Proof of Address OCR PHP

The PHP OCR SDK supports the Proof of Address API.

Using the sample below, we are going to illustrate how to extract the data that we want using the OCR SDK.
Proof of Address sample

Quick-Start

<?php

use Mindee\Client;
use Mindee\Product\ProofOfAddress\ProofOfAddressV1;

// Init a new client
$mindeeClient = new Client("my-api-key");

// Load a file from disk
$inputSource = $mindeeClient->sourceFromPath("/path/to/the/file.ext");

// Parse the file
$apiResponse = $mindeeClient->parse(ProofOfAddressV1::class, $inputSource);

echo $apiResponse->document;

Output (RST):

########
Document
########
:Mindee ID: 5d2361e9-405e-4fc1-8531-f92a3aef0c38
:Filename: default_sample.jpg

Inference
#########
:Product: mindee/proof_of_address v1.1
:Rotation applied: Yes

Prediction
==========
:Locale: en; en; USD;
:Issuer Name: PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES
:Issuer Company Registrations:
:Issuer Address: 2 NORTH 9TH STREET CPC-GENN1 ALLENTOWN.PA 18101-1175
:Recipient Name:
:Recipient Company Registrations:
:Recipient Address: 123 MAIN ST ANYTOWN,PA 18062
:Dates: 2011-07-27
        2011-07-06
        2011-08-03
        2011-07-27
        2011-06-01
        2011-07-01
        2010-07-01
        2010-08-01
        2011-07-01
        2009-08-01
        2010-07-01
        2011-07-27
:Date of Issue: 2011-07-27

Page Predictions
================

Page 0
------
:Locale: en; en; USD;
:Issuer Name: PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES
:Issuer Company Registrations:
:Issuer Address: 2 NORTH 9TH STREET CPC-GENN1 ALLENTOWN.PA 18101-1175
:Recipient Name:
:Recipient Company Registrations:
:Recipient Address: 123 MAIN ST ANYTOWN,PA 18062
:Dates: 2011-07-27
        2011-07-06
        2011-08-03
        2011-07-27
        2011-06-01
        2011-07-01
        2010-07-01
        2010-08-01
        2011-07-01
        2009-08-01
        2010-07-01
        2011-07-27
:Date of Issue: 2011-07-27

Field Types

Standard Fields

These fields are generic and used in several products.

BaseField

Each prediction object contains a set of fields that inherit from the generic BaseField class.
A typical BaseField object will have the following attributes:

  • value (float|string): corresponds to the field value. Can be null if no value was extracted.
  • confidence (float): the confidence score of the field prediction.
  • boundingBox ([Point, Point, Point, Point]): contains exactly 4 relative vertices (points) coordinates of a right rectangle containing the field in the document.
  • polygon (Point[]): contains the relative vertices coordinates (Point) of a polygon containing the field in the image.
  • pageId (integer): the ID of the page, always null when at document-level.
  • reconstructed (bool): indicates whether an object was reconstructed (not extracted as the API gave it).

Note: A Point simply refers to a list of two numbers ([float, float]).

Aside from the previous attributes, all basic fields have access to a custom __toString method that can be used to print their value as a string.

CompanyRegistrationField

Aside from the basic BaseField attributes, the company registration field CompanyRegistrationField also implements the following:

  • type (string): the type of company.

DateField

Aside from the basic BaseField attributes, the date field DateField also implements the following:

  • dateObject (date): an accessible representation of the value as a php object. Can be null.

LocaleField

The locale field LocaleField only implements the value, confidence and pageId base BaseField attributes, but it comes with its own:

  • language (string): ISO 639-1 language code (e.g.: en for English). Can be null.
  • country (string): ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 or ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code for countries (e.g.: GRB or GB for "Great Britain"). Can be null.
  • currency (string): ISO 4217 code for currencies (e.g.: USD for "US Dollars"). Can be null.

StringField

The text field StringField implements the following:

  • value (string): represents the value of the field as a string.
  • rawValue (string): the value of the string as it appears on the document.

Attributes

The following fields are extracted for Proof of Address V1:

Date of Issue

date : The date the document was issued.

echo $result->document->inference->prediction->date->value;

Dates

dates : List of dates found on the document.

foreach ($result->document->inference->prediction->dates as $datesElem)
{
    echo $datesElem->value;
}

Issuer Address

issuerAddress : The address of the document's issuer.

echo $result->document->inference->prediction->issuerAddress->value;

Issuer Company Registrations

issuerCompanyRegistration : List of company registrations found for the issuer.

foreach ($result->document->inference->prediction->issuerCompanyRegistration as $issuerCompanyRegistrationElem)
{
    echo $issuerCompanyRegistrationElem->value;
}

Issuer Name

issuerName : The name of the person or company issuing the document.

echo $result->document->inference->prediction->issuerName->value;

Locale

locale : The locale detected on the document.

echo $result->document->inference->prediction->locale->value;

Recipient Address

recipientAddress : The address of the recipient.

echo $result->document->inference->prediction->recipientAddress->value;

Recipient Company Registrations

recipientCompanyRegistration : List of company registrations found for the recipient.

foreach ($result->document->inference->prediction->recipientCompanyRegistration as $recipientCompanyRegistrationElem)
{
    echo $recipientCompanyRegistrationElem->value;
}

Recipient Name

recipientName : The name of the person or company receiving the document.

echo $result->document->inference->prediction->recipientName->value;

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