MATLAB: Detect edge and remove it

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I need to combine the black and white colour together and left this picture with only the words and number.. can anyone show me on the right approach to solve this problem.

Best Answer

% - Read RGB image and convert to BW.
BW = im2bw( imread( 'TEST_7.jpg' )) ;
% - Build vectors of logicals targeting all-black rows/cols.
colId = ~sum( BW, 1 ) ;
rowId = ~sum( BW, 2 ) ;
% - Make them all white.
BW(:,colId) = 1 ;
BW(rowId,:) = 1 ;
% - Show result.
imshow(BW)
Is it what you are trying to achieve?