code/autocropper/myfunctions.py

@@ -662,6 +662,11 @@ def textClarifying(image):
     kernel6 = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_RECT, (20, 2))
     kernel7 = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_RECT, (2, 8))
     
+    #This will probably need fixing later because it should be in proportion to the character/word height vs actual picture dimension
+    kdim = 5-(max(gray.shape[0], gray.shape[1])//1000)
+    print(kdim)
+    kernel8 = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_ELLIPSE, (kdim, kdim))
+    
     # return lab[:,:,2]
 
     currentimgofatype = lab[:,:,0] # L-channel: expresses the brightness in the image
@@ -710,6 +715,7 @@ def textClarifying(image):
             mask = cv2.rectangle(mask, (b[0],b[1]), (b[0]+b[2], b[1]+b[3]), 0, thickness=cv2.FILLED)
             
     bingus = cv2.bitwise_or(goodmorphBthresh, mask)
+    bingus = cv2.morphologyEx(bingus, cv2.MORPH_ERODE, kernel8)
 
     return bingus