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How to load a TF Lite Model into Python from a file

I've followed the End-to-End image classification tutorial for tensorflow lite and have created and saved my model as '/path/to/model.tflite'.
What I haven't been able to figure out is how to load it.
I'm looking for some kind of syntax that is similar to this:
from tflite_model_maker import image_classifier
from tflite_model_maker.image_classifier import DataLoader
model = image_classifier.Load('/path/to/model.tflite')
I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here. This is definitely not the first place I've looked at. This seems to be the best place for me to find what I need, but the syntax used confuses me.
What do I want to be able to do with the model?
test = DataLoader.from_folder('/path/to/testImages')
loss, accuracy = model.evaluate(test)
# A helper function that returns 'red'/'black' depending on if its two input
# parameter matches or not.
def get_label_color(val1, val2):
if val1 == val2:
return 'black'
else:
return 'red'
# Then plot 100 test images and their predicted labels.
# If a prediction result is different from the label provided label in "test"
# dataset, we will highlight it in red color.
test_data = data
plt.figure(figsize=(20, 20))
predicts = model.predict_top_k(test_data)
for i, (image, label) in enumerate(test_data.gen_dataset().unbatch().take(100)):
ax = plt.subplot(10, 10, i+1)
plt.xticks([])
plt.yticks([])
plt.grid(False)
plt.imshow(image.numpy(), cmap=plt.cm.gray)
predict_label = predicts[i][0][0]
color = get_label_color(predict_label,
test_data.index_to_label[label.numpy()])
ax.xaxis.label.set_color(color)
plt.xlabel('Predicted: %s' % predict_label)
plt.show()
From the syntax above it seems the model isn't just a file but is a type/class/method depending on what name is most suitable for python.
Feels like this should only take one line of code but I haven't been able to find it anywhere.

Managed to do a simple version of it. The images coming up as a stream doesn't work for me using cv2 with Windows as it does for the pi. So instead I created a webpage in the same directory as this script. This generates an image with the bounding box, using a specified tflite model. This is in no way ideal.
It uses a webcam to get the image and saves the image to the directory the script is run in. It then renames the file so it can be viewed by the webpage I setup to view it.
The majority of this code comes from the TFLite Object Detection Raspberry Pi sample.
import time, os
from PIL import Image
from tflite_support import metadata
import platform
from typing import List, NamedTuple
import json
import cv2 as cv2
import numpy as np
import tensorflow as tf
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
Interpreter = tf.lite.Interpreter
load_delegate = tf.lite.experimental.load_delegate
class ObjectDetectorOptions(NamedTuple):
"""A config to initialize an object detector."""
enable_edgetpu: bool = False
"""Enable the model to run on EdgeTPU."""
label_allow_list: List[str] = None
"""The optional allow list of labels."""
label_deny_list: List[str] = None
"""The optional deny list of labels."""
max_results: int = -1
"""The maximum number of top-scored detection results to return."""
num_threads: int = 1
"""The number of CPU threads to be used."""
score_threshold: float = 0.0
"""The score threshold of detection results to return."""
class Rect(NamedTuple):
"""A rectangle in 2D space."""
left: float
top: float
right: float
bottom: float
class Category(NamedTuple):
"""A result of a classification task."""
label: str
score: float
index: int
class Detection(NamedTuple):
"""A detected object as the result of an ObjectDetector."""
bounding_box: Rect
categories: List[Category]
def edgetpu_lib_name():
"""Returns the library name of EdgeTPU in the current platform."""
return {
'Darwin': 'libedgetpu.1.dylib',
'Linux': 'libedgetpu.so.1',
'Windows': 'edgetpu.dll',
}.get(platform.system(), None)
class ObjectDetector:
"""A wrapper class for a TFLite object detection model."""
_OUTPUT_LOCATION_NAME = 'location'
_OUTPUT_CATEGORY_NAME = 'category'
_OUTPUT_SCORE_NAME = 'score'
_OUTPUT_NUMBER_NAME = 'number of detections'
def __init__(
self,
model_path: str,
options: ObjectDetectorOptions = ObjectDetectorOptions()
) -> None:
"""Initialize a TFLite object detection model.
