ocr with text instead of painted letters

board_detector.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from PIL import ImageDraw
 import psutil
 import time
 import chess
-import easyocr
+# import easyocr
 
 # global show_cv because I didn't want to have show_cv as an input to every function
 # also need skip_camera so I can use cv2.imshow if I'm using my PC
@@ -408,16 +408,18 @@ def find_pieces(warped_img, sorted_warped_points):
     size = img_size * scale
     img_to_read = cv2.resize(gray_masked, (int(size), int(size)))
     reader = easyocr.Reader(['en'])
+    print("before reading")
     results = reader.readtext(
         image=img_to_read,
         allowlist="PKQRBN",
         rotation_info=[180],
-        batch_size=12,
+        batch_size=500,
         text_threshold=0.3,
         link_threshold = 1000000,
         slope_ths=0.0,
         min_size=int(size/100)
     )
+    print("after reading")
 
     img_to_read = cv2.cvtColor(img_to_read, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
     img_to_read = cv2.resize(img_to_read, (img_size, img_size))

game.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from board_detector import find_board
 from board_detector import find_pieces
 from board_detector import init_global
 from board_detector import display_img
-from chess_ai import *
+# from chess_ai import *
 import move_translator
 import cv2
 import os
@@ -36,16 +36,18 @@ class ChessGame:
 
         # hard-coded borders to crop image
         self.left_cut = 0
-        self.right_cut = 290
+        self.right_cut = 280
         self.top_cut = 0
-        self.bottom_cut = 290
+        self.bottom_cut = 280
 
         self.img_size = 512
 
-        if not skip_camera:
-            self.picam2 = Picamera2()
-        else:
-            self.picam2 = None
+        # if not skip_camera:
+        #     print("hi")
+        #     self.picam2 = Picamera2()
+        # else:
+        #     self.picam2 = None
+        self.picam2 = Picamera2()
 
     def start_game(self):
 
@@ -105,13 +107,15 @@ class ChessGame:
 
         self.color_grid_to_fen(color_grid, 'yellow', 'pink')
 
-        if not FEN_check(self.board.fen()):
-            print("Bad FEN.")
-            return
+
+
+        # if not FEN_check(self.board.fen()):
+        #     print("Bad FEN.")
+        #     return
         
-        if self.show_cv:
-            print(self.board)
-            print(self.board.fen())
+        # if self.show_cv:
+        print(self.board)
+        print(self.board.fen())
 
         while(1): # game loop
             self.player_turn()