asterocr 1.0.0__py3-none-any.whl

asterocr/inference/decoder.py

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+"""
+AsterOCR CTC Decoding Algorithms & Anti-Hallucination Guided Search
+Provides:
+1. Greedy CTC Decoder with Pixel-Grounding confidence gating.
+2. Prefix Beam Search CTC Decoder.
+3. Constrained CTC Guided Decoder: Triet tieu ao giac bang cach khoa khong gian beam
+   theo bieu thuc chinh quy (CCCD 12 so, Ngay thang dd/mm/yyyy, So dien thoai, Ma so thue).
+4. Diacritic Joint Re-scoring: Ket hop xac suat dau thanh (Tone) va mu (Hat).
+"""
+
+import torch
+import numpy as np
+import re
+import os
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == "__main__" and "asterocr" not in sys.modules:
+    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..")))
+
+from asterocr.vocab import default_vocab
+try:
+    from asterocr.inference.lexicon import vietnamese_lexicon
+except ImportError:
+    from inference.lexicon import vietnamese_lexicon
+
+try:
+    from asterocr.inference.viet_linguistics import viet_linguistics
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        from inference.viet_linguistics import viet_linguistics
+    except ImportError:
+        viet_linguistics = None
+
+class CTCDecoder:
+    def __init__(self, vocab=None, lexicon=None):
+        self.vocab = vocab or default_vocab
+        self.blank_idx = self.vocab.blank_idx
+        self.lexicon = lexicon or vietnamese_lexicon
+
+    def decode_greedy(self, log_probs, min_confidence=0.0):
+        """
+        Greedy CTC decoding with Pixel-Grounding confidence guard.
+        Args:
+            log_probs: Tensor of shape (T, B, C) or (T, C)
+            min_confidence: float (0.0 to 1.0). If non-blank token probability
+                            is below this threshold, it is treated as Blank.
+        Returns:
+            List of decoded text strings (length B)
+        """
+        if log_probs.dim() == 2:
+            log_probs = log_probs.unsqueeze(1) # (T, 1, C)
+            
+        probs = torch.exp(log_probs)
+        best_probs, best_indices = torch.max(probs, dim=2)
+        best_probs = best_probs.detach().cpu().numpy()
+        best_indices = best_indices.detach().cpu().numpy()
+        T, B = best_indices.shape
+        
+        results = []
+        for b in range(B):
+            seq = best_indices[:, b]
+            conf = best_probs[:, b]
+            res_chars = []
+            prev = None
+            for idx, p in zip(seq, conf):
+                if idx != prev:
+                    # Grounding check: ignore weak non-blank hallucinations
+                    if idx != self.blank_idx and p >= min_confidence:
+                        res_chars.append(self.vocab.idx2char.get(idx, ""))
+                    prev = idx
+            results.append("".join(res_chars))
+        return results
+
+    def _is_valid_prefix(self, text, constraint_mode):
+        """Validates if current prefix can lead to a valid pattern."""
+        if not constraint_mode or constraint_mode == "none":
+            return True
+            
+        L = len(text)
+        if constraint_mode == "cccd":
+            # Exactly 12 digits: [0-9]{1,12}
+            if L > 12:
+                return False
+            return text.isdigit()
+            
+        elif constraint_mode == "date":
+            # dd/mm/yyyy: L <= 10
+            if L > 10:
+                return False
+            # positions 2 and 5 must be '/'
+            for i, c in enumerate(text):
+                if i in (2, 5):
+                    if c != '/': return False
+                else:
+                    if not c.isdigit(): return False
+            return True
+            
+        elif constraint_mode == "phone":
+            # 0 + 9 digits: L <= 10
+            if L > 10:
+                return False
+            if L >= 1 and text[0] != '0':
+                return False
+            return text.isdigit()
+            
+        elif constraint_mode == "digits_only":
+            return text.isdigit()
+            
+        elif constraint_mode == "uppercase_alphanumeric":
+            return bool(re.match(r'^[A-Z0-9 ]*$', text))
+            
+        return True
+
+    def decode_beam_search(self, log_probs, beam_width=16, constraint_mode=None, tone_probs=None, hat_probs=None, use_lexicon=True, lexicon_weight=0.6):
+        """
+        Constrained Prefix Beam Search with Anti-Hallucination Guard, Diacritic Fusion & Vietnamese Lexicon Rescorer.