Args:
model_path: Path to the TFLite model.
options: The config to initialize an object detector. (Optional)
Raises:
ValueError: If the TFLite model is invalid.
OSError: If the current OS isn't supported by EdgeTPU.
"""
# Load metadata from model.
displayer = metadata.MetadataDisplayer.with_model_file(model_path)
# Save model metadata for preprocessing later.
model_metadata = json.loads(displayer.get_metadata_json())
process_units = model_metadata['subgraph_metadata'][0]['input_tensor_metadata'][0]['process_units']
mean = 0.0
std = 1.0
for option in process_units:
if option['options_type'] == 'NormalizationOptions':
mean = option['options']['mean'][0]
std = option['options']['std'][0]
self._mean = mean
self._std = std
# Load label list from metadata.
file_name = displayer.get_packed_associated_file_list()[0]
label_map_file = displayer.get_associated_file_buffer(file_name).decode()
label_list = list(filter(lambda x: len(x) > 0, label_map_file.splitlines()))
self._label_list = label_list
# Initialize TFLite model.
if options.enable_edgetpu:
if edgetpu_lib_name() is None:
raise OSError("The current OS isn't supported by Coral EdgeTPU.")
interpreter = Interpreter(
model_path=model_path,
experimental_delegates=[load_delegate(edgetpu_lib_name())],
num_threads=options.num_threads)
else:
interpreter = Interpreter(
model_path=model_path, num_threads=options.num_threads)
interpreter.allocate_tensors()
input_detail = interpreter.get_input_details()[0]
# From TensorFlow 2.6, the order of the outputs become undefined.
# Therefore we need to sort the tensor indices of TFLite outputs and to know
# exactly the meaning of each output tensor. For example, if
# output indices are [601, 599, 598, 600], tensor names and indices aligned
# are:
# - location: 598
# - category: 599
# - score: 600
# - detection_count: 601
# because of the op's ports of TFLITE_DETECTION_POST_PROCESS
# (https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/a4fe268ea084e7d323133ed7b986e0ae259a2bc7/tensorflow/lite/kernels/detection_postprocess.cc#L47-L50).
sorted_output_indices = sorted(
[output['index'] for output in interpreter.get_output_details()])
self._output_indices = {
self._OUTPUT_LOCATION_NAME: sorted_output_indices[0],
self._OUTPUT_CATEGORY_NAME: sorted_output_indices[1],
self._OUTPUT_SCORE_NAME: sorted_output_indices[2],
self._OUTPUT_NUMBER_NAME: sorted_output_indices[3],
}
self._input_size = input_detail['shape'][2], input_detail['shape'][1]
self._is_quantized_input = input_detail['dtype'] == np.uint8
self._interpreter = interpreter
self._options = options
def detect(self, input_image: np.ndarray) -> List[Detection]:
"""Run detection on an input image.
Args:
input_image: A [height, width, 3] RGB image. Note that height and width
can be anything since the image will be immediately resized according
to the needs of the model within this function.
Returns:
A Person instance.
"""
image_height, image_width, _ = input_image.shape
input_tensor = self._preprocess(input_image)
self._set_input_tensor(input_tensor)
self._interpreter.invoke()
# Get all output details
boxes = self._get_output_tensor(self._OUTPUT_LOCATION_NAME)
classes = self._get_output_tensor(self._OUTPUT_CATEGORY_NAME)
scores = self._get_output_tensor(self._OUTPUT_SCORE_NAME)
count = int(self._get_output_tensor(self._OUTPUT_NUMBER_NAME))
return self._postprocess(boxes, classes, scores, count, image_width,
image_height)
def _preprocess(self, input_image: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
"""Preprocess the input image as required by the TFLite model."""
