bit/image-mining

Experiments mining image collections using OpenCV

Experimental image mining using OpenCV

Attempting to build tools to mine interesting data from large collections of scanned images

Current

• bin/locate-thumbnail:

  • Reconstructing thumbnails using OpenCV:
  • Upgrading Image Thumbnails… Or How to Fill a Large Display Without Your Content Team Quitting

• bin/extract-figures:

  • locate interesting non-text elements (images, figures, tables, etc.) on scanned book pages

Prerequisites

• Python 3+
• OpenCV 2.4+
• numpy

Using Mac Homebrew this should install cleanly:

brew install python3 numpy opencv

On Ubuntu/Debian run:

sudo apt install python3-numpy python3-opencv

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