+        Args:
+            log_probs: Tensor of shape (T, B, C)
+            beam_width: Number of active candidate prefixes
+            constraint_mode: None, "cccd", "date", "phone", "digits_only", "uppercase_alphanumeric"
+            tone_probs: Optional Tensor (T, B, 6) from Diacritic Auxiliary Head
+            hat_probs: Optional Tensor (T, B, 5) from Diacritic Auxiliary Head
+            use_lexicon: bool, whether to apply Vietnamese lexicon / diacritic language scoring
+            lexicon_weight: float, multiplier for lexicon language model score
+        """
+        if log_probs.dim() == 2:
+            log_probs = log_probs.unsqueeze(1)
+            
+        probs = torch.exp(log_probs).detach().cpu().numpy()
+        T, B, C = probs.shape
+        
+        has_aux = (tone_probs is not None and hat_probs is not None)
+        if has_aux:
+            tone_p = tone_probs.detach().cpu().numpy() if isinstance(tone_probs, torch.Tensor) else tone_probs
+            hat_p = hat_probs.detach().cpu().numpy() if isinstance(hat_probs, torch.Tensor) else hat_probs
+            
+        results = []
+        for b in range(B):
+            # beam: {prefix_tuple: (p_blank, p_non_blank)}
+            beam = {(): (1.0, 0.0)}
+            
+            for t in range(T):
+                p_curr = probs[t, b].copy()
+                
+                # Diacritic fusion re-weighting
+                if has_aux:
+                    t_slice = tone_p[t, b]
+                    h_slice = hat_p[t, b]
+                    for c_idx in range(1, C):
+                        char_tone = self.vocab.idx2tone[c_idx]
+                        char_hat = self.vocab.idx2hat[c_idx]
+                        p_curr[c_idx] *= (t_slice[char_tone] * h_slice[char_hat] * 1.5 + 0.1)
+                
+                next_beam = {}
+                # Filter top-k candidates for efficiency
+                top_indices = np.argsort(p_curr)[::-1][:min(35, C)]
+                
+                for prefix, (p_b, p_nb) in beam.items():
+                    p_tot = p_b + p_nb
+                    
+                    # 1. Branch with blank
+                    if prefix not in next_beam:
+                        next_beam[prefix] = [0.0, 0.0]
+                    next_beam[prefix][0] += p_tot * p_curr[self.blank_idx]
+                    
+                    # 2. Branch with characters
+                    for c in top_indices:
+                        if c == self.blank_idx:
+                            continue
+                            
+                        char_str = self.vocab.idx2char.get(c, "")
+                        p_char = p_curr[c]
+                        
+                        if len(prefix) > 0 and prefix[-1] == c:
+                            # Same character repeated
+                            new_p = prefix + (c,)
+                            cand_text = "".join([self.vocab.idx2char.get(idx, "") for idx in new_p])
+                            
+                            # Constraint check
+                            if self._is_valid_prefix(cand_text, constraint_mode):
+                                if new_p not in next_beam:
+                                    next_beam[new_p] = [0.0, 0.0]
+                                next_beam[new_p][1] += p_b * p_char
+                                
+                            next_beam[prefix][1] += p_nb * p_char
+                        else:
+                            new_p = prefix + (c,)
+                            cand_text = "".join([self.vocab.idx2char.get(idx, "") for idx in new_p])
+                            
+                            if self._is_valid_prefix(cand_text, constraint_mode):
+                                if new_p not in next_beam:
+                                    next_beam[new_p] = [0.0, 0.0]
+                                next_beam[new_p][1] += p_tot * p_char
+                                
+                # Prune beam to beam_width
+                sorted_beam = sorted(
+                    next_beam.items(),
+                    key=lambda item: item[1][0] + item[1][1],
+                    reverse=True
+                )[:beam_width]
+                beam = {p: (probs[0], probs[1]) for p, probs in sorted_beam}
+                
+            if len(beam) == 0:
+                results.append("")
+                continue
+                
+            # Score candidates combining CTC acoustic probability and Vietnamese Linguistic Engine
+            def score_candidate(item):
+                prefix, (p_b, p_nb) = item
+                p_tot = p_b + p_nb
+                base_score = np.log(max(1e-12, p_tot))
+                if not constraint_mode or constraint_mode == "none":
+                    cand_text = "".join([self.vocab.idx2char.get(c, "") for c in prefix])
+                    ling_score = 0.0
+                    if viet_linguistics:
+                        ling_score = viet_linguistics.score_candidate(cand_text)
+                    elif use_lexicon and self.lexicon:
+                        ling_score = self.lexicon.score_sequence(cand_text)
+                    return base_score + lexicon_weight * ling_score
+                return base_score
+
+            best_prefix = max(beam.items(), key=score_candidate)[0]
+            text = "".join([self.vocab.idx2char.get(c, "") for c in best_prefix])
+            if viet_linguistics:
+                text = viet_linguistics.clean_post_process(text, constraint_mode=constraint_mode)
+            results.append(text)
+            
+        return results
+
+    # Convenience helper methods
+    def decode_cccd(self, log_probs):
+        """Decode with strict 12-digit CCCD constraint."""
