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Proof of Address OCR Ruby

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The Ruby 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

require 'mindee'

# Init a new client
mindee_client = Mindee::Client.new(api_key: 'my-api-key')

# Load a file from disk
input_source = mindee_client.source_from_path('/path/to/the/file.ext')

# Parse the file
result = mindee_client.parse(
  input_source,
  Mindee::Product::ProofOfAddress::ProofOfAddressV1
)

# Print a full summary of the parsed data in RST format
puts result.document

# Print the document-level parsed data
# puts result.document.inference.prediction

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.

Basic Field

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

  • value (String, Float, Integer, Boolean): corresponds to the field value. Can be nil if no value was extracted.
  • confidence (Float, nil): the confidence score of the field prediction.
  • bounding_box (Mindee::Geometry::Quadrilateral, nil): contains exactly 4 relative vertices (points) coordinates of a right rectangle containing the field in the document.
  • polygon (Mindee::Geometry::Polygon, nil): contains the relative vertices coordinates (Point) of a polygon containing the field in the image.
  • page_id (Integer, nil): the ID of the page, always nil when at document-level.
  • reconstructed (Boolean): indicates whether an object was reconstructed (not extracted as the API gave it).

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

Company Registration Field

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

  • type (String): the type of company.

Date Field

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

  • date_object (Date): an accessible representation of the value as a JavaScript object.

Locale Field

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

  • language (String): ISO 639-1 language code (e.g.: en for English). Can be nil.
  • 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 nil.
  • currency (String): ISO 4217 code for currencies (e.g.: USD for "US Dollars"). Can be nil.

String Field

The text field StringField only has one constraint: it's value is a String (or nil).

Attributes

The following fields are extracted for Proof of Address V1:

Date of Issue

date (DateField): The date the document was issued.

puts result.document.inference.prediction.date.value

Dates

dates (Array<DateField>): List of dates found on the document.

for dates_elem in result.document.inference.prediction.dates do
  puts dates_elem.value
end

Issuer Address

issuer_address (StringField): The address of the document's issuer.

puts result.document.inference.prediction.issuer_address.value

Issuer Company Registrations

issuer_company_registration (Array<CompanyRegistrationField>): List of company registrations found for the issuer.

for issuer_company_registration_elem in result.document.inference.prediction.issuer_company_registration do
  puts issuer_company_registration_elem.value
end

Issuer Name

issuer_name (StringField): The name of the person or company issuing the document.

puts result.document.inference.prediction.issuer_name.value

Locale

locale (LocaleField): The locale detected on the document.

puts result.document.inference.prediction.locale.value

Recipient Address

recipient_address (StringField): The address of the recipient.

puts result.document.inference.prediction.recipient_address.value

Recipient Company Registrations

recipient_company_registration (Array<CompanyRegistrationField>): List of company registrations found for the recipient.

for recipient_company_registration_elem in result.document.inference.prediction.recipient_company_registration do
  puts recipient_company_registration_elem.value
end

Recipient Name

recipient_name (StringField): The name of the person or company receiving the document.

puts result.document.inference.prediction.recipient_name.value

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