""" Page Crop - Content-based crop for scanned pages and book scans. Detects the content boundary by analysing ink density projections and (for book scans) the spine shadow gradient. Works with both loose A4 sheets on dark scanners AND book scans with white backgrounds. License: Apache 2.0 """ import logging from typing import Dict, Any, Tuple, Optional import cv2 import numpy as np logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) # Known paper format aspect ratios (height / width, portrait orientation) PAPER_FORMATS = { "A4": 297.0 / 210.0, # 1.4143 "A5": 210.0 / 148.0, # 1.4189 "Letter": 11.0 / 8.5, # 1.2941 "Legal": 14.0 / 8.5, # 1.6471 "A3": 420.0 / 297.0, # 1.4141 } # Minimum ink density (fraction of pixels) to count a row/column as "content" _INK_THRESHOLD = 0.003 # 0.3% # Minimum run length (fraction of dimension) to keep — shorter runs are noise _MIN_RUN_FRAC = 0.005 # 0.5% def detect_page_splits( img_bgr: np.ndarray, ) -> list: """Detect if the image is a multi-page spread and return split rectangles. Uses **brightness** (not ink density) to find the spine area: the scanner bed produces a characteristic gray strip where pages meet, which is darker than the white paper on either side. Returns a list of page dicts ``{x, y, width, height, page_index}`` or an empty list if only one page is detected. """ h, w = img_bgr.shape[:2] # Only check landscape-ish images (width > height * 1.15) if w < h * 1.15: return [] gray = cv2.cvtColor(img_bgr, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) # Column-mean brightness (0-255) — the spine is darker (gray scanner bed) col_brightness = np.mean(gray, axis=0).astype(np.float64) # Heavy smoothing to ignore individual text lines kern = max(11, w // 50) if kern % 2 == 0: kern += 1 brightness_smooth = np.convolve(col_brightness, np.ones(kern) / kern, mode="same") # Page paper is bright (typically > 200), spine/scanner bed is darker page_brightness = float(np.max(brightness_smooth)) if page_brightness < 100: return [] # Very dark image, skip # Spine threshold: significantly darker than the page # Spine is typically 60-80% of paper brightness spine_thresh = page_brightness * 0.88 # Search in center region (30-70% of width) center_lo = int(w * 0.30) center_hi = int(w * 0.70) # Find the darkest valley in the center region center_brightness = brightness_smooth[center_lo:center_hi] darkest_val = float(np.min(center_brightness)) if darkest_val >= spine_thresh: logger.debug("No spine detected: min brightness %.0f >= threshold %.0f", darkest_val, spine_thresh) return [] # Find ALL contiguous dark runs in the center region is_dark = center_brightness < spine_thresh dark_runs: list = [] # list of (start, end) pairs run_start = -1 for i in range(len(is_dark)): if is_dark[i]: if run_start < 0: run_start = i else: if run_start >= 0: dark_runs.append((run_start, i)) run_start = -1 if run_start >= 0: dark_runs.append((run_start, len(is_dark))) # Filter out runs that are too narrow (< 1% of image width) min_spine_px = int(w * 0.01) dark_runs = [(s, e) for s, e in dark_runs if e - s >= min_spine_px] if not dark_runs: logger.debug("No dark runs wider than %dpx in center region", min_spine_px) return [] # Score each dark run: prefer centered, dark, narrow valleys center_region_len = center_hi - center_lo image_center_in_region = (w * 0.5 - center_lo) # x=50% mapped into region coords best_score = -1.0 best_start, best_end = dark_runs[0] for rs, re in dark_runs: run_width = re - rs run_center = (rs + re) / 2.0 # --- Factor 1: Proximity to image center (gaussian, sigma = 15% of region) --- sigma = center_region_len * 0.15 dist = abs(run_center - image_center_in_region) center_factor = float(np.exp(-0.5 * (dist / sigma) ** 2)) # --- Factor 2: Darkness (how dark is the valley relative to threshold) --- run_brightness = float(np.mean(center_brightness[rs:re])) # Normalize: 1.0 when run_brightness == 0, 0.0 when run_brightness == spine_thresh darkness_factor = max(0.0, (spine_thresh - run_brightness) / spine_thresh) # --- Factor 3: Narrowness bonus (spine shadows are narrow, not wide plateaus) --- # Typical spine: 1-5% of image width. Penalise runs wider than ~8%. width_frac = run_width / w if width_frac <= 0.05: narrowness_bonus = 1.0 elif width_frac <= 0.15: narrowness_bonus = 1.0 - (width_frac - 0.05) / 0.10 # linear decay 1.0 → 0.0 else: narrowness_bonus = 0.0 score = center_factor * darkness_factor * (0.3 + 0.7 * narrowness_bonus) logger.debug( "Dark run x=%d..