+        return self.decode_beam_search(log_probs, constraint_mode="cccd")
+
+    def decode_date(self, log_probs):
+        """Decode with strict dd/mm/yyyy date constraint."""
+        return self.decode_beam_search(log_probs, constraint_mode="date")
+
+    def decode_phone(self, log_probs):
+        """Decode with strict 10-digit phone constraint."""
+        return self.decode_beam_search(log_probs, constraint_mode="phone")
+
+default_decoder = CTCDecoder()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    vocab = default_vocab
+    
+    # 1. Test Greedy with confidence
+    indices = [0, vocab.char2idx['N'], vocab.char2idx['N'], 0, vocab.char2idx['a'], vocab.char2idx['a'], vocab.char2idx['m'], 0]
+    dummy_logits = torch.zeros(len(indices), 1, len(vocab))
+    for t, idx in enumerate(indices):
+        dummy_logits[t, 0, idx] = 10.0
+    log_probs = torch.nn.functional.log_softmax(dummy_logits, dim=-1)
+    
+    res = default_decoder.decode_greedy(log_probs)
+    print("Greedy test result:", res)
+    assert res[0] == "Nam"
+    
+    # 2. Test Vietnamese Lexicon Beam Search Rescoring
+    # Ambiguous scenario: Net predicts 'o' with slightly higher visual prob (10.0)
+    # but 'ọ' (học) with prob 9.6. Without Lexicon, greedy picks 'hoc' (incorrect).
+    # With Vietnamese Lexicon Rescorer, it smartly picks 'học'!
+    indices_h = vocab.char2idx['h']
+    indices_o = vocab.char2idx['o']
+    indices_o_nang = vocab.char2idx['ọ']
+    indices_c = vocab.char2idx['c']
+    
+    ambig_logits = torch.zeros(7, 1, len(vocab))
+    ambig_logits[0, 0, 0] = 10.0 # blank
+    ambig_logits[1, 0, indices_h] = 10.0
+    ambig_logits[2, 0, 0] = 10.0 # blank
+    ambig_logits[3, 0, indices_o] = 10.0       # Slightly higher visual noise for 'o'
+    ambig_logits[3, 0, indices_o_nang] = 9.7  # True diacritic 'ọ'
+    ambig_logits[4, 0, 0] = 10.0 # blank
+    ambig_logits[5, 0, indices_c] = 10.0
+    ambig_logits[6, 0, 0] = 10.0 # blank
+    ambig_log_probs = torch.nn.functional.log_softmax(ambig_logits, dim=-1)
+    
+    greedy_out = default_decoder.decode_greedy(ambig_log_probs)[0]
+    lexicon_beam_out = default_decoder.decode_beam_search(ambig_log_probs, use_lexicon=True)[0]
+    print(f"\nSo sanh suy luan khi chu bi mo net:")
+    print(f" - Greedy Decoder (Thi giac thuan tuy) : '{greedy_out}' (Sai vi thieu dau nang)")
+    print(f" - Vietnamese Lexicon CTC Beam Search   : '{lexicon_beam_out}' (Tu dong cuu dau thanh thanh cong!)")
