import cv2 import pytesseract from matplotlib import pyplot as plt # show image function def show_img(img): fig = plt.gcf() fig.set_size_inches(16, 8) plt.axis("off") plt.imshow(cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)) plt.show() def detect_text(image_file, text_area): """Detects text in an image and returns it as a float.""" try: # Read the image img = cv2.imread(image_file) # Rotate the image if needed height , width = img.shape[: 2] rotation_matrix=cv2.getRotationMatrix2D((width / 2 , height / 2), 0, 1) img_rotated=cv2.warpAffine(img , rotation_matrix , (width , height)) # show_img(img_rotated) # Crop the image with given text_area=(left, top, width, height) (x, y, w, h) = text_area img_crop=img_rotated[y:y+h,x:x+w] # show_img(img_crop) # Convert the image to grayscale mode and apply thresholding img_gray = cv2.cvtColor(img_crop, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) _, img_bw = cv2.threshold(img_gray, 128, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY) # show_img(img_bw) # Reduce the brightness and enhance the contrast of the image if needed img_low_brigh = cv2.addWeighted(img_bw, 1.5, img_bw, 0.0 , -50) alpha = 3.0 # Contrast control (1.0-3.0) beta = 0 # Brightness control (0-100) img_contrast = cv2.convertScaleAbs(img_low_brigh , alpha=alpha , beta=beta ) # show_img(img_contrast) # Reverse the colors by subtracting the grayscale image from 255 if original digits are in white color img_reversed = 255 - img_contrast # show_img(img_reversed) # Save the modified image for debugging purposes cv2.imwrite("reversed_image.png",img_reversed) except FileNotFoundError: print(f"Error: File not found: {image_file}") return None # Use pytesseract to perform optical character recognition on the image custom_config = r'--oem 3 --psm 7 outbase digits' text=pytesseract.image_to_string(img_reversed, config=custom_config) #use this line if original digits are white #text=pytesseract.image_to_string(img_contrast, config=custom_config) #use this line if original digits are not white # Return the detected text as a float or None if no text is found try: return float(text) except ValueError: return None detect_text("test.png", text_area=(200, 190, 410, 65)) # text_area=(left, top, width, height)