Support for this function will be discontinued in the next major release of LEADTOOLS.
L_DeskewBitmap
#include "l_bitmap.h"
L_LTIMGCOR_API L_INT L_DeskewBitmap(pBitmap, pnAngle, crBack, uFlags)
pBITMAPHANDLE pBitmap; |
/* pointer to the bitmap handle */ |
L_INT *pnAngle; |
/* address of the variable to be updated */ |
COLORREF crBack; |
/* fill color */ |
L_UINT uFlags; |
/* flags */ |
Rotates the specified bitmap to straighten it. This function typically is used to automatically straighten scanned images.
Parameter |
Description |
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pBitmap |
Pointer to the bitmap handle referencing the bitmap to straighten. |
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pnAngle |
NULL or the address of the variable to be updated with the amount that the function rotates the image. The amount of rotation is expressed in hundredths of degrees. For example, 500 means 5 degrees clockwise. You can pass NULL if you do not need to check the amount of rotation. Valid values range from -2000 to 2000. |
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crBack |
Color used to fill the background following rotation. This is used only if DSK_FILL is set in uFlags. |
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uFlags |
Flags that indicate whether or not to deskew the image and what background color to use. You can use a bitwise OR (|) to specify one flag from each group. The following flags indicate whether to deskew the image after the function finds the skew angle: |
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Value |
Meaning |
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DSKW_PROCESS |
[0x00000000] Deskew (rotate) the image. |
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DSKW_NOPROCESS |
[0x00000001] Do not deskew (rotate) the image. Generally this flag is used to find the angle of rotation. |
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The following flags indicate what background color to use: |
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Value |
Meaning |
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DSKW_FILL |
[0x00000000] Use the color in crBack to fill areas exposed after rotation. |
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DSKW_NOFILL |
[0x00000010] Let the function automatically find the suitable background color used to fill areas exposed after rotation. crBack is ignored in this case. |
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The following flags indicate the image type: |
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Value |
Meaning |
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DSKW_DOCUMENTIMAGE |
[0x00000000] The image contains text only. |
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DSKW_DOCUMENTANDPICTURE |
[0x00010000] The image contains text and pictures or light text. |
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The following flags indicate which type of interpolation to perform: |
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Value |
Meaning |
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DSKW_LINEAR |
[0x00000000] Do not perform interpolation when rotating. |
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DSKW_RESAMPLE |
[0x00001000] Perform bilinear interpolation when rotating. |
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DSKW_BICUBIC |
[0x00002000] Perform bicubic interpolation when rotating. |
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The following flags indicate the rotation type: |
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Value |
Meaning |
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DSKW_NORMALSPEEDROTATE |
[0x00000000] Rotate the image normally with a high rotation quality. |
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DSKW_HIGHSPEEDROTATE |
[0x00100000] Speed up the image rotation with a moderate rotation quality (only for 1-bit images). |
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(Version 16 and later only.) The following flags indicates whether to perform a preprocessing operation to enhance the results. Possible values are: |
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Value |
Meaning |
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DSKW_PERFORM_PREPROCESSING |
[0x00000000] Perform pre-processing operations. Use this with images that contain black borders as result of scanning, to enhance accuracy. Works only with 1-bit document images. |
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DSKW_DONT_PERFORM_PREPROCESSING |
[0x10000000] Do not perform pre-processing operations. |
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(Version 16 and later only.) The following flags indicates the skew angle detection technique. Possible values are: |
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Value |
Meaning |
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DSKW_SELECTIVE_DETECTION |
[0x00000000] Detect the skew angle selectively using important features of the document, to enhance accuracy. Works only with 1-bit document images. |
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DSKW_NORMAL_DETECTION |
[0x10000000] Detect the skew angle normally using all the features of the document. |
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The following flags indicates whether to perform bank check algorithms or not |
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Value |
Meaning |
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DSKW_DONT_USE_CHECK_DESKEW |
[0x00000000] Do not perform any of the bank check algorithms. Perform the ordinary deskew. This is the default value. |
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DSKW_USE_CHECK_DESKEW |
[0x01000000] Use the bank check algorithm to deskew the bitmap. This algorithm considers many features common to standard bank checks in order to determine orientation. |
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DSKW_DONT_USE_CHECK_DESKEW |
[0x02000000] Use the bank check line detection algorithm to deskew the image. |
Returns
SUCCESS |
The function was successful. |
< 1 |
An error occurred. Refer to Return Codes. |
Comments
This function does not support signed data images. It returns the error code ERROR_SIGNED_DATA_NOT_SUPPORTED if a signed data image is passed to this function.
If uFlags contains DSKW_NOPROCESS, the function will update pnAngle with the deskew angle, without rotating the image.
The calculated rotation is limited to 20 degrees in either direction. This function is intended for images, such as scanned documents, that are mainly horizontal lines of text. The results are less predictable with other types of images.
To update a status bar or detect a user interrupt during execution of this function, refer to L_SetStatusCallback.
This function does not support 12 and 16-bit grayscale and 48 and 64-bit color images. If the image is 12 and 16-bit grayscale and 48 and 64-bit color, the function will not return an error.
This function does not support 32-bit grayscale images. It returns the error code ERROR_GRAY32_UNSUPPORTED if a 32-bit grayscale image is passed to this function.
Required DLLs and Libraries
LTIMGCOR For a listing of the exact DLLs and Libraries needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application. |
Platforms
Windows 2000 / XP/Vista, Windows CE.
See Also
Example
For complete sample code, refer to the CHILD.C module of the DEMO example. This example loads a bitmap and straightens it.
L_INT DeskewBitmapExample(L_VOID) { L_INT nRet; BITMAPHANDLE LeadBitmap; /* Bitmap handle to hold the loaded image. */ /* Load the bitmap, keeping the bits per pixel of the file */ nRet = L_LoadBitmap (TEXT("%UserProfile%\\My Documents\\LEADTOOLS Images\\IMAGE1.CMP"), &LeadBitmap, sizeof(BITMAPHANDLE), 0, ORDER_BGR, NULL, NULL); if(nRet !=SUCCESS) return nRet; /* Deskew the bitmap */ nRet = L_DeskewBitmap(&LeadBitmap, NULL, 0, DSKW_PROCESS | DSKW_NOFILL | DSKW_DOCUMENTIMAGE); if(nRet !=SUCCESS) return nRet; nRet = L_SaveBitmap(TEXT("%UserProfile%\\My Documents\\LEADTOOLS Images\\Result.BMP"), &LeadBitmap, FILE_BMP, 24, 0, NULL); if(nRet !=SUCCESS) return nRet; //free bitmap if(LeadBitmap.Flags.Allocated) L_FreeBitmap(&LeadBitmap); return SUCCESS; }