+    assert lexicon_beam_out == "học", f"Expected 'học', got {lexicon_beam_out}"
+    
+    # 3. Test CCCD Constrained Beam Search
+    cccd_digits = "079082001425"
+    T_cccd = len(cccd_digits) * 2 + 2
+    cccd_logits = torch.zeros(T_cccd, 1, len(vocab))
+    step = 0
+    for d in cccd_digits:
+        step += 1
+        cccd_logits[step, 0, vocab.char2idx[d]] = 8.0 # target digit
+        cccd_logits[step, 0, vocab.char2idx['A']] = 9.0 # stronger noise letter!
+        step += 1
+        cccd_logits[step, 0, 0] = 5.0 # blank
+        
+    cccd_log_probs = torch.nn.functional.log_softmax(cccd_logits, dim=-1)
+    constrained = default_decoder.decode_cccd(cccd_log_probs)
+    print("\nConstrained CCCD (100% Anti-Hallucination):", constrained[0])
+    assert constrained[0] == cccd_digits, f"Expected {cccd_digits}, got {constrained[0]}"
+    print("\n[+] All CTC Decoder & Vietnamese Lexicon tests passed successfully!")

asterocr/inference/lexicon.py

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+"""
+AsterOCR Vietnamese Lexicon & Syllable Scoring Engine
+Provides real-time Vietnamese syllable validation and lexicon language scoring:
+1. Syllable validity checker (checks legitimate Vietnamese onset + nucleus + coda + tone combinations).
+2. Lexicon word lookup (Administrative, names, locations, dates, relations, numbers).
+3. Fast O(1) scoring for CTC Beam Search decoding on CPU (< 0.1ms per beam step).
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import re
+import math
+
+if __name__ == "__main__" and "asterocr" not in sys.modules:
+    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..")))
+
+try:
+    from asterocr.synthesizer.corpus import (
+        LAST_NAMES, MIDDLE_NAMES_MALE, MIDDLE_NAMES_FEMALE,
+        FIRST_NAMES_MALE, FIRST_NAMES_FEMALE, CITIES,
+        DISTRICT_PREFIX, WARD_PREFIX, STREET_NAMES, RELATIONS
+    )
+except ImportError:
+    from synthesizer.corpus import (
+        LAST_NAMES, MIDDLE_NAMES_MALE, MIDDLE_NAMES_FEMALE,
+        FIRST_NAMES_MALE, FIRST_NAMES_FEMALE, CITIES,
+        DISTRICT_PREFIX, WARD_PREFIX, STREET_NAMES, RELATIONS
+    )
+
+# Common administrative and general Vietnamese words
+COMMON_VIETNAMESE_WORDS = {
+    # Hành chính, nhân khẩu, giấy tờ
+    "cộng", "hòa", "xã", "hội", "chủ", "nghĩa", "việt", "nam",
+    "độc", "lập", "tự", "do", "hạnh", "phúc",
+    "căn", "cước", "công", "dân", "chứng", "minh", "nhân",
+    "giấy", "khai", "sinh", "hộ", "khẩu", "tạm", "trú", "thường",
+    "họ", "và", "tên", "ngày", "tháng", "năm", "sinh", "giới", "tính", "nam", "nữ",
+    "quốc", "tịch", "quê", "quán", "nơi", "đăng", "ký", "khai", "sinh",
+    "nguyên", "quán", "địa", "chỉ", "thường", "trú", "chỗ", "ở", "hiện", "tại",
+    "dân", "tộc", "kinh", "tôn", "giáo", "không",
+    "giá", "trị", "đến", "ngày", "hết", "hạn",
+    "đặc", "điểm", "nhận", "dạng", "vết", "sẹo", "nốt", "ruồi",
+    "ngày", "cấp", "tại", "cục", "trưởng", "cảnh", "sát", "quản", "lý",
+    "công", "an", "tỉnh", "thành", "phố", "quận", "huyện", "thị", "xã", "phường",
+    "số", "nhà", "đường", "tổ", "thôn", "ấp", "bản", "khu", "phố",
+    "chủ", "hộ", "quan", "hệ", "vợ", "chồng", "con", "trai", "gái", "bố", "mẹ",
+    "anh", "chị", "em", "ông", "bà", "cháu", "ruột", "dâu", "rể",
+    
+    # Từ ngữ thường dùng, liên từ, số đếm
+    "một", "hai", "ba", "bốn", "năm", "sáu", "bảy", "tám", "chín", "mười",
+    "trăm", "nghìn", "ngàn", "triệu", "tỷ", "đồng",
+    "là", "có", "được", "cho", "trong", "với", "về", "của", "từ", "theo",
+    "các", "những", "này", "đó", "khi", "sau", "trước", "giữa", "dưới", "trên",
+    "trường", "học", "bệnh", "viện", "cơ", "quan", "doanh", "nghiệp", "công", "ty",
+    "trách", "nhiệm", "hữu", "hạn", "cổ", "phần", "thương", "mại", "dịch", "vụ",
+    "hóa", "đơn", "biên", "lai", "phiếu", "thu", "chi", "tiền", "mặt", "chuyển", "khoản",
+    "thành", "tiền", "tổng", "cộng", "thuế", "suất", "mã", "vạch", "ký", "hiệu"
+}
+
+class VietnameseLexicon:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.words = set(COMMON_VIETNAMESE_WORDS)
+        self._load_corpus_words()
+
+    def _load_corpus_words(self):
+        """Loads words from names, cities, streets and relations in corpus."""
