),
+        # CASH alternative spelling
+        (r'CASH\s*:?\s*([\d\s.,]+)', 'NUMERAR', 0.90),
+        # Truncation recovery patterns (for OCR left-margin truncation issues)
+        # "RD" = truncated "CARD" (only 2 chars visible)
+        (r'\bRD\s*:?\s*([\d\s.,]+)', 'CARD', 0.70),
+        # "ARD" = truncated "CARD" (3 chars visible)
+        (r'\bARD\s*:?\s*([\d\s.,]+)', 'CARD', 0.75),
+        # "MERAR" = truncated "NUMERAR"
+        (r'\bMERAR\s*:?\s*([\d\s.,]+)', 'NUMERAR', 0.70),
+    ]
+
     # Items count patterns - OCR may produce OZ instead of POZ, etc.
     # Number may be on separate line before or after the label
     # IMPORTANT: Must be specific to avoid matching product quantities like "50BUC"
@@ -246,17 +265,32 @@ class ReceiptExtractor:
         if not result.tva_entries:
             print(f"[TVA Debug] No TVA found. Checking patterns...", flush=True)
             # Debug: show what patterns see
-            import re
             normalized = re.sub(r'(\d+)[.,]\s+(\d{2})', r'\1.\2', text_upper)
             taxe_match = re.search(r'T?OTAL\s+TAXE', normalized, re.IGNORECASE)
             rev_match = re.search(r'([\d.,]+)\s*T?OTAL\s+TAXE', normalized, re.IGNORECASE)
             print(f"[TVA Debug] 'OTAL TAXE' found: {bool(taxe_match)}, reversed: {rev_match.group(1) if rev_match else None}", flush=True)
+
+        # Log TVA vs TOTAL for debugging (validation happens in ocr_service._final_validation)
+        # NOTE: We NO LONGER clear TVA here - the service will recalculate TOTAL from TVA if needed
+        if result.tva_total and result.amount:
+            if result.tva_total > result.amount:
+                print(f"[TVA Extraction] TVA ({result.tva_total}) > TOTAL ({result.amount}) - will be corrected in final validation", flush=True)
+            elif result.tva_total > result.amount * Decimal('0.5'):
+                print(f"[TVA Extraction] Warning: TVA ({result.tva_total}) is > 50% of TOTAL ({result.amount}) - suspicious", flush=True)
+
         result.items_count = self._extract_items_count(text_upper)
         result.address = self._extract_address(text_upper)
+        result.payment_methods = self._extract_payment_methods(text_upper)
 
         # Detect receipt type
         result.receipt_type = self._detect_receipt_type(text_upper)
 
+        # Reverse TVA validation
+        if result.tva_entries and result.amount:
+            is_valid, expected_total, msg = self._validate_tva_reverse(result.tva_entries, result.amount)
+            if not is_valid:
+                print(f"[TVA Reverse Validation] {msg}", flush=True)
+
         return result
 
     def _extract_amount(self, text: str) -> Tuple[Optional[Decimal], float]:
@@ -892,10 +926,18 @@ class ReceiptExtractor:
                     except (ValueError, InvalidOperation):
                         continue
 
-        # Calculate total
+        # Extract TOTAL TVA BON as reference (separate from individual entries)
-        tva_total = None
+        tva_bon_total = self._extract_total_tva_bon(normalized_text)
+
+        # Calculate sum from entries
+        entries_sum = None
         if tva_entries:
-            tva_total = sum(entry['amount'] for entry in tva_entries)
+            entries_sum = sum(entry['amount'] for entry in tva_entries)
+
+        # Validate and correct TVA values
+        tva_entries, tva_total = self._validate_and_correct_tva(
+            tva_entries, entries_sum, tva_bon_total
+        )
 
         # Sort by code (A, B, C, D)
         tva_entries.sort(key=lambda x: x.get('code', 'Z'))
@@ -929,6 +971,123 @@ class ReceiptExtractor:
         else:
             return 'A'  # Default to standard rate
 
