"""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 ""