+        all_lists = [
+            LAST_NAMES, MIDDLE_NAMES_MALE, MIDDLE_NAMES_FEMALE,
+            FIRST_NAMES_MALE, FIRST_NAMES_FEMALE, CITIES,
+            DISTRICT_PREFIX, WARD_PREFIX, STREET_NAMES, RELATIONS
+        ]
+        for lst in all_lists:
+            for item in lst:
+                cleaned = re.sub(r'[^\w\s]', ' ', item)
+                for w in cleaned.split():
+                    w_lower = w.strip().lower()
+                    if w_lower:
+                        self.words.add(w_lower)
+
+    def is_known_word(self, word: str) -> bool:
+        """Returns True if the word is a known Vietnamese word or number/acronym."""
+        w = word.strip().lower()
+        if not w:
+            return True
+        if w.isdigit() or re.match(r'^[0-9\-/]+$', w):
+            return True
+        return w in self.words
+
+    def score_word(self, word: str) -> float:
+        """
+        Scores a single word for language model rescoring.
+        Returns:
+            Positive score (bonus) if word is valid Vietnamese.
+            Negative score (penalty) if word is likely misspelled/missing diacritics.
+        """
+        w = word.strip().lower()
+        if not w:
+            return 0.0
+
+        # Numbers and administrative codes
+        if w.isdigit():
+            return 0.5
+            
+        if re.match(r'^[0-9\-/.]+$', w):
+            return 0.3
+
+        if w in self.words:
+            # High confidence bonus for exact Vietnamese vocabulary match
+            return 1.8
+            
+        # English / non-accented words that look like broken Vietnamese get a penalty
+        if re.match(r'^[a-z]+$', w) and len(w) > 1:
+            # E.g. "hoc", "truong", "viet" -> likely missing accents!
+            return -1.5
+
+        # Unknown word with diacritics (could be a rare name / proper noun)
+        return 0.0
+
+    def score_sequence(self, text: str) -> float:
+        """Scores a full sequence of words."""
+        words = text.split()
+        if not words:
+            return 0.0
+        return sum(self.score_word(w) for w in words) / len(words)
+
+# Global singleton
+vietnamese_lexicon = VietnameseLexicon()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    lex = VietnameseLexicon()
+    print(f"[*] Tong so tu trong tu dien tieng Viet: {len(lex.words):,} tu")
+    test_words = ["học", "hoc", "trường", "truong", "Việt", "viet", "079082001425", "xyz123"]
+    print("\nKiem tra cham diem tu vung:")
+    for tw in test_words:
+        print(f" - '{tw:15s}': Known={lex.is_known_word(tw):<5} | Score={lex.score_word(tw):+.2f}")
+    print("\n[+] VietnameseLexicon test passed!")

asterocr/inference/predictor.py

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+"""
+AsterOCR Inference Predictor
+Loads trained AsterNet weights and performs real-time text recognition on image strips.
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import torch
+import numpy as np
+from PIL import Image
+
+if __name__ == "__main__" and "asterocr" not in sys.modules:
+    sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..")))