%d (w=%d): center_f=%.3f dark_f=%.3f narrow_b=%.3f → score=%.4f", center_lo + rs, center_lo + re, run_width, center_factor, darkness_factor, narrowness_bonus, score, ) if score > best_score: best_score = score best_start, best_end = rs, re spine_w = best_end - best_start spine_x = center_lo + best_start spine_center = spine_x + spine_w // 2 logger.debug( "Best spine candidate: x=%d..%d (w=%d), score=%.4f", spine_x, spine_x + spine_w, spine_w, best_score, ) # Verify: must have bright (paper) content on BOTH sides left_brightness = float(np.mean(brightness_smooth[max(0, spine_x - w // 10):spine_x])) right_end = center_lo + best_end right_brightness = float(np.mean(brightness_smooth[right_end:min(w, right_end + w // 10)])) if left_brightness < spine_thresh or right_brightness < spine_thresh: logger.debug("No bright paper flanking spine: left=%.0f right=%.0f thresh=%.0f", left_brightness, right_brightness, spine_thresh) return [] logger.info( "Spine detected: x=%d..%d (w=%d), brightness=%.0f vs paper=%.0f, " "left_paper=%.0f, right_paper=%.0f", spine_x, right_end, spine_w, darkest_val, page_brightness, left_brightness, right_brightness, ) # Split at the spine center split_points = [spine_center] # Build page rectangles pages: list = [] prev_x = 0 for i, sx in enumerate(split_points): pages.append({"x": prev_x, "y": 0, "width": sx - prev_x, "height": h, "page_index": i}) prev_x = sx pages.append({"x": prev_x, "y": 0, "width": w - prev_x, "height": h, "page_index": len(split_points)}) # Filter out tiny pages (< 15% of total width) pages = [p for p in pages if p["width"] >= w * 0.15] if len(pages) < 2: return [] # Re-index for i, p in enumerate(pages): p["page_index"] = i logger.info( "Page split detected: %d pages, spine_w=%d, split_points=%s", len(pages), spine_w, split_points, ) return pages def detect_and_crop_page( img_bgr: np.ndarray, margin_frac: float = 0.01, ) -> Tuple[np.ndarray, Dict[str, Any]]: """Detect content boundary and crop scanner/book borders. Algorithm (4-edge detection): 1. Adaptive threshold → binary (text=255, bg=0) 2. Left edge: spine-shadow detection via grayscale column means, fallback to binary vertical projection 3. Right edge: binary vertical projection (last ink column) 4. Top/bottom edges: binary horizontal projection 5. Sanity checks, then crop with configurable margin Args: img_bgr: Input BGR image (should already be deskewed/dewarped) margin_frac: Extra margin around content (fraction of dimension, default 1%) Returns: Tuple of (cropped_image, result_dict) """ h, w = img_bgr.shape[:2] total_area = h * w result: Dict[str, Any] = { "crop_applied": False, "crop_rect": None, "crop_rect_pct": None, "original_size": {"width": w, "height": h}, "cropped_size": {"width": w, "height": h}, "detected_format": None, "format_confidence": 0.0, "aspect_ratio": round(max(h, w) / max(min(h, w), 1), 4), "border_fractions": {"top": 0.0, "bottom": 0.0, "left": 0.0, "right": 0.0}, } gray = cv2.cvtColor(img_bgr, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) # --- Binarise with adaptive threshold (works for white-on-white) --- binary = cv2.adaptiveThreshold( gray, 255, cv2.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_GAUSSIAN_C, cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV, blockSize=51, C=15, ) # --- Left edge: spine-shadow detection --- left_edge = _detect_left_edge_shadow(gray, binary, w, h) # --- Right edge: spine-shadow detection --- right_edge = _detect_right_edge_shadow(gray, binary, w, h) # --- Top / bottom edges: binary horizontal projection --- top_edge, bottom_edge = _detect_top_bottom_edges(binary, w, h) # Compute border fractions border_top = top_edge / h border_bottom = (h - bottom_edge) / h border_left = left_edge / w border_right = (w - right_edge) / w result["border_fractions"] = { "top": round(border_top, 4), "bottom": round(border_bottom, 4), "left": round(border_left, 4), "right": round(border_right, 4), } # Sanity: only crop if at least one edge has > 2% border min_border = 0.02 if all(f < min_border for f in [border_top, border_bottom, border_left, border_right]): logger.info("All borders < %.0f%% — no crop needed", min_border * 100) result["detected_format"], result["format_confidence"] = _detect_format(w, h) return img_bgr, result # Add margin margin_x = int(w * margin_frac) margin_y = int(h * margin_frac) crop_x = max(0, left_edge - margin_x) crop_y = max(0, top_edge - margin_y) crop_x2 = min(w, right_edge + margin_x) crop_y2 = min(h, bottom_edge + margin_y) crop_w = crop_x2 - crop_x crop_h = crop_y2 - crop_y # Sanity: cropped area must be >= 40% of