+    def _extract_total_tva_bon(self, text: str) -> Optional[Decimal]:
+        """
+        Extract TOTAL TVA BON value separately as the reference.
+        This is the authoritative total TVA on the receipt.
+
+        Handles OCR variations: TOTAL TVA BON, OTAL TUA BON, etc.
+        """
+        # Pattern for TOTAL TVA BON with amount after
+        patterns = [
+            # Standard: TOTAL TVA BON: 14.92
+            r'T?OTAL\s+T[VU][AR]\s+BON\s*:?\s*([\d]+[.,]\d{2})\b',
+            # Amount before: 14.92 OTAL TUA BON (OCR line break)
+            r'([\d]+[.,]\d{2})\s*\n?\s*T?OTAL\s+T[VU][AR]\s+BON',
+            # Amount on next line after TOTAL TVA BON
+            r'T?OTAL\s+T[VU][AR]\s+BON\s*\n\s*([\d]+[.,]\d{2})\b',
+        ]
+
+        for pattern in patterns:
+            match = re.search(pattern, text, re.IGNORECASE)
+            if match:
+                try:
+                    amount_str = self._normalize_number(match.group(1))
+                    amount = Decimal(amount_str)
+                    if amount > 0:
+                        return amount
+                except (InvalidOperation, ValueError):
+                    continue
+
+        return None
+
+    def _validate_and_correct_tva(
+        self,
+        tva_entries: List[dict],
+        entries_sum: Optional[Decimal],
+        tva_bon_total: Optional[Decimal]
+    ) -> Tuple[List[dict], Optional[Decimal]]:
+        """
+        Validate and correct TVA values.
+
+        Rules:
+        1. TVA cannot be greater than TOTAL amount (will be validated at higher level)
+        2. Sum of TVA A + TVA B + ... should equal TOTAL TVA BON
+        3. If single entry and sum != tva_bon_total, use tva_bon_total
+        4. Detect and fix OCR concatenation errors (e.g., 14.921492 from 14.92 + 14.92)
+        """
+        if not tva_entries:
+            return tva_entries, tva_bon_total
+
+        # Check for OCR concatenation errors in individual entries
+        # Pattern: X.XX followed by another decimal (e.g., 14.921492 from 14.92 + 14.92)
+        corrected_entries = []
+        for entry in tva_entries:
+            amount = entry['amount']
+            amount_str = str(amount)
+
+            # Check if amount looks like concatenated decimals
+            # e.g., 14.921492 could be 14.92 + 14.92 incorrectly joined
+            # or 32.3132.31 from 32.31 + 32.31
+            if len(amount_str) > 6 and '.' in amount_str:
+                int_part, dec_part = amount_str.split('.')
+
+                # If decimal part > 2 digits, it's likely concatenation
+                if len(dec_part) > 2:
+                    # Try to extract the first valid decimal amount
+                    # e.g., from 14.921492, extract 14.92
+                    try:
+                        corrected_amount = Decimal(f"{int_part}.{dec_part[:2]}")
+                        print(f"[TVA Validation] Corrected concatenation error: {amount} → {corrected_amount}", flush=True)
+                        entry['amount'] = corrected_amount
+                    except InvalidOperation:
+                        pass
+
+            corrected_entries.append(entry)
+
+        tva_entries = corrected_entries
+
+        # Recalculate sum after corrections
+        entries_sum = sum(entry['amount'] for entry in tva_entries) if tva_entries else None
+
+        # Validate sum against TOTAL TVA BON
+        if tva_bon_total and entries_sum:
+            # Allow small tolerance for rounding (0.02)
+            tolerance = Decimal('0.02')
+            difference = abs(entries_sum - tva_bon_total)
+
+            if difference > tolerance:
+                print(f"[TVA Validation] Sum mismatch: entries_sum={entries_sum}, tva_bon_total={tva_bon_total}", flush=True)
+
+                # If single entry and sum doesn't match, use TOTAL TVA BON as reference
+                if len(tva_entries) == 1:
+                    print(f"[TVA Validation] Single entry - using TOTAL TVA BON as reference: {tva_bon_total}", flush=True)
+                    tva_entries[0]['amount'] = tva_bon_total
+                    entries_sum = tva_bon_total
+                # If multiple entries and sum > tva_bon_total, likely double counting
+                elif entries_sum > tva_bon_total:
+                    # Check if one entry is the duplicate of another
+                    amounts = [e['amount'] for e in tva_entries]
+                    unique_amounts = set(amounts)
+                    if len(unique_amounts) < len(amounts):
+                        # Duplicate detected - likely TOTAL TVA BON counted as separate entry
+                        print(f"[TVA Validation] Duplicate TVA detected, removing duplicates", flush=True)
+                        # Keep only unique entries
+                        seen = set()
+                        unique_entries = []
+                        for entry in tva_entries:
+                            key = (entry.get('code'), entry['amount'])
+                            if key not in seen:
+                                seen.add(key)
+                                unique_entries.append(entry)
+                        tva_entries = unique_entries
+                        entries_sum = sum(e['amount'] for e in tva_entries)
+
+        # Final total
+        tva_total = entries_sum if entries_sum else tva_bon_total
+
+        return tva_entries, tva_total
+
     def _detect_tva_percent(self, text: str) -> Optional[int]:
         """Detect TVA percentage from text content."""
         # Look for common Romanian TVA percentages
@@ -944,6 +1103,48 @@ class ReceiptExtractor:
             return 5
         return None
 
