Added the ability to pass in regions for the image

Author: KJ Lawrence

README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ node-openalpr
 
 This package binds [OpenALPR](https://github.com/openalpr/openalpr) with Node.js
 
+Version: 1.0.7 - Released August 25th, 2015
+
+```
+Changelog:
+
+1.0.7	- Added the capability to specify regions
+1.0.6	- Slowed down the event loop to 30 times per second
+1.0.1:5	- Documentation changes
+1.0.0	- Initial release
+```
+
 # Installation and Example
 
 Use npm to get the node-openalpr package. We'll attempt to use node-pre-gyp to compile from source, but if
@@ -55,9 +66,10 @@ This is a breakdown of all of the methods available for node-openalpr. Start nee
 * `openalpr.IdentifyLicense (path, options/callback[, callback])` - Begins the process of identifying a license from the given image, returns "working" or "queued" status result
   * path - Path to image - if image does not exist an exception will be thrown
   * callback/options - Additional options for the image or a callback
-    * options.state         (string) - State ("oh") license plates are in for additional validation
-    * options.prewarp       (string) - Prewarp configuration information
+    * options.state         (string)  - State ("oh") license plates are in for additional validation
+    * options.prewarp       (string)  - Prewarp configuration information
     * options.detectRegion  (boolean) - Use detect region functionality of OpenALPR? (slower)
+    * options.regions       (array)   - Specify the regions of the image to work on (format: [{ x: 0, y: 0, width: 0, height: 0 }, ...]
   * callback - Callback with results: function (errors, output)
 * `openalpr.GetVersion ()` - Get the version of OpenALPR currently being run against
 

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "node-openalpr",
   "description": "Node.js OpenALPR Bindings",
-  "version": "1.0.6",
+  "version": "1.0.7",
   "license": "AGPL",
   "keywords": [
 	"bindings",
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
       "email": "klawrence@netpark.us"
     }
   ],
-
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/netPark/node-openalpr.git"

release/linux_x64/node_openalpr.node

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 #include <alpr.h>
 #include <config.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <fstream>
 #include <list>
+#include <vector>
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #pragma comment(lib, "Ws2_32.lib")
@@ -19,11 +21,12 @@ bool running = false;
 
 class LPRQueueItem 
 {
-	public:
+	public:	
 		char *path;
 		char *state;
 		std::string prewarp;
 		bool detectRegion = false;
+		std::vector <alpr::AlprRegionOfInterest> regions;
 		Nan::Callback *callback;
 };
 
@@ -48,7 +51,18 @@ class LPR {
 			this->openalpr->setDetectRegion (queueItem->detectRegion);
 			this->config->prewarp = queueItem->prewarp;
 
-			return this->openalpr->recognize (queueItem->path);
+			std::ifstream ifs (queueItem->path, std::ios::binary|std::ios::ate);
+			std::ifstream::pos_type pos = ifs.tellg ();
+			std::vector<char>  buffer(pos);
+			ifs.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+			ifs.read(&buffer[0], pos);
+			
+			if (queueItem->regions.size ()) {
+				return this->openalpr->recognize (buffer, queueItem->regions);
+			}
+			else {
+				return this->openalpr->recognize (buffer);
+			}
 		}
 
 		bool isWorking () {
@@ -169,16 +183,28 @@ NAN_METHOD (IdentifyLicense)
 
 	// Settings	
 	char *path = get (info[0]);
-	char *state = get (info[2]);
-	char *prewarp = get (info[3]);
-	bool detectRegion = info[4]->BooleanValue ();
-	Nan::Callback *callback = new Nan::Callback (info[1].As<Function>());
+	char *state = get (info[1]);
+	char *prewarp = get (info[2]);
+	bool detectRegion = info[3]->BooleanValue ();
+	Local<Array> regionsArray = info[4].As<Array> ();
+	Nan::Callback *callback = new Nan::Callback (info[5].As<Function>());
+	
+	std::vector<alpr::AlprRegionOfInterest> regions;
+	for (int i = 0; i < regionsArray->Length (); i++) {
+		Local<Array> regionValues = Local<Array>::Cast (regionsArray->Get (i));
+		int x = regionValues->Get (0)->Uint32Value ();
+		int y = regionValues->Get (1)->Uint32Value ();
+		int width = regionValues->Get (2)->Uint32Value ();
+		int height = regionValues->Get (3)->Uint32Value ();
+		regions.push_back (alpr::AlprRegionOfInterest (x, y, width, height));
+	}
 
 	LPRQueueItem *item = new LPRQueueItem ();
 	item->path = path;
 	item->state = state;
 	item->prewarp = prewarp;
 	item->detectRegion = detectRegion;
+	item->regions = regions;
 	item->callback = callback;
 
 	for (auto &i : instances) {

release/win32_x64/node_openalpr.node

@@ -124,9 +124,21 @@ function OpenALPR () {
 			options = {};
 		}
 
-		return nativeLPR.IdentifyLicense (path, function (error, output) {
+		var regions = [];
+		if (options.regions && options.regions.length) {
+			for (var r in options.regions) {
+				var region = options.regions[r];
+				if (!region.x || !region.y || !region.width || !region.height) {
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				regions.push ([region.x, region.y, region.width, region.height]);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return nativeLPR.IdentifyLicense (path, options.state || "", options.prewarp || "", options.detectRegion || false, regions, function (error, output) {
 			callback (error, JSON.parse (output));
-		}, options.state || "", options.prewarp || "", options.detectRegion || false);
+		});
 	}
 
 	/**