image-mining 0.1.1

Extract useful information from scanned images using OpenCV

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

Current

• bin/locate-thumbnail: find the location of a thumbnail in the source image

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

Prerequisites

• Python 2.6+

• OpenCV 2.4+

• numpy

Using Mac Homebrew this should install cleanly:

brew install python numpy opencv

On Ubuntu 12.04 Precise the following is known to work - note the need for a PPA to get OpenCV 2.4+:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexei.colin/opencv
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-numpy python-opencv