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. References: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58349726/opencv-how-to-remove-text-from-background """ image = apply_threshold_to_image(image) threshold_image = image.copy() close_kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_RECT, (17, 7)) # 20,3 close = cv2.morphologyEx(image, cv2.MORPH_CLOSE, close_kernel, iterations=1) dilate_kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_RECT, (7, 3)) # 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_segment, cnts) rects = map(cv2.boundingRect, cnts) image = draw_bboxes(threshold_image, rects) return image def apply_threshold_to_image(image): """Converts an image to black and white.""" image = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) if len(image.shape) > 2 else image return cv2.threshold(image, 253, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV + cv2.THRESH_OTSU)[1] def is_likely_primary_text_segment(cnt): x, y, w, h = cv2.boundingRect(cnt) return 400 < cv2.contourArea(cnt) < 16000 or w / h > 3 def draw_bboxes(image, bboxes): for rect in bboxes: x, y, w, h = rect cv2.rectangle(image, (x, y), (x + w, y + h), (0, 0, 0), -1) return image