+    def _validate_tva_reverse(
+        self,
+        tva_entries: List[dict],
+        total_amount: Optional[Decimal]
+    ) -> Tuple[bool, Optional[Decimal], str]:
+        """
+        Reverse TVA validation: from TVA amount and rate, calculate expected total.
+
+        Formula:
+            base = tva_amount / (rate/100)
+            expected_total = sum(base + tva_amount) for all entries
+
+        Returns (is_valid, expected_total, message)
+        """
+        if not tva_entries or not total_amount:
+            return True, None, "Insufficient data for reverse validation"
+
+        expected_total = Decimal('0')
+        for entry in tva_entries:
+            tva_amount = entry['amount']
+            rate = Decimal(str(entry['percent']))
+
+            if rate > 0:
+                # Calculate base from TVA: base = tva / (rate/100)
+                base = tva_amount / (rate / Decimal('100'))
+                expected_total += base + tva_amount
+            else:
+                # 0% TVA - can't calculate base, skip
+                pass
+
+        if expected_total == 0:
+            return True, None, "Cannot calculate expected total (0% TVA only)"
+
+        # Tolerance: max(0.50 RON, 1% of total)
+        tolerance = max(Decimal('0.50'), total_amount * Decimal('0.01'))
+        difference = abs(expected_total - total_amount)
+
+        if difference <= tolerance:
+            return True, expected_total, f"TVA reverse validation passed (expected: {expected_total}, actual: {total_amount}, diff: {difference})"
+        else:
+            return False, expected_total, f"TVA reverse validation WARNING: expected {expected_total}, actual {total_amount}, diff {difference}"
+
     def _extract_items_count(self, text: str) -> Optional[int]:
         """Extract number of items/articles from receipt."""
         for pattern, _ in self.ITEMS_COUNT_PATTERNS:
@@ -994,3 +1195,45 @@ class ReceiptExtractor:
             return address if len(address) >= 5 else None
 
         return None
+
+    def _extract_payment_methods(self, text: str) -> List[dict]:
+        """
+        Extract payment methods (CARD/NUMERAR) from receipt.
+        These appear after TOTAL LEI and before TOTAL TVA section.
+
+        Returns list of: {'method': 'CARD'/'NUMERAR', 'amount': Decimal}
+        """
+        payment_methods = []
+        seen_methods = set()
+
+        # Normalize spaces in numbers
+        normalized_text = re.sub(r'(\d+)[.,]\s+(\d{2})', r'\1.\2', text)
+
+        # Find the region between TOTAL LEI and TOTAL TVA
+        total_lei_match = re.search(r'TOTAL\s+LEI\s*([\d\s.,]+)', normalized_text, re.IGNORECASE)
+        total_tva_match = re.search(r'TOTAL\s+T[VU][AR]', normalized_text, re.IGNORECASE)
+
+        # Define search region (after TOTAL LEI, before TOTAL TVA if exists)
+        if total_lei_match:
+            start_pos = total_lei_match.end()
+            end_pos = total_tva_match.start() if total_tva_match else len(normalized_text)
+            search_region = normalized_text[start_pos:end_pos]
+        else:
+            search_region = normalized_text  # Fallback to full text
+
+        for pattern, method, confidence in self.PAYMENT_METHOD_PATTERNS:
+            for match in re.finditer(pattern, search_region, re.IGNORECASE):
+                try:
+                    amount_str = match.group(1).replace(' ', '')
+                    amount_str = self._normalize_number(re.sub(r'[^\d.,]', '', amount_str))
+                    amount = Decimal(amount_str)
+                    if amount > 0 and method not in seen_methods:
+                        payment_methods.append({
+                            'method': method,
+                            'amount': amount
+                        })
+                        seen_methods.add(method)
+                except (InvalidOperation, ValueError):
+                    continue
+
+        return payment_methods