Remove noise from threshold image opencv python

Question

I am trying to get the corners of the box in image. Following are example images, their threshold results and on the right after the arrow are the results that I need. You m

Answer 1

Not sure about how robust that solution will be but the idea is pretty simple. The edges of the box should be more pronounced than all the other high frequencies on those images. Thus using some basic preprocessing should allow to emphasize them.

I used your code to make a prototype but the contour finding doesn't have to be the right path. Also sorry for the iterative unsharp masking - didn't have time to adjust the parameters.

import cv2
import numpy as np

def unsharp_mask(img, blur_size = (9,9), imgWeight = 1.5, gaussianWeight = -0.5):
    gaussian = cv2.GaussianBlur(img, (5,5), 0)
    return cv2.addWeighted(img, imgWeight, gaussian, gaussianWeight, 0)

img_file = 'box.png'
img = cv2.imread(img_file, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
img = cv2.blur(img, (5, 5))
img = unsharp_mask(img)
img = unsharp_mask(img)
img = unsharp_mask(img)

hsv = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2HSV)
h, s, v = cv2.split(hsv)

thresh = cv2.adaptiveThreshold(s, 255, cv2.ADAPTIVE_THRESH_GAUSSIAN_C, cv2.THRESH_BINARY_INV, 11, 2)
_, contours, heirarchy = cv2.findContours(thresh.copy(), cv2.RETR_TREE, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
cnts = sorted(contours, key = cv2.contourArea, reverse = True)
#for cnt in cnts:
canvas_for_contours = thresh.copy()
cv2.drawContours(thresh, cnts[:-1], 0, (0,255,0), 3)
cv2.drawContours(canvas_for_contours, contours, 0, (0,255,0), 3)
cv2.imshow('Result', canvas_for_contours - thresh)
cv2.imwrite("result.jpg", canvas_for_contours - thresh)
cv2.waitKey(0)