ocr_preprocessingTier 1 · 70% confidence

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When does this happen?

IF Text recognition accuracy is poor when detected text regions have excessive whitespace (e.g., 5px padding) compared to training data (1-2px padding).

How others solved it

THEN After text detection, apply tight cropping to each detected text region using OpenCV to remove extra whitespace, reducing padding to 1-2 pixels around the text. This aligns the input with training data characteristics and improves recognition accuracy.

import cv2
import numpy as np

def tight_crop(image):
    gray = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
    _, thresh = cv2.threshold(gray, 0, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV + cv2.THRESH_OTSU)
    coords = cv2.findNonZero(thresh)
    x, y, w, h = cv2.boundingRect(coords)
    # Add 1-2 pixel margin
    crop = image[y:y+h+2, x:x+w+2]
    return crop

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