original if crop_w * crop_h < 0.40 * total_area: logger.warning("Cropped area too small (%.0f%%) — skipping crop", 100.0 * crop_w * crop_h / total_area) result["detected_format"], result["format_confidence"] = _detect_format(w, h) return img_bgr, result cropped = img_bgr[crop_y:crop_y2, crop_x:crop_x2].copy() detected_format, format_confidence = _detect_format(crop_w, crop_h) result["crop_applied"] = True result["crop_rect"] = {"x": crop_x, "y": crop_y, "width": crop_w, "height": crop_h} result["crop_rect_pct"] = { "x": round(100.0 * crop_x / w, 2), "y": round(100.0 * crop_y / h, 2), "width": round(100.0 * crop_w / w, 2), "height": round(100.0 * crop_h / h, 2), } result["cropped_size"] = {"width": crop_w, "height": crop_h} result["detected_format"] = detected_format result["format_confidence"] = format_confidence result["aspect_ratio"] = round(max(crop_w, crop_h) / max(min(crop_w, crop_h), 1), 4) logger.info( "Page cropped: %dx%d -> %dx%d, format=%s (%.0f%%), " "borders: T=%.1f%% B=%.1f%% L=%.1f%% R=%.1f%%", w, h, crop_w, crop_h, detected_format, format_confidence * 100, border_top * 100, border_bottom * 100, border_left * 100, border_right * 100, ) return cropped, result # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Edge detection helpers # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def _detect_spine_shadow( gray: np.ndarray, search_region: np.ndarray, offset_x: int, w: int, side: str, ) -> Optional[int]: """Find the book spine center (darkest point) in a scanner shadow. The scanner produces a gray strip where the book spine presses against the glass. The darkest column in that strip is the spine center — that's where we crop. Distinguishes real spine shadows from text content by checking: 1. Strong brightness range (> 40 levels) 2. Darkest point is genuinely dark (< 180 mean brightness) 3. The dark area is a NARROW valley, not a text-content plateau 4. Brightness rises significantly toward the page content side Args: gray: Full grayscale image (for context). search_region: Column slice of the grayscale image to search in. offset_x: X offset of search_region relative to full image. w: Full image width. side: 'left' or 'right' (for logging). Returns: X coordinate (in full image) of the spine center, or None. """ region_w = search_region.shape[1] if region_w < 10: return None # Column-mean brightness in the search region col_means = np.mean(search_region, axis=0).astype(np.float64) # Smooth with boxcar kernel (width = 1% of image width, min 5) kernel_size = max(5, w // 100) if kernel_size % 2 == 0: kernel_size += 1 kernel = np.ones(kernel_size) / kernel_size smoothed_raw = np.convolve(col_means, kernel, mode="same") # Trim convolution edge artifacts (edges are zero-padded → artificially low) margin = kernel_size // 2 if region_w <= 2 * margin + 10: return None smoothed = smoothed_raw[margin:region_w - margin] trim_offset = margin # offset of smoothed[0] relative to search_region val_min = float(np.min(smoothed)) val_max = float(np.max(smoothed)) shadow_range = val_max - val_min # --- Check 1: Strong brightness gradient --- if shadow_range <= 40: logger.debug( "%s edge: no spine (range=%.0f <= 40)", side.capitalize(), shadow_range, ) return None # --- Check 2: Darkest point must be genuinely dark --- # Spine shadows have mean column brightness 60-160. # Text on white paper stays above 180. if val_min > 180: logger.debug( "%s edge: no spine (darkest=%.0f > 180, likely text)", side.capitalize(), val_min, ) return None spine_idx = int(np.argmin(smoothed)) # index in trimmed array spine_local = spine_idx + trim_offset # index in search_region trimmed_len = len(smoothed) # --- Check 3: Valley width (spine is narrow, text plateau is wide) --- # Count how many columns are within 20% of the shadow range above the min. valley_thresh = val_min + shadow_range * 0.20 valley_mask = smoothed < valley_thresh valley_width = int(np.sum(valley_mask)) # Spine valleys are typically 3-15% of image width (20-120px on a 800px image). # Text content plateaus span 20%+ of the search region. max_valley_frac = 0.50 # valley must not cover more than half the trimmed region if valley_width > trimmed_len * max_valley_frac: logger.debug( "%s edge: no spine (valley too wide: %d/%d = %.0f%%)", side.capitalize(), valley_width, trimmed_len, 100.0 * valley_width / trimmed_len, ) return None # --- Check 4: Brightness must rise toward page content --- # For left edge: after spine, brightness should rise (= page paper) # For right edge: before spine, brightness should