// Copyright 2011 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved. // Author: rays@google.com (Ray Smith) /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // File: shapeclassifier.h // Description: Base interface class for classifiers that return a // shape index. // Author: Ray Smith // Created: Tue Sep 13 11:26:32 PDT 2011 // // (C) Copyright 2011, Google Inc. // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. // /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #ifndef TESSERACT_CLASSIFY_SHAPECLASSIFIER_H_ #define TESSERACT_CLASSIFY_SHAPECLASSIFIER_H_ #include "unichar.h" template class GenericVector; struct Pix; class ScrollView; class UNICHARSET; namespace tesseract { template class PointerVector; struct ShapeRating; class ShapeTable; class TrainingSample; class TrainingSampleSet; struct UnicharRating; // Interface base class for classifiers that produce ShapeRating results. class ShapeClassifier { public: virtual ~ShapeClassifier() {} // Classifies the given [training] sample, writing to results. // If page_pix is not NULL, the overriding function may call // sample.GetSamplePix(padding, page_pix) to get an image of the sample // padded (with real image data) by the given padding to extract features // from the image of the character. Other members of TrainingSample: // features(), micro_features(), cn_feature(), geo_feature() may be used // to get the appropriate tesseract features. // If debug is non-zero, then various degrees of classifier dependent debug // information is provided. // If keep_this (a UNICHAR_ID) is >= 0, then the results should always // contain keep_this, and (if possible) anything of intermediate confidence. // (Used for answering "Why didn't it get that right?" questions.) It must // be a UNICHAR_ID as the callers have no clue how to choose the best shape // that may contain a desired answer. // The return value is the number of classes saved in results. // NOTE that overriding functions MUST clear and sort the results by // descending rating unless the classifier is working with a team of such // classifiers. // NOTE: Neither overload of ClassifySample is pure, but at least one must // be overridden by a classifier in order for it to do anything. virtual int UnicharClassifySample(const TrainingSample& sample, Pix* page_pix, int debug, UNICHAR_ID keep_this, GenericVector* results); protected: virtual int ClassifySample(const TrainingSample& sample, Pix* page_pix, int debug, UNICHAR_ID keep_this, GenericVector* results); public: // Returns the shape that contains unichar_id that has the best result. // If result is not NULL, it is set with the shape_id and rating. // Returns -1 if ClassifySample fails to provide any result containing // unichar_id. BestShapeForUnichar does not need to be overridden if // ClassifySample respects the keep_this rule. virtual int BestShapeForUnichar(const TrainingSample& sample, Pix* page_pix, UNICHAR_ID unichar_id, ShapeRating* result); // Provides access to the ShapeTable that this classifier works with. virtual const ShapeTable* GetShapeTable() const = 0; // Provides access to the UNICHARSET that this classifier works with. // Must be overridden IFF GetShapeTable() returns NULL. virtual const UNICHARSET& GetUnicharset() const; // Visual debugger classifies the given sample, displays the results and // solicits user input to display other classifications. Returns when // the user has finished with debugging the sample. // Probably doesn't need to be overridden if the subclass provides // DisplayClassifyAs. virtual void DebugDisplay(const TrainingSample& sample, Pix* page_pix, UNICHAR_ID unichar_id); // Displays classification as the given unichar_id. Creates as many windows // as it feels fit, using index as a guide for placement. Adds any created // windows to the windows output and returns a new index that may be used // by any subsequent classifiers. Caller waits for the user to view and // then destroys the windows by clearing the vector. virtual int DisplayClassifyAs(const TrainingSample& sample, Pix* page_pix, UNICHAR_ID unichar_id, int index, PointerVector* windows); // Prints debug information on the results. context is some introductory/title // message. virtual void UnicharPrintResults( const char* context, const GenericVector& results) const; virtual void PrintResults(const char* context, const GenericVector& results) const; protected: // Removes any result that has all its unichars covered by a better choice, // regardless of font. void FilterDuplicateUnichars(GenericVector* results) const; }; } // namespace tesseract. #endif // TESSERACT_CLASSIFY_SHAPECLASSIFIER_H_