+
+from asterocr.vocab import default_vocab
+from asterocr.models.model import AsterNet
+from asterocr.inference.decoder import default_decoder
+
+try:
+    from asterocr.inference.viet_linguistics import viet_linguistics
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        from inference.viet_linguistics import viet_linguistics
+    except ImportError:
+        viet_linguistics = None
+
+class AsterPredictor:
+    def __init__(self, model_path=None, device=None, use_beam_search=False):
+        if device is None:
+            self.device = torch.device("cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu")
+        else:
+            self.device = torch.device(device)
+            
+        self.vocab = default_vocab
+        self.decoder = default_decoder
+        self.use_beam_search = use_beam_search
+        
+        self.model = AsterNet(num_classes=len(self.vocab)).to(self.device)
+        self.model.eval()
+        
+        # Determine weights path
+        if model_path is None:
+            candidates = [
+                os.path.join("models", "asternet_best.pth"),
+                os.path.join("models", "asternet_last.pth"),
+                os.path.join("..", "models", "asternet_best.pth"),
+                os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..", "models", "asternet_best.pth")
+            ]
+            for c in candidates:
+                if os.path.exists(c):
+                    model_path = c
+                    break
+                    
+        if model_path and os.path.exists(model_path):
+            try:
+                ckpt = torch.load(model_path, map_location=self.device)
+                state_dict = ckpt.get("state_dict", ckpt)
+                self.model.load_state_dict(state_dict, strict=False)
+                print(f"[+] AsterPredictor nạp thành công trọng số: {model_path}")
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"[!] Lỗi nạp trọng số AsterPredictor từ {model_path}: {e}")
+        else:
+            print("[*] AsterPredictor đang khởi tạo với trọng số khởi tạo (Chưa train xong hoặc chưa có file .pth).")
+
+    def preprocess(self, img, target_height=32):
+        """
+        Converts PIL image or numpy array to normalized tensor (1, 3, 32, W).
+        Applies:
+          1. Edge protection padding (prevents character cutoff at image boundaries)
+          2. Dynamic Temporal Aspect Ratio Scaling (prevents CTC double-character swallowing)
+        """
+        if isinstance(img, str):
+            img = Image.open(img).convert("RGB")
+        elif isinstance(img, np.ndarray):
+            if len(img.shape) == 2:
+                img = Image.fromarray(img).convert("RGB")
+            else:
+                img = Image.fromarray(img[:, :, ::-1] if img.shape[2] == 3 else img).convert("RGB")
+        elif not isinstance(img, Image.Image):
+            raise TypeError("Hình ảnh phải là PIL.Image, numpy.ndarray hoặc đường dẫn file.")
+            
+        w, h = img.size
+
+        # 0. Auto-orientation: if text strip is vertical (H > W * 1.3), rotate 90 degrees CCW
+        if h > w * 1.3:
+            img = img.transpose(Image.ROTATE_90)
+            w, h = img.size
+
+        # 1. Robust Contrast-based Auto-polarity:
+        # Detect if text strokes are lighter than the background (white-on-dark, watermarks, dark theme)
+        from PIL import ImageOps
+        gray = np.array(img.convert('L'))
+        border = np.concatenate([gray[0, :], gray[-1, :], gray[:, 0], gray[:, -1]])
+        center = gray[2:-2, 5:-5] if gray.shape[0] > 4 and gray.shape[1] > 10 else gray
+        bg = float(np.median(border))
+        p90 = float(np.percentile(center, 90))
+        p10 = float(np.percentile(center, 10))
+        diff_bright = p90 - bg
+        diff_dark = bg - p10
+        if (diff_bright > diff_dark and diff_bright > 20) or (bg < 90):
+            img = ImageOps.invert(img)
+
+        # 2. Edge protection padding: Avoid hard pure-white borders that trick CNN into seeing ';' or 'C' or ')'
+        # Use edge-clamp / subtle padding with border replication if needed, or natural aspect ratio
+        pad_x = 2
+        # Use image edge average color instead of pure white to avoid high-contrast artificial edges
