static void Main(string[] args)
{
MIL_ID MilApplication = MIL.M_NULL; // Application identifier.
MIL_ID MilSystem = MIL.M_NULL; // System identifier.
MIL_ID MilDisplay = MIL.M_NULL; // Display identifier.
MIL_ID MilImage = MIL.M_NULL; // Image buffer identifier.
MIL_ID MilOverlayImage = MIL.M_NULL; // Overlay image.
MIL_ID MilStrContext = MIL.M_NULL; // String context identifier.
MIL_ID MilStrResult = MIL.M_NULL; // String result buffer identifier.
MIL_INT NumberOfStringRead = 0; // Total number of strings to read.
double Score = 0.0; // String score.
StringBuilder StringResult = new StringBuilder(STRING_MAX_SIZE + 1); // String of characters read.
double Time = 0.0; // Time variable.
// Print module name.
Console.Write("\nSTRING READER MODULE:\n");
Console.Write("---------------------\n\n");
// Allocate defaults
MIL.MappAllocDefault(MIL.M_DEFAULT, ref MilApplication, ref MilSystem, ref MilDisplay, MIL.M_NULL, MIL.M_NULL);
// Restore the font definition image
MIL.MbufRestore(IMAGE_FILE_DEFINITION, MilSystem, ref MilImage);
// Display the image and prepare for overlay annotations.
MIL.MdispSelect(MilDisplay, MilImage);
MIL.MdispControl(MilDisplay, MIL.M_OVERLAY, MIL.M_ENABLE);
MIL.MdispInquire(MilDisplay, MIL.M_OVERLAY_ID, ref MilOverlayImage);
// Allocate a new empty String Reader context.
MIL.MstrAlloc(MilSystem, MIL.M_FONT_BASED, MIL.M_DEFAULT, ref MilStrContext);
// Allocate a new empty String Reader result buffer.
MIL.MstrAllocResult(MilSystem, MIL.M_DEFAULT, ref MilStrResult);
MIL.MstrControl(MilStrContext, MIL.M_CONTEXT, MIL.M_ENCODING, MIL.M_UNICODE);
// Add a new empty user defined font to the context.
MIL.MstrControl(MilStrContext, MIL.M_CONTEXT, MIL.M_FONT_ADD, MIL.M_USER_DEFINED);
// Add user defined characters from the license plate mosaic image.
MIL.MstrEditFont(MilStrContext, MIL.M_FONT_INDEX(0), MIL.M_CHAR_ADD, MIL.M_USER_DEFINED + MIL.M_FOREGROUND_BLACK, MilImage, TEXT_DEFINITION);
// Draw all the characters in the font in the overlay image.
MIL.MgraColor(MIL.M_DEFAULT, MIL.M_COLOR_GREEN);
MIL.MstrDraw(MIL.M_DEFAULT, MilStrContext, MilOverlayImage, MIL.M_DRAW_CHAR, MIL.M_FONT_INDEX(0), MIL.M_ORIGINAL);
// Normalize the characters of the font to an appropriate size.
MIL.MstrEditFont(MilStrContext, MIL.M_FONT_INDEX(0), MIL.M_CHAR_NORMALIZE, MIL.M_SIZE_Y, NORMALIZATION_SIZE_Y);
// Add 2 new empty strings models to the context for the 2 valid types of
// plates (3 letters followed by 3 numbers or 3 numbers followed by 3 letters)
// Note that the read time increases with the number of strings in the context.
MIL.MstrControl(MilStrContext, MIL.M_CONTEXT, MIL.M_STRING_ADD, MIL.M_USER_DEFINED);
MIL.MstrControl(MilStrContext, MIL.M_CONTEXT, MIL.M_STRING_ADD, MIL.M_USER_DEFINED);
// Set number of strings to read.
MIL.MstrControl(MilStrContext, MIL.M_CONTEXT, MIL.M_STRING_NUMBER, 1);
// Set number of expected characters for all string models to 6 characters.
