otsuthr.h

// File:        otsuthr.h
// Description: Simple Otsu thresholding for binarizing images.
// Author:      Ray Smith
// Created:     Fri Mar 07 12:14:01 PST 2008
//
// (C) Copyright 2008, Google Inc.
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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//

#ifndef TESSERACT_CCMAIN_OTSUTHR_H_
#define TESSERACT_CCMAIN_OTSUTHR_H_

struct Pix;

namespace tesseract {

const int kHistogramSize = 256;  // The size of a histogram of pixel values.

// Computes the Otsu threshold(s) for the given image rectangle, making one
// for each channel. Each channel is always one byte per pixel.
// Returns an array of threshold values and an array of hi_values, such
// that a pixel value >threshold[channel] is considered foreground if
// hi_values[channel] is 0 or background if 1. A hi_value of -1 indicates
// that there is no apparent foreground. At least one hi_value will not be -1.
// Delete thresholds and hi_values with delete [] after use.
// The return value is the number of channels in the input image, being
// the size of the output thresholds and hi_values arrays.
int OtsuThreshold(Pix* src_pix, int left, int top, int width, int height,
                  int** thresholds, int** hi_values);

// Computes the histogram for the given image rectangle, and the given
// single channel. Each channel is always one byte per pixel.
// Histogram is always a kHistogramSize(256) element array to count
// occurrences of each pixel value.
void HistogramRect(Pix* src_pix, int channel,
                   int left, int top, int width, int height,
                   int* histogram);

// Computes the Otsu threshold(s) for the given histogram.
// Also returns H = total count in histogram, and
// omega0 = count of histogram below threshold.
int OtsuStats(const int* histogram, int* H_out, int* omega0_out);

}  // namespace tesseract.

#endif  // TESSERACT_CCMAIN_OTSUTHR_H_