How to Extract Passport Data with IronOCR

using IronOcr;
using System;

// This code performs Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on a passport image using the IronOcr library.

var ocr = new IronTesseract(); // Instantiate the OCR engine which uses the Tesseract algorithm

using (var inputPassport = new OcrInput()) // Create a new OCR input container
{
    inputPassport.AddImage("passport.jpg"); // Load the passport image into the OCR input container

    // Perform OCR on the image
    var result = ocr.Read(inputPassport); // Perform OCR on the input, Read method is used to process the image

    // Check if result contains extracted passport data
    if (result.Success)
    {
        // Output extracted passport information
        Console.WriteLine("Extracted Text: " + result.Text); // Assuming Text contains the entire extracted text; structured data extraction would require more processing
        
        // Example: To extract specific fields, you would typically need additional logic here
        // For example, fields can be extracted by defining regex patterns or using a structured data parsing approach sanctioned by the OCR library
        /*
        Console.WriteLine("Country: " + result.PassportInfo.Country);
        Console.WriteLine("Passport Number: " + result.PassportInfo.PassportNumber);
        Console.WriteLine("Surname: " + result.PassportInfo.Surname);
        Console.WriteLine("Date of Birth: " + result.PassportInfo.DateOfBirth);
        Console.WriteLine("Date of Expiry: " + result.PassportInfo.DateOfExpiry);
        */
    }
    else
    {
        Console.WriteLine("OCR failed to extract passport information."); // Error case if OCR processing fails
    }
}

Imports IronOcr
Imports System

' This code performs Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on a passport image using the IronOcr library.

Private ocr = New IronTesseract() ' Instantiate the OCR engine which uses the Tesseract algorithm

Using inputPassport = New OcrInput() ' Create a new OCR input container
	inputPassport.AddImage("passport.jpg") ' Load the passport image into the OCR input container

	' Perform OCR on the image
	Dim result = ocr.Read(inputPassport) ' Perform OCR on the input, Read method is used to process the image

	' Check if result contains extracted passport data
	If result.Success Then
		' Output extracted passport information
		Console.WriteLine("Extracted Text: " & result.Text) ' Assuming Text contains the entire extracted text; structured data extraction would require more processing

		' Example: To extract specific fields, you would typically need additional logic here
		' For example, fields can be extracted by defining regex patterns or using a structured data parsing approach sanctioned by the OCR library
'        
'        Console.WriteLine("Country: " + result.PassportInfo.Country);
'        Console.WriteLine("Passport Number: " + result.PassportInfo.PassportNumber);
'        Console.WriteLine("Surname: " + result.PassportInfo.Surname);
'        Console.WriteLine("Date of Birth: " + result.PassportInfo.DateOfBirth);
'        Console.WriteLine("Date of Expiry: " + result.PassportInfo.DateOfExpiry);
'        
	Else
		Console.WriteLine("OCR failed to extract passport information.") ' Error case if OCR processing fails
	End If
End Using

using IronOcr;  // Import the IronOcr namespace
using System;   // Import the System namespace

var ocr = new IronTesseract(); // Instantiate the IronTesseract OCR engine

using var inputPassport = new OcrInput(); // Create an OCR input object for processing the image

// Load the image file into the OCR input; ensure the correct path is provided
inputPassport.AddImage("passport.jpg");

try
{
    // Perform OCR to read the passport details from the image
    var result = ocr.Read(inputPassport); // Changed from ReadPassport to Read

    // Check if the OCR result is not null before accessing properties
    if (result != null)
    {
        // Output the confidence level of the OCR and the raw extracted text
        Console.WriteLine($"Confidence Level: {result.Confidence}");
        Console.WriteLine("Extracted Text:");
        Console.WriteLine(result.Text);
    }
    else
    {
        Console.WriteLine("No text was extracted from the image.");
    }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    // Handle any exceptions that may occur during OCR processing
    Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred: {ex.Message}");
}

Imports IronOcr ' Import the IronOcr namespace
Imports System ' Import the System namespace

Private ocr = New IronTesseract() ' Instantiate the IronTesseract OCR engine

Private inputPassport = New OcrInput() ' Create an OCR input object for processing the image

' Load the image file into the OCR input; ensure the correct path is provided
inputPassport.AddImage("passport.jpg")

Try
	' Perform OCR to read the passport details from the image
	Dim result = ocr.Read(inputPassport) ' Changed from ReadPassport to Read

	' Check if the OCR result is not null before accessing properties
	If result IsNot Nothing Then
		' Output the confidence level of the OCR and the raw extracted text
		Console.WriteLine($"Confidence Level: {result.Confidence}")
		Console.WriteLine("Extracted Text:")
		Console.WriteLine(result.Text)
	Else
		Console.WriteLine("No text was extracted from the image.")
	End If
Catch ex As Exception
	' Handle any exceptions that may occur during OCR processing
	Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred: {ex.Message}")
End Try