From 08d10055206709a3a25521affb16178fbc383fde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Hill <matthill@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 17:29:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Resolves issue #53

---
 src/openalpr/ocr.cpp         | 4 ++--
 src/openalpr/postprocess.cpp | 4 ++--
 src/openalpr/postprocess.h   | 8 ++++----
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/openalpr/ocr.cpp b/src/openalpr/ocr.cpp
index 37cbbfd..adb1148 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/ocr.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/ocr.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void OCR::performOCR(PipelineData* pipeline_data)
 
         if(symbol != 0  && pointsize >= config->ocrMinFontSize)
         {
-          postProcessor->addLetter(*symbol, j, conf);
+          postProcessor->addLetter(string(symbol), j, conf);
 
           if (this->config->debugOcr)
             printf("charpos%d: threshold %d:  symbol %s, conf: %f font: %s (index %d) size %dpx", j, i, symbol, conf, fontName, fontindex, pointsize);
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void OCR::performOCR(PipelineData* pipeline_data)
           {
             const char* choice = ci.GetUTF8Text();
 
-            postProcessor->addLetter(*choice, j, ci.Confidence());
+            postProcessor->addLetter(string(choice), j, ci.Confidence());
 
             //letterScores.addScore(*choice, j, ci.Confidence() - MIN_CONFIDENCE);
             if (this->config->debugOcr)
diff --git a/src/openalpr/postprocess.cpp b/src/openalpr/postprocess.cpp
index 7797db6..1f5dc72 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/postprocess.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/postprocess.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ PostProcess::~PostProcess()
   }
 }
 
-void PostProcess::addLetter(char letter, int charposition, float score)
+void PostProcess::addLetter(string letter, int charposition, float score)
 {
   if (score < config->postProcessMinConfidence)
     return;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void PostProcess::addLetter(char letter, int charposition, float score)
   //}
 }
 
-void PostProcess::insertLetter(char letter, int charposition, float score)
+void PostProcess::insertLetter(string letter, int charposition, float score)
 {
   score = score - config->postProcessMinConfidence;
 
diff --git a/src/openalpr/postprocess.h b/src/openalpr/postprocess.h
index 892c75b..bc55ed1 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/postprocess.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/postprocess.h
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 
-#define SKIP_CHAR '~'
+#define SKIP_CHAR "~"
 
 struct Letter
 {
-  char letter;
+  std::string letter;
   int charposition;
   float totalscore;
   int occurences;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class PostProcess
     PostProcess(Config* config);
     ~PostProcess();
 
-    void addLetter(char letter, int charposition, float score);
+    void addLetter(std::string letter, int charposition, float score);
 
     void clear();
     void analyze(std::string templateregion, int topn);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class PostProcess
     //void getTopN();
     void findAllPermutations(std::vector<Letter> prevletters, int charPos, int substitutionsLeft);
 
-    void insertLetter(char letter, int charPosition, float score);
+    void insertLetter(std::string letter, int charPosition, float score);
 
     std::map<std::string, std::vector<RegexRule*> > rules;