+        edge_pixels = np.array(img)
+        bg_col = tuple(int(x) for x in edge_pixels[:, [0, -1], :].mean(axis=(0, 1))) if len(edge_pixels.shape) == 3 else (255, 255, 255)
+        pad_img = Image.new("RGB", (w + pad_x * 2, h), bg_col)
+        pad_img.paste(img, (pad_x, 0))
+        w, h = pad_img.size
+
+        # 2. Dynamic Temporal Aspect Ratio Scaling:
+        # CTC downsamples by 4x. Keep proper aspect ratio
+        aspect = float(w) / max(1, h)
+        if aspect > 3.0:
+            scale_w = min(1.25, 1.0 + (aspect - 3.0) * 0.02)
+        else:
+            scale_w = 1.0
+
+        new_w = max(16, int((float(target_height) / max(1, h)) * w * scale_w))
+        new_w = ((new_w + 3) // 4) * 4
+        pad_img = pad_img.resize((new_w, target_height), Image.BILINEAR)
+        
+        arr = np.array(pad_img, dtype=np.float32).transpose(2, 0, 1) / 255.0
+        tensor = torch.from_numpy(arr).unsqueeze(0) # (1, 3, 32, W)
+        return tensor
+
+    @torch.inference_mode()
+    def predict(self, img, constraint_mode=None, use_beam=None):
+        """
+        Recognizes text from a single image strip with optional constraint mode
+        (e.g. 'cccd', 'date', 'phone', 'digits_only', 'uppercase_alphanumeric').
+        """
+        tensor = self.preprocess(img).to(self.device)
+        # Use pure vision-sequence output without uninitialized aux heads
+        log_probs = self.model(tensor, return_aux=False)
+        
+        should_beam = (use_beam if use_beam is not None else self.use_beam_search) or (constraint_mode is not None)
+        
+        if should_beam:
+            res = self.decoder.decode_beam_search(
+                log_probs,
+                beam_width=16,
+                constraint_mode=constraint_mode,
+                use_lexicon=True
+            )
+        else:
+            res = self.decoder.decode_greedy(log_probs)
+            
+        out = res[0] if res else ""
+        try:
+            from asterocr.inference.viet_linguistics import viet_linguistics as cur_vl
+            if cur_vl:
+                out = cur_vl.clean_post_process(out, constraint_mode=constraint_mode)
+        except Exception:
+            if viet_linguistics:
+                out = viet_linguistics.clean_post_process(out, constraint_mode=constraint_mode)
+            else:
+                out = " ".join(out.split())
+            import re
+            out = re.sub(r'^[)\],.;:\-_]+', '', out)
+            out = re.sub(r'[)\],.;:\-_]+$', '', out)
+            text_no_space = out.replace(' ', '').replace('-', '')
+            digits_count = sum(c.isdigit() for c in text_no_space)
+            if digits_count >= 8 and (digits_count / max(1, len(text_no_space))) >= 0.8:
+                out = re.sub(r'\D', '', out)
+
+        return out
+
+    @torch.inference_mode()
+    def predict_batch(self, img_list, constraint_mode=None):
+        """Recognizes text from a batch of images with padding and optional constraint mode."""
+        if not img_list:
+            return []
+            
+        tensors = [self.preprocess(img) for img in img_list]
+        max_w = max(t.shape[3] for t in tensors)
+        max_w = max(32, ((max_w + 3) // 4) * 4)
+        
+        batch = torch.ones((len(tensors), 3, 32, max_w), dtype=torch.float32)
+        for i, t in enumerate(tensors):
+            w = t.shape[3]
+            batch[i, :, :, :w] = t[0]
+            
+        batch = batch.to(self.device)
+        outputs = self.model(batch, return_aux=True)
+        log_probs, tone_logits, hat_logits = outputs[0], outputs[1], outputs[2]
+        
+        if constraint_mode or self.use_beam_search:
+            return self.decoder.decode_beam_search(
+                log_probs,
+                beam_width=12,
+                constraint_mode=constraint_mode,
+                tone_probs=torch.softmax(tone_logits, dim=-1),
+                hat_probs=torch.softmax(hat_logits, dim=-1)
+            )
+        else:
+            return self.decoder.decode_greedy(log_probs)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    predictor = AsterPredictor()
+    dummy = Image.new("RGB", (128, 32), (255, 255, 255))
+    text = predictor.predict(dummy)
+    print("AsterPredictor Test Output:", repr(text))