#!/usr/bin/python import sys import os import cv2 as cv import numpy as np print('\ndetect_er_chars.py') print(' A simple demo script using the Extremal Region Filter algorithm described in:') print(' Neumann L., Matas J.: Real-Time Scene Text Localization and Recognition, CVPR 2012\n') if (len(sys.argv) < 2): print(' (ERROR) You must call this script with an argument (path_to_image_to_be_processed)\n') quit() pathname = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]) img = cv.imread(str(sys.argv[1])) gray = cv.imread(str(sys.argv[1]),0) erc1 = cv.text.loadClassifierNM1(pathname+'/trained_classifierNM1.xml') er1 = cv.text.createERFilterNM1(erc1) erc2 = cv.text.loadClassifierNM2(pathname+'/trained_classifierNM2.xml') er2 = cv.text.createERFilterNM2(erc2) regions = cv.text.detectRegions(gray,er1,er2) #Visualization rects = [cv.boundingRect(p.reshape(-1, 1, 2)) for p in regions] for rect in rects: cv.rectangle(img, rect[0:2], (rect[0]+rect[2],rect[1]+rect[3]), (0, 0, 0), 2) for rect in rects: cv.rectangle(img, rect[0:2], (rect[0]+rect[2],rect[1]+rect[3]), (255, 255, 255), 1) cv.imshow("Text detection result", img) cv.waitKey(0)