org.openimaj.image.text.extraction.swt

Class WordCandidate

java.lang.Object

org.openimaj.image.text.extraction.swt.WordCandidate

public class WordCandidate
extends Object

This class models a candidate word (a collection of letter candidates with a consistent inter-character spacing) from the SWTTextDetector.

Author:

Jonathon Hare (jsh2@ecs.soton.ac.uk)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected List<LetterCandidate>	letters The letters in this word
protected LineCandidate	line The line to which this word belongs
protected Rectangle	regularBoundingBox The regular, axis-oriented bounds of this candidate.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
WordCandidate()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected static List<WordCandidate>	extractWords(LineCandidate line, SWTTextDetector.Options options)
List<LetterCandidate>	getLetters() Get the letters within this word.
LineCandidate	getLine() Get the line containing this word.
Rectangle	getRegularBoundingBox() Get the regular (axis-oriented) bounding box around this object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

line

protected LineCandidate line

The line to which this word belongs

letters

protected List<LetterCandidate> letters

The letters in this word

regularBoundingBox

protected Rectangle regularBoundingBox

The regular, axis-oriented bounds of this candidate.

Constructor Detail

WordCandidate

public WordCandidate()

Method Detail

extractWords

protected static List<WordCandidate> extractWords(LineCandidate line,
                                                  SWTTextDetector.Options options)

getLetters

public List<LetterCandidate> getLetters()

Get the letters within this word.

Returns:

the letters.

getLine

public LineCandidate getLine()

Get the line containing this word.

Returns:

the enclosing line.

getRegularBoundingBox

public Rectangle getRegularBoundingBox()

Get the regular (axis-oriented) bounding box around this object

Returns:

the bounding box