rise rise_check_w = max(5, trimmed_len // 5) # check 20% of trimmed region if side == "left": # Check columns to the right of the spine (in trimmed array) right_start = min(spine_idx + 5, trimmed_len - 1) right_end = min(right_start + rise_check_w, trimmed_len) if right_end > right_start: rise_brightness = float(np.mean(smoothed[right_start:right_end])) rise = rise_brightness - val_min if rise < shadow_range * 0.3: logger.debug( "%s edge: no spine (insufficient rise: %.0f, need %.0f)", side.capitalize(), rise, shadow_range * 0.3, ) return None else: # right # Check columns to the left of the spine (in trimmed array) left_end = max(spine_idx - 5, 0) left_start = max(left_end - rise_check_w, 0) if left_end > left_start: rise_brightness = float(np.mean(smoothed[left_start:left_end])) rise = rise_brightness - val_min if rise < shadow_range * 0.3: logger.debug( "%s edge: no spine (insufficient rise: %.0f, need %.0f)", side.capitalize(), rise, shadow_range * 0.3, ) return None spine_x = offset_x + spine_local logger.info( "%s edge: spine center at x=%d (brightness=%.0f, range=%.0f, valley=%dpx)", side.capitalize(), spine_x, val_min, shadow_range, valley_width, ) return spine_x def _detect_left_edge_shadow( gray: np.ndarray, binary: np.ndarray, w: int, h: int, ) -> int: """Detect left content edge, accounting for book-spine shadow. Looks at the left 25% for a scanner gray strip. Cuts at the darkest column (= spine center). Fallback: binary projection. """ search_w = max(1, w // 4) spine_x = _detect_spine_shadow(gray, gray[:, :search_w], 0, w, "left") if spine_x is not None: return spine_x # Fallback: binary vertical projection return _detect_edge_projection(binary, axis=0, from_start=True, dim=w) def _detect_right_edge_shadow( gray: np.ndarray, binary: np.ndarray, w: int, h: int, ) -> int: """Detect right content edge, accounting for book-spine shadow. Looks at the right 25% for a scanner gray strip. Cuts at the darkest column (= spine center). Fallback: binary projection. """ search_w = max(1, w // 4) right_start = w - search_w spine_x = _detect_spine_shadow(gray, gray[:, right_start:], right_start, w, "right") if spine_x is not None: return spine_x # Fallback: binary vertical projection return _detect_edge_projection(binary, axis=0, from_start=False, dim=w) def _detect_top_bottom_edges(binary: np.ndarray, w: int, h: int) -> Tuple[int, int]: """Detect top and bottom content edges via binary horizontal projection.""" top = _detect_edge_projection(binary, axis=1, from_start=True, dim=h) bottom = _detect_edge_projection(binary, axis=1, from_start=False, dim=h) return top, bottom def _detect_edge_projection( binary: np.ndarray, axis: int, from_start: bool, dim: int, ) -> int: """Find the first/last row or column with ink density above threshold. axis=0 → project vertically (column densities) → returns x position axis=1 → project horizontally (row densities) → returns y position Filters out narrow noise runs shorter than _MIN_RUN_FRAC of the dimension. """ # Compute density per row/column (mean of binary pixels / 255) projection = np.mean(binary, axis=axis) / 255.0 # Create mask of "ink" positions ink_mask = projection >= _INK_THRESHOLD # Filter narrow runs (noise) min_run = max(1, int(dim * _MIN_RUN_FRAC)) ink_mask = _filter_narrow_runs(ink_mask, min_run) ink_positions = np.where(ink_mask)[0] if len(ink_positions) == 0: return 0 if from_start else dim if from_start: return int(ink_positions[0]) else: return int(ink_positions[-1]) def _filter_narrow_runs(mask: np.ndarray, min_run: int) -> np.ndarray: """Remove True-runs shorter than min_run pixels.""" if min_run <= 1: return mask result = mask.copy() n = len(result) i = 0 while i < n: if result[i]: start = i while i < n and result[i]: i += 1 if i - start < min_run: result[start:i] = False else: i += 1 return result # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Format detection (kept as optional metadata) # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def _detect_format(width: int, height: int) -> Tuple[str, float]: """Detect paper format from dimensions by comparing aspect ratios.""" if width <= 0 or height <= 0: return "unknown", 0.0 aspect = max(width, height) / min(width, height) best_format = "unknown" best_diff = float("inf") for fmt, expected_ratio in PAPER_FORMATS.items(): diff = abs(aspect - expected_ratio) if diff < best_diff: best_diff = diff best_format = fmt confidence = max(0.0, 1.0 - best_diff * 5.0) if confidence < 0.3: return "unknown", 0.0 return best_format, round(confidence, 3)