# Resize the input
input_tensor = cv2.resize(input_image, self._input_size)
# Normalize the input if it's a float model (aka. not quantized)
if not self._is_quantized_input:
input_tensor = (np.float32(input_tensor) - self._mean) / self._std
# Add batch dimension
input_tensor = np.expand_dims(input_tensor, axis=0)
return input_tensor
def _set_input_tensor(self, image):
"""Sets the input tensor."""
tensor_index = self._interpreter.get_input_details()[0]['index']
input_tensor = self._interpreter.tensor(tensor_index)()[0]
input_tensor[:, :] = image
def _get_output_tensor(self, name):
"""Returns the output tensor at the given index."""
output_index = self._output_indices[name]
tensor = np.squeeze(self._interpreter.get_tensor(output_index))
return tensor
def _postprocess(self, boxes: np.ndarray, classes: np.ndarray,
scores: np.ndarray, count: int, image_width: int,
image_height: int) -> List[Detection]:
"""Post-process the output of TFLite model into a list of Detection objects.
Args:
boxes: Bounding boxes of detected objects from the TFLite model.
classes: Class index of the detected objects from the TFLite model.
scores: Confidence scores of the detected objects from the TFLite model.
count: Number of detected objects from the TFLite model.
image_width: Width of the input image.
image_height: Height of the input image.
Returns:
A list of Detection objects detected by the TFLite model.
"""
results = []
# Parse the model output into a list of Detection entities.
for i in range(count):
if scores[i] >= self._options.score_threshold:
y_min, x_min, y_max, x_max = boxes[i]
bounding_box = Rect(
top=int(y_min * image_height),
left=int(x_min * image_width),
bottom=int(y_max * image_height),
right=int(x_max * image_width))
class_id = int(classes[i])
category = Category(
score=scores[i],
label=self._label_list[class_id], # 0 is reserved for background
index=class_id)
result = Detection(bounding_box=bounding_box, categories=[category])
results.append(result)
# Sort detection results by score ascending
sorted_results = sorted(
results,
key=lambda detection: detection.categories[0].score,
reverse=True)
# Filter out detections in deny list
filtered_results = sorted_results
if self._options.label_deny_list is not None:
filtered_results = list(
filter(
lambda detection: detection.categories[0].label not in self.
_options.label_deny_list, filtered_results))
# Keep only detections in allow list
if self._options.label_allow_list is not None:
filtered_results = list(
filter(
lambda detection: detection.categories[0].label in self._options.
label_allow_list, filtered_results))
# Only return maximum of max_results detection.
if self._options.max_results > 0:
result_count = min(len(filtered_results), self._options.max_results)
filtered_results = filtered_results[:result_count]
return filtered_results
_MARGIN = 10 # pixels
_ROW_SIZE = 10 # pixels
_FONT_SIZE = 1
_FONT_THICKNESS = 1
_TEXT_COLOR = (0, 0, 255) # red
def visualize(
image: np.ndarray,
detections: List[Detection],
) -> np.ndarray:
"""Draws bounding boxes on the input image and return it.
Args:
image: The input RGB image.
detections: The list of all "Detection" entities to be visualize.
Returns:
Image with bounding boxes.
"""
for detection in detections:
# Draw bounding_box
start_point = detection.bounding_box.left, detection.bounding_box.top
end_point = detection.bounding_box.right, detection.bounding_box.bottom
cv2.rectangle(image, start_point, end_point, _TEXT_COLOR, 3)
# Draw label and score
category = detection.categories[0]
class_name = category.label
probability = round(category.score, 2)
result_text = class_name + ' (' + str(probability) + ')'
text_location = (_MARGIN + detection.bounding_box.left,
_MARGIN + _ROW_SIZE + detection.bounding_box.top)
cv2.putText(image, result_text, text_location, cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_PLAIN,
_FONT_SIZE, _TEXT_COLOR, _FONT_THICKNESS)
return image
# ---------------------------------- #
# This is where the custom code starts
# ---------------------------------- #
# Load the TFLite model
TFLITE_MODEL_PATH='object.tflite'
DETECTION_THRESHOLD = 0.5 # 50% threshold required before identifying
options = ObjectDetectorOptions(
num_threads=4,
score_threshold=DETECTION_THRESHOLD,
)
# Close camera if already open
try:
cap.release()
except:
print("",end="") # do nothing
detector = ObjectDetector(model_path=TFLITE_MODEL_PATH, options=options)
cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0) #webcam
counter = 0 # Store many times model has run
while cap.isOpened():
success, image = cap.read()
if not success:
sys.exit(
'ERROR: Unable to read from webcam. Please verify your webcam settings.'