MIL.MstrControl(MilStrContext, MIL.M_STRING_INDEX(MIL.M_ALL), MIL.M_STRING_SIZE_MIN, 6);
MIL.MstrControl(MilStrContext, MIL.M_STRING_INDEX(MIL.M_ALL), MIL.M_STRING_SIZE_MAX, 6);
// Set default constraint to uppercase letter for all string models
MIL.MstrSetConstraint(MilStrContext, MIL.M_STRING_INDEX(0), MIL.M_DEFAULT, MIL.M_LETTER + MIL.M_UPPERCASE, IntPtr.Zero);
MIL.MstrSetConstraint(MilStrContext, MIL.M_STRING_INDEX(1), MIL.M_DEFAULT, MIL.M_LETTER + MIL.M_UPPERCASE, IntPtr.Zero);
// Set constraint of 3 last characters to digit for the first string model
MIL.MstrSetConstraint(MilStrContext, MIL.M_STRING_INDEX(0), 3, MIL.M_DIGIT, IntPtr.Zero);
MIL.MstrSetConstraint(MilStrContext, MIL.M_STRING_INDEX(0), 4, MIL.M_DIGIT, IntPtr.Zero);
MIL.MstrSetConstraint(MilStrContext, MIL.M_STRING_INDEX(0), 5, MIL.M_DIGIT, IntPtr.Zero);
// Set constraint of 3 first characters to digit for the second string model
MIL.MstrSetConstraint(MilStrContext, MIL.M_STRING_INDEX(1), 0, MIL.M_DIGIT, IntPtr.Zero);
MIL.MstrSetConstraint(MilStrContext, MIL.M_STRING_INDEX(1), 1, MIL.M_DIGIT, IntPtr.Zero);
MIL.MstrSetConstraint(MilStrContext, MIL.M_STRING_INDEX(1), 2, MIL.M_DIGIT, IntPtr.Zero);
// Pause to show the font definition.
Console.Write("This program has defined a font with this Quebec plates mosaic image.\n");
Console.Write("Press <Enter> to continue.\n\n");
Console.ReadKey();
// Clear the display overlay.
MIL.MdispControl(MilDisplay, MIL.M_OVERLAY_CLEAR, MIL.M_DEFAULT);
// Load image to read into image buffer.
MIL.MbufLoad(IMAGE_FILE_TO_READ, MilImage);
// Preprocess the String Reader context.
MIL.MstrPreprocess(MilStrContext, MIL.M_DEFAULT);
// Dummy first call for bench measure purpose only (bench stabilization, cache effect, etc...). This first call is NOT required by the application.
MIL.MstrRead(MilStrContext, MilImage, MilStrResult);
// Reset the timer.
MIL.MappTimer(MIL.M_DEFAULT, MIL.M_TIMER_RESET + MIL.M_SYNCHRONOUS, MIL.M_NULL);
// Perform the read operation on the specified target image.
MIL.MstrRead(MilStrContext, MilImage, MilStrResult);
// Read the time.
MIL.MappTimer(MIL.M_DEFAULT, MIL.M_TIMER_READ + MIL.M_SYNCHRONOUS, ref Time);
// Get number of strings read and show the result.
MIL.MstrGetResult(MilStrResult, MIL.M_GENERAL, MIL.M_STRING_NUMBER + MIL.M_TYPE_MIL_INT, ref NumberOfStringRead);
if (NumberOfStringRead >= 1)
{
Console.Write("The license plate was read successfully ({0:#.##} ms)\n\n", Time * 1000);
// Draw read result.
MIL.MgraColor(MIL.M_DEFAULT, MIL.M_COLOR_BLUE);
MIL.MstrDraw(MIL.M_DEFAULT, MilStrResult, MilOverlayImage, MIL.M_DRAW_STRING, MIL.M_ALL, MIL.M_DEFAULT);
MIL.MgraColor(MIL.M_DEFAULT, MIL.M_COLOR_GREEN);
MIL.MstrDraw(MIL.M_DEFAULT, MilStrResult, MilOverlayImage, MIL.M_DRAW_STRING_BOX, MIL.M_ALL, MIL.M_DEFAULT);
// Print the read result.
Console.Write(" String Score\n");
Console.Write(" -----------------------------------\n");
MIL.MstrGetResult(MilStrResult, 0, MIL.M_STRING + MIL.M_TYPE_TEXT_CHAR, StringResult);
MIL.MstrGetResult(MilStrResult, 0, MIL.M_STRING_SCORE, ref Score);
Console.Write(" {0} {1:0.0}\n", StringResult.ToString(), Score);
}
else
{
Console.Write("Error: Plate was not read.\n");
}
// Pause to show results.
Console.Write("\nPress <Enter> to end.\n\n");
Console.ReadKey();
// Free all allocations.
MIL.MstrFree(MilStrContext);
MIL.MstrFree(MilStrResult);
MIL.MbufFree(MilImage);
// Free defaults.
MIL.MappFreeDefault(MilApplication, MilSystem, MilDisplay, MIL.M_NULL, MIL.M_NULL);
}