Description

Detecting machine-readable zones in passport images using Python and OpenCV

This is the project to detect Machine-readable Zones (MRZs) in passport scans using only image processing techniques, namely:

• Thresholding.
• Gradients.
• Morphological operations (specifically, closings and erosions).
• Contour properties.

These operations, while simple, allowed us to detect the MRZ regions in images.