# USAGE
# python scan.py --image images/page.jpg
# import the necessary packages
from pyimagesearch.transform import four_point_transform
from skimage.filters import threshold_local
import numpy as np
import argparse
import cv2
import imutils
# construct the argument parser and parse the arguments
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("-i", "--image", required = True,
help = "Path to the image to be scanned")
args = vars(ap.parse_args())
# load the image and compute the ratio of the old height
# to the new height, clone it, and resize it
image = cv2.imread(args["image"])
ratio = image.shape[0] / 500.0
orig = image.copy()
image = imutils.resize(image, height = 500)
# convert the image to grayscale, b