import cv2 def remove_primary_text_regions(image): """Removes regions of primary text, meaning no figure descriptions for example, but main text body paragraphs. Args: image: Image to remove primary text from. Returns: Image with primary text removed. """ image = image.copy() cnts = find_primary_text_regions(image) for cnt in cnts: x, y, w, h = cv2.boundingRect(cnt) cv2.rectangle(image, (x, y), (x + w, y + h), (255, 255, 255), -1) return image def find_primary_text_regions(image): """Finds regions of primary text, meaning no figure descriptions for example, but main text body paragraphs. Args: image: Image to remove primary text from. Returns: Image with primary text removed. References: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58349726/opencv-how-to-remove-text-from-background """ def is_likely_primary_text_segments(cnt): return 800 < cv2.contourArea(cnt) < 15000 image = image.copy() if len(image.shape) > 2: image = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) image = cv2.threshold(image, 253, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV + cv2.THRESH_OTSU)[1] close_kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_RECT, (20, 3)) close = cv2.morphologyEx(image, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, close_kernel, iterations=1) dilate_kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_RECT, (5, 3)) dilate = cv2.dilate(close, dilate_kernel, iterations=1) cnts, _ = cv2.findContours(dilate, cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_NONE) cnts = filter(is_likely_primary_text_segments, cnts) return cnts