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how to set automatic threshold of image using opencv

asked 2013-12-05 01:24:03 -0600

prachis gravatar image

I am working on Image to Text Conversion so I want to binarize the image by setting automatic threshold because I can not use a static threshold as every image varies from other

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answered 2013-12-05 02:48:33 -0600

Raul Andrew gravatar image

Try looking into adaptive thresholding

void adaptiveThreshold( InputArray src, OutputArray dst,
                        double maxValue, int adaptiveMethod,
                        int thresholdType, int blockSize, double C );

This code shows you the difference between thresholding and adaptive thresholding:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <opencv/cv.h>
#include <opencv/highgui.h>
#include <iostream>


using namespace std;
using namespace cv;

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    Mat imgInput;
    Mat imgThreshold;
    Mat imgAdThreshold;

    imgInput = imread("yourImage.jpg", CV_LOAD_IMAGE_GRAYSCALE);
    imgThreshold = Mat(imgInput.cols, imgInput.rows, IPL_DEPTH_8U, 1);
    imgAdThreshold = Mat(imgInput.cols, imgInput.rows, IPL_DEPTH_8U, 1);

    namedWindow("Input", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE);
    namedWindow("Threshold", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE);
    namedWindow("Adaptive Threshold", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE);

    //Thresholding
    threshold(imgInput, imgThreshold,100,255,CV_THRESH_BINARY);
    //Adaptive Thresholding
    adaptiveThreshold(imgInput, imgAdThreshold, 255, 
                          CV_ADAPTIVE_THRESH_GAUSSIAN_C, 
                          CV_THRESH_BINARY, 75, 25);

    imshow("Input", imgInput);
    imshow("Threshold", imgThreshold);
    imshow("Adaptive Threshold", imgAdThreshold);
    waitKey(0);
    return 0;
}
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Thanks. But the result is not clear for comparatively dark background.Also will opencv can be burnt in DSK kits like TMS320C6748

prachis gravatar imageprachis ( 2013-12-08 00:15:25 -0600 )edit
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answered 2013-12-06 15:07:54 -0600

updated 2013-12-07 00:10:17 -0600

One of the best for thresholding the text paper for OCR is sauvola method.I have put the source code here.

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pixel = ( pixel > mean * ( 1 + k * ( standard_deviation / r - 1 ) ) ) ? object : background

Parameter 1: is the k value. The default value is 0.5. Any other number than 0 will change the default value.

Parameter 2: is the r value. The default value is 128. Any other number than 0 will change the default value

Sauvola, J & Pietaksinen, M (2000), "Adaptive Document Image Binarization", Pattern Recognition 33(2): 225-236,

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oh, cool. can you shed some light on what's it doing different from, the adaptive method ?

berak gravatar imageberak ( 2013-12-06 15:40:30 -0600 )edit

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