"""Image preprocessing for optimal OCR results.""" from pathlib import Path from typing import List import numpy as np import cv2 try: import pdf2image PDF_AVAILABLE = True except ImportError: PDF_AVAILABLE = False class ImagePreprocessor: """Preprocess receipt images for OCR.""" def load_image(self, path: Path) -> np.ndarray: """Load image from file.""" image = cv2.imread(str(path)) if image is None: raise ValueError(f"Could not load image: {path}") return image def pdf_to_images(self, path: Path, dpi: int = 300) -> List[np.ndarray]: """Convert PDF to images.""" if not PDF_AVAILABLE: raise RuntimeError("pdf2image not available. Install with: pip install pdf2image") images = pdf2image.convert_from_path(str(path), dpi=dpi) return [np.array(img) for img in images] def preprocess(self, image: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray: """ Apply preprocessing pipeline for thermal receipt images. Pipeline: 1. Convert to grayscale 2. Resize if too small (min 1000px width) 3. Deskew (straighten rotated text) 4. Denoise (Non-local means) 5. Adaptive thresholding (binarization) 6. Morphological close (connect broken chars) """ # 1. Grayscale if len(image.shape) == 3: gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) else: gray = image.copy() # 2. Resize if too small height, width = gray.shape if width < 1000: scale = 1000 / width gray = cv2.resize( gray, None, fx=scale, fy=scale, interpolation=cv2.INTER_CUBIC ) # 3. Deskew gray = self._deskew(gray) # 4. Denoise denoised = cv2.fastNlMeansDenoising( gray, h=10, templateWindowSize=7, searchWindowSize=21 ) # 5. Adaptive thresholding binary = cv2.adaptiveThreshold( denoised, 255, cv2.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_GAUSSIAN_C, cv2.THRESH_BINARY, blockSize=15, C=8 ) # 6. Morphological close kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_RECT, (2, 2)) result = cv2.morphologyEx(binary, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, kernel) return result def _deskew(self, image: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray: """Correct image rotation/skew using Hough lines.""" edges = cv2.Canny(image, 50, 150, apertureSize=3) lines = cv2.HoughLinesP( edges, 1, np.pi / 180, threshold=100, minLineLength=100, maxLineGap=10 ) if lines is None: return image angles = [] for line in lines: x1, y1, x2, y2 = line[0] angle = np.arctan2(y2 - y1, x2 - x1) * 180 / np.pi if abs(angle) < 45: angles.append(angle) if not angles: return image median_angle = np.median(angles) if abs(median_angle) < 0.5: return image h, w = image.shape[:2] center = (w // 2, h // 2) M = cv2.getRotationMatrix2D(center, median_angle, 1.0) return cv2.warpAffine( image, M, (w, h), flags=cv2.INTER_CUBIC, borderMode=cv2.BORDER_REPLICATE )