scan.py

# import the necessary packages
from transform import four_point_transform
from skimage.filters import threshold_local # This function will help us obtain the black and white feel to our scanned image.
import numpy as np
import argparse
import cv2
import imutils # contains convenience functions for resizing, rotating, and cropping image
import pytesseract # to read text
import os
from PIL import Image # Image  class is required so that we can load our input image from disk in PIL format

# construct the argument parser and parse the arguments
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("-i", "--image", required = True,
	help = "Path to the image to be scanned")
args = vars(ap.parse_args())

# load the image and compute the ratio of the old height
# to the new height, clone it, and resize it
image = cv2.imread(args["image"])
ratio = image.shape[0] / 500.0
orig = image.copy()
image = imutils.resize(image, height = 500) # we resize our scanned image to have a height of 500 pixels


# convert the image to grayscale, blur it, and find edges
# in the image
gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
gray = cv2.GaussianBlur(gray, (5, 5), 0)
edged = cv2.Canny(gray, 75, 200) #canny edge detection

# show the original image and the edge detected image
print "STEP 1: Edge Detection"
cv2.imshow("Image", image)
cv2.imshow("Edged", edged)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

# find the contours in the edged image, keeping only the
# largest ones, and initialize the screen contour
cnts = cv2.findContours(edged.copy(), cv2.RETR_LIST, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
cnts = cnts[0] if imutils.is_cv2() else cnts[1]
cnts = sorted(cnts, key = cv2.contourArea, reverse = True)[:5]

# loop over the contours
for c in cnts:
	# approximate the contour
	peri = cv2.arcLength(c, True)
	approx = cv2.approxPolyDP(c, 0.02 * peri, True)

	# if our approximated contour has four points, then we
	# can assume that we have found our screen
	if len(approx) == 4:
		screenCnt = approx
		break

# show the contour (outline) of the piece of paper
print("STEP 2: Find contours of paper")
cv2.drawContours(image, [screenCnt], -1, (0, 255, 0), 2)
cv2.imshow("Outline", image)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

# apply the four point transform to obtain a top-down
# view of the original image
# multiply by the resize ratio because we performed edge detection and found contours
# on the resized image with a height of 500 pixels
warped = four_point_transform(orig, screenCnt.reshape(4, 2) * ratio)

# convert the warped image to grayscale, then threshold it
# to give it that 'black and white' paper effect
warped = cv2.cvtColor(warped, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
T = threshold_local(warped, 11, offset = 10, method = "gaussian")
warped = (warped > T).astype("uint8") * 255

# show the original and scanned images
print("STEP 3: Apply perspective transform")
cv2.imshow("Original", imutils.resize(orig, height = 650))
cv2.imshow("Scanned", imutils.resize(warped, height = 650))
cv2.waitKey(0)