)
image = cv2.flip(image, 1)
# Convert the image from BGR to RGB as required by the TFLite model.
rgb_image = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
#image.thumbnail((512, 512), Image.ANTIALIAS)
image_np = np.asarray(image)
# Run object detection estimation using the model.
detections = detector.detect(image_np)
# Draw keypoints and edges on input image
image_np = visualize(image_np, detections)
if counter == 10: # <- Change this to decide how many iterations
cap.release()
break
image_np = cv2.cvtColor(image_np, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
plt.imsave('tmp.jpg',image_np) # Saves the image
os.replace("tmp.jpg", "web.jpg",) # Renames it for the webpage
counter += 1
print(counter)
cap.release()
Here's the HTML for the document placed in the same directory as the python file, I saved it as index.html and opened in the browser while running the python script above.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Object Detection</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Object Detection</h1>
<p>This displays images saved during detection process</p>
<canvas id="x" width="700px" height="500px"></canvas>
<script>
var newImage = new Image();
newImage.src = "web.jpg";
var canvas = document.getElementById("x");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
newImage.onload = function() {
context.drawImage(newImage, 0, 0);
console.log("trigger")
setTimeout(timedRefresh, 1000);
};
function timedRefresh() {
// just change src attribute, will always trigger the onload callback
try {
newImage.src = ("web.jpg#" + new Date().getTime());
}catch(e){
console.log(e);
}
}
setTimeout(timedRefresh, 100);
</script>
</body>
</html>
It's incredibly slow, not ideal in many ways and probably breaks many good coding conventions. It was only used locally, would definitely not use this for a production environment nor recommend its use. Just needed a quick proof of concept and this worked for that.

Error in Faiss Kmeans Clustering of Images

I have a set of about 200 images that I want to cluster into groups of images with similar features. I'm using Resnet50 to extract feature vectors from images and with the help of Faiss Kmeans I'm trying to cluster them into groups.
I have defined a class for Faiss KMeans as given on the link here.
class FaissKMeans:
def __init__(self, n_clusters=8, n_init=10, max_iter=300):
self.n_clusters = n_clusters
self.n_init = n_init
self.max_iter = max_iter
self.kmeans = None
self.cluster_centers_ = None
self.inertia_ = None
def fit(self, X, y):
self.kmeans = faiss.Kmeans(d=X.shape[1],
k=self.n_clusters,
niter=self.max_iter,
nredo=self.n_init)
self.kmeans.train(X.astype(np.float32))
self.cluster_centers_ = self.kmeans.centroids
self.inertia_ = self.kmeans.obj[-1]
def predict(self, X):
return self.kmeans.index.search(X.astype(np.float32), 1)[1]
I'm storing the images and their vectors in a dictionary as key-value pairs.
