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Object Detection SSD C Sample

This sample demonstrates how to execute an inference of object detection networks like SSD-VGG using Asynchronous Inference Request API and input reshape feature.

Object Detection SSD C sample application demonstrates how to use the following Inference Engine C API in applications:

Feature

API

Description

Asynchronous Infer

ie_infer_request_infer_async

Do Asynchronous inference

Inference Engine Version

ie_c_api_version

Get Inference Engine API version

Available Devices

ie_core_get_versions

Get version information of the devices for inference

Custom Extension Kernels

ie_core_add_extension

Load extension library and config to the device

Network Operations

ie_network_get_inputs_number ie_network_get_input_shapes ie_network_get_output_dims

Managing of network

Blob Operations

ie_blob_get_buffer

Work with memory container for storing inputs, outputs of the network, weights and biases of the layers

Input Reshape

ie_network_reshape

Set the batch size equal to the number of input images

Basic Inference Engine API is covered by Hello Classification C sample.

Note

This sample uses ie_network_reshape() to set the batch size. While supported by SSD networks, reshape may not work with arbitrary topologies. See Shape Inference Guide for more info.

Options

Values

Validated Models

person-detection-retail-0013

Model Format

Inference Engine Intermediate Representation (.xml + .bin), ONNX (.onnx)

Validated images

The sample uses OpenCV* to read input image (.bmp, .png, .jpg)

Supported devices

All

Other language realization

C++ , Python

How It Works

Upon the start-up the sample application reads command line parameters, loads specified network and image(s) to the Inference Engine plugin. Then, the sample creates an asynchronous inference request object. When inference is done, the application creates output image(s) and output data to the standard output stream.

You can see the explicit description of each sample step at Integration Steps section of “Integrate the Inference Engine with Your Application” guide.

Building

To build the sample, please use instructions available at Build the Sample Applications section in Inference Engine Samples guide.

Running

To run the sample, you need specify a model and image:

Running the application with the -h option yields the following usage message:

<path_to_sample>/object_detection_sample_ssd_c -h
[ INFO ] InferenceEngine:
<version><number>
[ INFO ] Parsing input parameters

object_detection_sample_ssd_c [OPTION]
Options:

    -h                      Print a usage message.
    -m "<path>"             Required. Path to an .xml file with a trained model.
    -i "<path>"             Required. Path to one or more images or folder with images.
      -l "<absolute_path>"  Required for CPU plugin custom layers. Absolute path to a shared library with the kernels implementations.
          Or
      -c "<absolute_path>"  Required for GPU, MYRIAD, HDDL custom kernels. Absolute path to the .xml config file
                            with the kernels descriptions.
    -d "<device>"           Optional. Specify the target device to infer. Default value is CPU.
                            Use "-d HETERO:<comma-separated_devices_list>" format to specify HETERO plugin. Sample will look for a suitable plugin for device specified
    -g                      Path to the configuration file. Default value: "config".

NOTES :

  • By default, Inference Engine samples and demos expect input with BGR channels order. If you trained your model to work with RGB order, you need to manually rearrange the default channels order in the sample or demo application or reconvert your model using the Model Optimizer tool with --reverse_input_channels argument specified. For more information about the argument, refer to When to Reverse Input Channels section of ../../../../../docs/MO_DG/prepare_model/convert_model/Converting_Model_General.md “Converting a Model Using General Conversion Parameters”.

  • Before running the sample with a trained model, make sure the model is converted to the Inference Engine format (*.xml + *.bin) using the Model Optimizer tool.

  • The sample accepts models in ONNX format (.onnx) that do not require preprocessing.

Example

  1. Download a pre-trained model using Model Downloader :

    python <path_to_omz_tools>/downloader.py --name person-detection-retail-0013

  2. person-detection-retail-0013 model does not need to be converted, because it is already in necessary format, so you can skip this step. If you want to use a other model that is not in the Inference Engine IR or ONNX format, you can convert it using the model converter script:

python <path_to_omz_tools>/converter.py --name <model_name>

  1. For example, to perform inference on a CPU with the OpenVINO toolkit person detection SSD models, run one of the following commands:

<path_to_sample>/object_detection_sample_ssd_c -i <path_to_image>/inputImage.bmp -m <path_to_model>/person-detection-retail-0013.xml -d CPU
<path_to_sample>/object_detection_sample_ssd_c -i <path_to_image>/inputImage1.bmp <path_to_image>/inputImage2.bmp ... -m <path_to_model>/person-detection-retail-0013.xml -d CPU
<path_to_sample>/object_detection_sample_ssd_c -i <path_to_folder_with_images> -m <path_to_model>/person-detection-retail-0002.xml -d CPU

Sample Output

The application outputs several images (out_0.bmp, out_1.bmp, … ) with detected objects enclosed in rectangles. It outputs the list of classes of the detected objects along with the respective confidence values and the coordinates of the rectangles to the standard output stream.

<path_to_sample>/object_detection_sample_ssd_c -m person-detection-retail-0013.xml -i image_1.png image_2.jpg

[ INFO ] InferenceEngine:
<version><number>
[ INFO ] Parsing input parameters
[ INFO ] Files were added: 2
[ INFO ]     image_1.png
[ INFO ]     image_2.jpg
[ INFO ] Loading Inference Engine
[ INFO ] Device info:
         CPU
         MKLDNNPlugin version ......... <version><number>
         Build ......... <version><number>
[ INFO ] Loading network:
         person-detection-retail-0013.xml
[ INFO ] Preparing input blobs
[ WARNING ] Image is resized from (1699, 960) to (544, 320)
[ WARNING ] Image is resized from (614, 346) to (544, 320)
[ INFO ] Batch size is 2
[ INFO ] Preparing output blobs
[ INFO ] Loading model to the device
[ INFO ] Create infer request
[ INFO ] Start inference
[ INFO ] Processing output blobs
[0, 1] element, prob = 0.999090    (370, 201)-(634, 762) batch id : 0 WILL BE PRINTED!
[1, 1] element, prob = 0.997386    (836, 192)-(999, 663) batch id : 0 WILL BE PRINTED!
[2, 1] element, prob = 0.314753    (192, 2)-(265, 172) batch id : 0
...
[ INFO ] Image out_0.bmp created!
[ INFO ] Image out_1.bmp created!
[ INFO ] Execution successful

This sample is an API example, for any performance measurements please use the dedicated benchmark_app tool
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