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L_AutoLineRemove

Summary

Detects and removes the straight lines from the document image.

This function is available in the Document and Medical Imaging toolkits.

Syntax

#include "l_bitmap.h"

L_LTIMGCOR_API L_INT L_AutoLineRemove(pBitmap)

Parameters

pBITMAPHANDLE pBitmap

Pointer to the bitmap handle referencing the bitmap on which to perform line removal.

Returns

Value	Meaning
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.

This function internally converts image into 1-bit black and white images.

This function does not support region.

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

Win32, x64.

Example

This example loads a bitmap and applies auto line remove filter.

L_INT AutoLineRemoveFilterBitmapExample(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(MAKE_IMAGE_PATH(TEXT("clean.tif")), &LeadBitmap, sizeof(BITMAPHANDLE), 0, ORDER_BGR, NULL, NULL); 
   if (nRet != SUCCESS) 
      return nRet; 
 
   /* Apply auto line remove filter to remove vertical and horizontal lines */ 
   nRet = L_AutoLineRemove(&LeadBitmap); 
   if (nRet != SUCCESS) 
   { 
      //free bitmap 
      if (LeadBitmap.Flags.Allocated) 
         L_FreeBitmap(&LeadBitmap); 
 
      return nRet; 
   } 
 
   nRet = L_SaveBitmap(MAKE_IMAGE_PATH(TEXT("Result.BMP")), &LeadBitmap, FILE_BMP, 24, 0, NULL); 
 
   //free bitmap 
   if (LeadBitmap.Flags.Allocated) 
      L_FreeBitmap(&LeadBitmap); 
 
   return nRet; 
}