def image(self, captcha_str):
        """Generate a greyscale captcha image representing number string

        Parameters
        ----------
        captcha_str: str
            string a characters for captcha image

        Returns
        -------
        numpy.ndarray
            Generated greyscale image in np.ndarray float type with values normalized to [0, 1]
        """
        img = self.captcha.generate(captcha_str)
        img = np.fromstring(img.getvalue(), dtype='uint8')
        img = cv2.imdecode(img, cv2.IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)
        img = cv2.resize(img, (self.h, self.w))
        img = img.transpose(1, 0)
        img = np.multiply(img, 1 / 255.0)
        return img
Generate a greyscale captcha image representing number string

        Parameters
        ----------
        captcha_str: str
            string a characters for captcha image

        Returns
        -------
        numpy.ndarray
            Generated greyscale image in np.ndarray float type with values normalized to [0, 1]