#function to extract image vector
def extract_features(file, model):
img = load_img(file,target_size=(224,224))
img = np.array(img)
reshaped_img = img.reshape(1,224,224,3)
imgx = preprocess_input(reshaped_img)
features = model.predict(imgx,use_multiprocessing=True)
return features
#append the images in a folder to list "products"
products = []
with os.scandir(mypath) as files:
for file in files:
if file.name.endswith('.jpg'):
products.append(file.name)
#load ResNet50 model
model = ResNet50()
model = Model(inputs = model.inputs, outputs = model.layers[-2].output)
#save image and image vector to dictionary "feature_dict" as key value pair
feature_dict = {}
p = pkl_path
for product in products:
try:
feat = extract_features(product,model)
feature_dict[product] = feat
except:
with open(p,'wb') as file:
pickle.dump(data,file)
#convert dictionary to a numpy array
filenames = np.array(list(feature_dict.keys()))
feat = np.array(list(feature_dict.values()))
feat = feat.reshape(-1,2048)
I'm using the package "kneed" to determine the number of clusters
#determine the number of clusters
length = len(filenames)
lim = 25
sse = []
list_k = list(range(1, lim))
for k in list_k:
km = KMeans(n_clusters=k,random_state=22, n_jobs=-1)
labels= km.fit_predict(feat)
sse.append(km.inertia_)
kneedle=KneeLocator(list_k,sse,curve='convex',direction='decreasing')
elbow = kneedle.elbow #number of clusters
Now I'm trying to cluster the images into different groups using faiss Kmeans but I'm getting the error of AttributeError: 'Kmeans' object has no attribute 'fit' on kmeans.fit(feat)
kmeans = faiss.Kmeans(d=feat.shape[0] ,k=elbow, niter=200)
kmeans.fit(feat)
kmeans.train(feat)
When I try to use kmeans.train(feat) which I found on the link, I get the error AssertionError

Training stuck at Epoch 3 PyTorch

I am training a custom Encoder-Decoder network but the training gets stuck at Epoch 3. Nothing happens for about 2 hours. I will share the Dataset class and the DataLoader object. The version if CUDA and GPU can be seen in the pic below.
Training stuck here:
nvidia-smi output looks like this:
The __getitem__ method of the dataset class looks like this:
def __init__(self,
images_dir,
annots_dir,
train=True,
img_size=(512, 1536),
stride=4,
model='custom',
transforms=None):
"""
:param root: dataset directory
:param filenames: filenames inside the root directory
:param labels: Object Detection Labels
super(CustomDataset).__init__()
self.images_dir = images_dir
self.annots_dir = annots_dir
self.train = train
self.image_size = img_size
self.stride = stride
self.transforms = transforms
self.model = model
# Load the image and annotation files from the dataset
# self.image_files, self.annot_files = self._load_image_and_annot_files()
self.image_files = [os.path.join(self.images_dir, idx) for idx in os.listdir(self.images_dir)]
self.annot_files = [os.path.join(self.annots_dir, idx) for idx in os.listdir(self.annots_dir)]
def __getitem__(self, index):
"""
:param index: index...0 to N
:return: tensor_image and tensor_label
"""
# Image filename from _load_image_files()
# Load Image with _read_matrix() and label
curr_image_filename = self.image_files[index]
curr_annot_filename = self.annot_files[index]
# curr_image_filename = self.image_files[index]
# curr_annot_filename = self.annot_files[index]
np_image = self._read_matrix(raw_img=curr_image_filename)
np_image_normalized = np.squeeze(self._normalize_raw_img(np_image))
# label = self.labels[index]
boxes, classes, depths, tgts = self._load_annotations(curr_annot_filename)
# Normalize bounding boxes: range [0, 1]
targets_normalized = self._normalize_bbox(np_image_normalized, tgts)
# image and the corresponding label should be a tensor
torch_image = torch.from_numpy(np_image).reshape(1, 512, 1536).float() # dtype: torch.float64
torch_boxes = torch.from_numpy(boxes).type(torch.FloatTensor)
torch_depths = torch.from_numpy(depths)
if self.model == 'fasterrcnn':
# For FasterRCNN: As COCO format
area = (torch_boxes[:, 3] - torch_boxes[:, 1]) * (torch_boxes[:, 2] - torch_boxes[:, 0])
iscrowd = torch.zeros((boxes.shape[0],), dtype=torch.int64)
image_id = torch.Tensor([index])
torch_classes = torch.from_numpy(classes)
target = {'boxes': torch_boxes, 'labels': torch_classes.long(),
'area': area, 'iscrowd': iscrowd, 'image_id': image_id}
return torch_image, target
elif self.model == 'custom':
if self.train:
if self.transforms:
try:
tr = self.transforms()
transform_image, transform_boxes, labels = tr.__call__(np_image, tgts, tgts[:, :4], tgts[:, 4:])
transform_targets = np.hstack((np.array(transform_boxes), labels))
gt_tensor = gt_creator(img_size=self.image_size,
stride=self.stride,
num_classes=8,
label_lists=transform_targets)
return torch.from_numpy(transform_image).float(), gt_tensor
except IndexError:
pass
else:
gt_tensor = gt_creator(img_size=self.image_size,
stride=self.stride,
num_classes=8,
label_lists=targets_normalized)
return torch_image, gt_tensor
else:
return torch_image, targets_normalized
And in the train.py script the DataLoader object is:
train_loader = torch.utils.data.DataLoader(dataset=dataset,
shuffle=True,
batch_size=1,
num_workers=0,
collate_fn=detection_collate,
pin_memory=True)
Why does the training get stuck? Is there an issue with the __getitem__ method? Or the DataLoader?
