diff --git a/tools/infer/utility.py b/tools/infer/utility.py
index 0b4243af860b82201a00fb31e61ab929e2ec3e55..021494ceea428709f4155e0d7c1142ca5a31858c 100755
--- a/tools/infer/utility.py
+++ b/tools/infer/utility.py
@@ -506,5 +506,40 @@ def draw_boxes(image, boxes, scores=None, drop_score=0.5):
     return image
 
 
+def get_rotate_crop_image(img, points):
+    '''
+    img_height, img_width = img.shape[0:2]
+    left = int(np.min(points[:, 0]))
+    right = int(np.max(points[:, 0]))
+    top = int(np.min(points[:, 1]))
+    bottom = int(np.max(points[:, 1]))
+    img_crop = img[top:bottom, left:right, :].copy()
+    points[:, 0] = points[:, 0] - left
+    points[:, 1] = points[:, 1] - top
+    '''
+    assert len(points) == 4, "shape of points must be 4*2"
+    img_crop_width = int(
+        max(
+            np.linalg.norm(points[0] - points[1]),
+            np.linalg.norm(points[2] - points[3])))
+    img_crop_height = int(
+        max(
+            np.linalg.norm(points[0] - points[3]),
+            np.linalg.norm(points[1] - points[2])))
+    pts_std = np.float32([[0, 0], [img_crop_width, 0],
+                          [img_crop_width, img_crop_height],
+                          [0, img_crop_height]])
+    M = cv2.getPerspectiveTransform(points, pts_std)
+    dst_img = cv2.warpPerspective(
+        img,
+        M, (img_crop_width, img_crop_height),
+        borderMode=cv2.BORDER_REPLICATE,
+        flags=cv2.INTER_CUBIC)
+    dst_img_height, dst_img_width = dst_img.shape[0:2]
+    if dst_img_height * 1.0 / dst_img_width >= 1.5:
+        dst_img = np.rot90(dst_img)
+    return dst_img
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     pass