Tesseract是遵守 Apache License 2.0协议的开源OCR引擎。
如何在Android平台编译Tesseract,以及如何快速创建一个简单的OCR应用。
Tesseract Android Tools
要编译Android平台的Tesseract,需要使用Google提供的tesseract-android-tools。
代码获取方式:
打开README,在命令行工具中执行下面的步骤:
cd
curl -O
curl -O
tar -zxvf tesseract-ocr-3.02.02.tar.gz
tar -zxvf leptonica-1.69.tar.gz
rm -f tesseract-ocr-3.02.02.tar.gz
rm -f leptonica-1.69.tar.gz
mv tesseract-3.02.02 jni/com_googlecode_tesseract_android/src
mv leptonica-1.69 jni/com_googlecode_leptonica_android/src
ndk-build -j8
android update project --target 1 --path .
ant debug (release)
注意:如果在使用NDK r9,编译的时候会出现错误:
format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
解决的方法就是在Application.mk中加入一行:
APP_CFLAGS += -Wno-error=format-security
编译之后会生成class.jar和一些*.so。
Android OCR Application
创建一个Android应用,把生成的jar和so导入进来。
创建TessOCR:
public class TessOCR {
private TessBaseAPI mTess;
public TessOCR() {
// TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
mTess = new TessBaseAPI();
String datapath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/tesseract/";
String language = "eng";
File dir = new File(datapath + "tessdata/");
if (!dir.exists())
dir.mkdirs();
mTess.init(datapath, language);
}
public String getOCRResult(Bitmap bitmap) {
mTess.setImage(bitmap);
String result = mTess.getUTF8Text();
return result;
}
public void onDestroy() {
if (mTess != null)
mTess.end();
}
}
构造函数中需要在存储卡上创建一个目录tessdata,如果不创建程序运行就会出错。因为源码中会检测这个目录,不存在就抛出异常:
public boolean init(String datapath, String language) {
if (datapath == null) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Data path must not be null!");
}
if (!datapath.endsWith(File.separator)) {
datapath += File.separator;
}
File tessdata = new File(datapath + "tessdata");
if (!tessdata.exists() || !tessdata.isDirectory()) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Data path must contain subfolder tessdata!");
}
return nativeInit(datapath, language);
}
就这么简单。现在通过三种方式获取图片做OCR:
在图库中选取一张图,选择发送或者分享,选择OCR应用
在AndroidManifest.xml中加入IntentFilter,让OCR应用出现在图库的分享列表中:
获得URI之后,对URI解码,获取bitmap:
if (Intent.ACTION_SEND.equals(intent.getAction())) {
Uri uri = (Uri) intent.getParcelableExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM);
uriOCR(uri);
}
private void uriOCR(Uri uri) {
if (uri != null) {
InputStream is = null;
try {
is = getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is);
mImage.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
doOCR(bitmap);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (is != null) {
try {
is.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
}
启动OCR应用,从图库中选择一张图做OCR
发送Intent调用图库,在onActivityResult中获取返回的URI做OCR:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_PICK_PHOTO);
启动OCR应用,拍照之后做OCR
为了获取高质量的图片,在Intent中加入图片路径。返回之后就可以直接使用这个图片路径解码:
private void dispatchTakePictureIntent() {
Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
// Ensure that there's a camera activity to handle the intent
if (takePictureIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
// Create the File where the photo should go
File photoFile = null;
try {
photoFile = createImageFile();
} catch (IOException ex) {
// Error occurred while creating the File
}
// Continue only if the File was successfully created
if (photoFile != null) {
takePictureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT,
Uri.fromFile(photoFile));
startActivityForResult(takePictureIntent, REQUEST_TAKE_PHOTO);
}
}
}
不要忘记下载语言包,并push到存储卡的tessdata目录下。