Thank You.

This happens because torch doesnt restart your dataset, if your data runs out it stops and waits for more input so cycling has to be done manually.
I used something along the lines of
from itertools import cycle
class Dataloader():
#init and whatever
self.__iter__():
return cycle(get_sample()) # get_sample is your current getitem

Optimize pytorch data loader for reading small patches in full HD images

I'm training my neural network using PyTorch framework. The data is full HD images (1920x1080). But in each iteration, I just need to crop out a random 256x256 patch from these images. My network is relatively small (5 conv layers), and hence the bottleneck is being caused by loading the data. I've provided my current code below. Is there any way to optimize loading the data and speed up the training?
Code:
from pathlib import Path
import numpy
import skimage.io
import torch.utils.data as data
import Imath
import OpenEXR
class Ours(data.Dataset):
"""
Loads patches of resolution 256x256. Patches are selected such that they contain atleast 1 unknown pixel
"""
def __init__(self, data_dirpath, split_name, patch_size):
super(Ours, self).__init__()
self.dataroot = Path(data_dirpath) / split_name
self.video_names = []
for video_path in sorted(self.dataroot.iterdir()):
for i in range(4):
for j in range(11):
view_num = i * 12 + j
self.video_names.append((video_path.stem, view_num))
self.patch_size = patch_size
return
def __getitem__(self, index):
video_name, view_num = self.video_names[index]
patch_start_pt = (numpy.random.randint(1080), numpy.random.randint(1920))
frame1_path = self.dataroot / video_name / f'render/rgb/{view_num + 1:04}.png'
frame2_path = self.dataroot / video_name / f'render/rgb/{view_num + 2:04}.png'
depth_path = self.dataroot / video_name / f'render/depth/{view_num + 1:04}.exr'
mask_path = self.dataroot / video_name / f'render/masks/{view_num + 1:04}.png'
frame1 = self.get_image(frame1_path, patch_start_pt)
frame2 = self.get_image(frame2_path, patch_start_pt)
mask = self.get_mask(mask_path, patch_start_pt)
depth = self.get_depth(depth_path, patch_start_pt, mask)
data_dict = {
'frame1': frame1,
'frame2': frame2,
'mask': mask,
'depth': depth,
}
return data_dict
def __len__(self):
return len(self.video_names)
#staticmethod
def get_mask(path: Path, patch_start_point: tuple):
h, w = patch_start_point
mask = skimage.io.imread(path.as_posix())[h:h + self.patch_size, w:w + self.patch_size][None]
return mask
def get_image(self, path: Path, patch_start_point: tuple):
h, w = patch_start_point
image = skimage.io.imread(path.as_posix())
image = image[h:h + self.patch_size, w:w + self.patch_size, :3]
image = image.astype(numpy.float32) / 255 * 2 - 1
image_cf = numpy.moveaxis(image, [0, 1, 2], [1, 2, 0])
return image_cf
def get_depth(self, path: Path, patch_start_point: tuple, mask: numpy.ndarray):
h, w = patch_start_point
exrfile = OpenEXR.InputFile(path.as_posix())
raw_bytes = exrfile.channel('B', Imath.PixelType(Imath.PixelType.FLOAT))
depth_vector = numpy.frombuffer(raw_bytes, dtype=numpy.float32)
height = exrfile.header()['displayWindow'].max.y + 1 - exrfile.header()['displayWindow'].min.y
width = exrfile.header()['displayWindow'].max.x + 1 - exrfile.header()['displayWindow'].min.x
depth = numpy.reshape(depth_vector, (height, width))
depth = depth[h:h + self.patch_size, w:w + self.patch_size]
depth = depth[None]
depth = depth.astype(numpy.float32)
depth = depth * mask
return depth
Finally, I'm creating a DataLoader as follows:
train_data_loader = DataLoader(dataset=train_dataset, batch_size=batch_size, shuffle=True, pin_memory=True, num_workers=4)
What I've tried so far:
I've searched if it is possible to read a part of the image. Unfortunately, I didn't get any leads. Looks like python libraries read the full image.
