import cv2
import imutils
import pytesseract
pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = 'C:\\Program Files\\Tesseract-OCR\\tesseract.exe'
original_image = cv2.imread('image3.jpeg')
original_image = imutils.resize(original_image, width=500 )
gray_image = cv2.cvtColor(original_image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
gray_image = cv2.bilateralFilter(gray_image, 11, 17, 17)
edged_image = cv2.Canny(gray_image, 30, 200)
contours, new = cv2.findContours(edged_image.copy(), cv2.RETR_LIST, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
img1 = original_image.copy()
cv2.drawContours(img1, contours, -1, (0, 255, 0), 3)
cv2.imshow("img1", img1)
count = 0
idx = 7
for c in contours:
# approximate the license plate contour
contour_perimeter = cv2.arcLength(c, True)
approx = cv2.approxPolyDP(c, 0.018 * contour_perimeter, True)
# Look for contours with 4 corners
if len(approx) == 4:
screenCnt = approx
# find the coordinates of the license plate contour
x, y, w, h = cv2.boundingRect(c)
new_img = original_image [ y: y + h, x: x + w]
# stores the new image
cv2.imwrite('./'+str(idx)+'.png',new_img)
idx += 1
break
# draws the license plate contour on original image
cv2.drawContours(original_image , [screenCnt], -1, (0, 255, 0), 3)
cv2.imshow("detected license plate", original_image )
# filename of the cropped license plate image
cropped_License_Plate = './7.png'
cv2.imshow("cropped license plate", cv2.imread(cropped_License_Plate))
# converts the license plate characters to string
text = pytesseract.image_to_string(cropped_License_Plate, lang='eng')
print("License plate is:", text)
cv2.waitKey(0)
cv2.destroyAllWindows()