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"""OCR engine for BadNote using EasyOCR.
Lightweight handwriting-capable OCR using EasyOCR with CPU-only inference.
Suitable for Zen2 APU 25W / 16GB RAM (~200MB memory once loaded).
"""
import asyncio
import logging
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# NOTE: `easyocr` (and its torch dependency) is heavy and optional. It is
# imported lazily inside the engine so that importing the FastAPI app — and
# running its test suite — does not require the OCR dependencies. Install them
# with `pip install -r requirements-ocr.txt` when running the OCR worker.
class OcrEngine:
"""EasyOCR-based text recognition engine.
Lazy-loads the reader on first use to avoid startup overhead.
Supports Chinese (simplified) + English. Runs on CPU only.
"""
def __init__(self):
self._reader = None
def _ensure_reader(self):
"""Lazy-initialize the EasyOCR reader."""
if self._reader is None:
import easyocr # imported lazily; see module docstring note
logger.info("Loading EasyOCR reader (ch_sim + en, CPU)...")
self._reader = easyocr.Reader(['ch_sim', 'en'], gpu=False)
logger.info("EasyOCR reader loaded")
async def recognize(self, image_bytes: bytes) -> str:
"""Recognize text from image bytes.
Args:
image_bytes: Raw image file bytes (PNG, JPEG, etc.)
Returns:
Recognized text as a single string, or empty string on failure.
"""
if not image_bytes:
return ""
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
try:
self._ensure_reader()
results = await loop.run_in_executor(
None, self._reader.readtext, image_bytes
)
# results is a list of (bbox, text, confidence) tuples
text_parts = [text for _, text, _ in results if text.strip()]
return ' '.join(text_parts)
except Exception as exc:
logger.error("OCR recognition failed: %s", exc)
return ""
async def recognize_file(self, image_path: str) -> str:
"""Recognize text from an image file path.
Args:
image_path: Path to the image file on disk.
Returns:
Recognized text as a single string, or empty string on failure.
"""
try:
with open(image_path, 'rb') as f:
image_bytes = f.read()
return await self.recognize(image_bytes)
except Exception as exc:
logger.error("Failed to read image file %s: %s", image_path, exc)
return ""