I'm planning to read more patches from a single image so that I will need to read fewer images. But in PyTorch framework, the get_item() function has to return a single sample, not a batch. So, in each get_item() I can read only a patch.
I'm planning to circumvent this as follows: Read 4 patches in get_item() and return patches of shape (4,3,256,256) instead of (3,256,256). Later when I read a batch using dataloader, I'll get a batch of shape (BS,4,3,256,256) instead of (BS,3,256,256). I can then concatenate the data along dim=1 to convert (BS,4,3,256,256) to (BS*4,3,256,256). Thus I can reduce batch_size (BS) by 4 and hopefully this will speed up data loading by 4 times.
Are there any other options? I'm open to all kind of suggestions. Thanks!

How to save Intel Realsense images in list (pyrealsense2)

I'm trying to save both, the depth and color images of the Intel Realsense D435i camera in a list of 300 images. Then I will use multiprocessing to save this chunk of 300 images onto my disk. But every time I try, the program successfully appends 15 images in the list and then I get this error:
Frame didn't arrived within 5000
I made sure I had the 64 bit version on python 3.6 installed and the camera streams perfectly well when I do not try to save the images in a list. The real-sense viewer works great too. I also tried with different resolutions and frame rates but it doesn't seem to work either. What is interesting is if I only save the color images, I will not get the same error, instead I will get the same color image over and over in the list.
if __name__ == '__main__':
pipeline = rs.pipeline()
config = rs.config()
config.enable_stream(rs.stream.depth, 640, 480, rs.format.z16, 30)
config.enable_stream(rs.stream.color, 1280, 720, rs.format.bgr8, 30)
profile = pipeline.start(config)
depth_sensor = profile.get_device().first_depth_sensor()
depth_sensor.set_option(
rs.option.visual_preset, 3
) # Set high accuracy for depth sensor
depth_scale = depth_sensor.get_depth_scale()
align_to = rs.stream.color
align = rs.align(align_to)
# Init variables
im_count = 0
image_chunk = []
image_chunk2 = []
# sentinel = True
try:
while True:
# Wait for a coherent pair of frames: depth and color
frames = pipeline.wait_for_frames()
aligned_frames = align.process(frames)
aligned_depth_frame = aligned_frames.get_depth_frame()
color_frame = aligned_frames.get_color_frame()
if not aligned_depth_frame or not color_frame:
print("problem here")
raise RuntimeError("Could not acquire depth or color frames.")
depth_image = np.asanyarray(aligned_depth_frame.get_data())
color_image = np.asanyarray(color_frame.get_data())
image_chunk.append(color_image)
image_chunk2.append(depth_image)
except Exception as e:
print(e)
finally:
# Stop streaming
pipeline.stop()
I simply need it to save 300 images in a row, that's all, so I am quite troubled as to what is causing this issue.

Holding onto the frame locks the memory, and eventually it hits a limit, which prevents acquiring more images. Even though you are creating an image, the data is still from the frame. You need to clone the image after you create it to release the link to the frame's memory.
depth_image = np.asanyarray(aligned_depth_frame.get_data())
color_image = np.asanyarray(color_frame.get_data())
depth_image = depth_image.copy()
color_image = color_image.copy()
image_chunk.append(color_image)
image_chunk2.append(depth_image)
Read more on frames and memory management here:
https://dev.intelrealsense.com/docs/frame-management
I created a wrapper class to extract the various elements out of the frame set that can't be recreated later. It's a bit heavy, but shows some common operations that might be helpful for others:
colorizer = None
align_to_depth = None
align_to_color = None
pointcloud = rs.pointcloud()
class IntelD435ImagePacket:
"""
Class that contains image and associated processing data.
"""
#property
def frame_id(self):
return self._frame_id
#property
def timestamp(self):
return self._timestamp
#property
def image_color(self):
return self._image_color
#property
def image_depth(self):
return self._image_depth
#property
def image_color_aligned(self):
return self._image_color_aligned
#property
def image_depth_aligned(self):
return self._image_depth_aligned
#property
def image_depth_colorized(self):
if not self._image_depth_colorized:
self._image_depth_colorized = cv2.applyColorMap(self.image_depth, cv2.COLORMAP_JET);
return self._image_depth_colorized
#property
def intrinsics(self):
return self._intrinsics
#property
def pointcloud(self):
return self._pointcloud
#property
def pointcloud_texture(self):
return self._pointcloud_texture
def _rs_intrinsics_to_opencv_matrix(self, rs_intrinsics):
fx = rs_intrinsics.fx
fy = rs_intrinsics.fy
cx = rs_intrinsics.ppx
cy = rs_intrinsics.ppy
s = 0 # skew
return np.array([fx, s, cx,
0, fy, cy,
0, 0, 1]).reshape(3, 3)
def __init__(self, frame_set, frame_id=None, timestamp=None, *args, **kwargs):
global colorizer
if not colorizer:
colorizer = rs.colorizer()
colorizer.set_option(rs.option.color_scheme, 0)
global align_to_depth
if not align_to_depth:
align_to_depth = rs.align(rs.stream.depth)
global align_to_color
if not align_to_color:
align_to_color = rs.align(rs.stream.color)
global pointcloud
if not pointcloud:
pointcloud = rs.pointcloud()
# Get intrinsics
profile = frame_set.get_profile()
video_stream_profile = profile.as_video_stream_profile()
rs_intrinsics = video_stream_profile.get_intrinsics()
self._intrinsics = self._rs_intrinsics_to_opencv_matrix(rs_intrinsics)
# Get pointcloud
depth_frame = frame_set.get_depth_frame()
color_frame = frame_set.get_color_frame()
pointcloud.map_to(color_frame)
points = pointcloud.calculate(depth_frame)
vtx = np.asanyarray(points.get_vertices())
points_arr = vtx.view(np.float32).reshape(vtx.shape + (-1,)).copy()
self._pointcloud = points_arr
# Get pointcloud texture mapping
tex = np.asanyarray(points.get_texture_coordinates())
color_map_arr = tex.view(np.float32).reshape(tex.shape + (-1,)).copy()
self._pointcloud_texture = color_map_arr
# Extract color image
color_frame = frame_set.get_color_frame()
self._image_color = np.asanyarray(color_frame.get_data()).copy()
# Extract depth image
depth_frame = frame_set.get_depth_frame()
self._image_depth = np.asanyarray(depth_frame.get_data()).copy()
# Align the color frame to depth frame and extract color image
color_frame_aligned = align_to_depth.process(frame_set).get_color_frame()
self._image_color_aligned = np.asanyarray(color_frame_aligned.get_data()).copy()
# Align the depth frame to color frame and extract depth image
depth_frame_aligned = align_to_color.process(frame_set).get_depth_frame()
self._image_depth_aligned = np.asanyarray(depth_frame_aligned.get_data()).copy()
self._image_depth_colorized = None
if frame_id:
self._frame_id = frame_id
else:
self._frame_id = frame_set.frame_number
if timestamp:
self._timestamp = timestamp
else:
self._timestamp = frame_set.timestamp
self.__dict__.update(kwargs)