Convert a TensorFlow Model to OpenVINO™

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This short tutorial shows how to convert a TensorFlow MobileNetV3 image classification model to OpenVINO Intermediate Representation (OpenVINO IR) format, using Model Conversion API. After creating the OpenVINO IR, load the model in OpenVINO Runtime and do inference with a sample image.

Table of contents:

# Install openvino package
%pip install -q "openvino>=2023.1.0"

Note: you may need to restart the kernel to use updated packages.

Imports

import time
from pathlib import Path

import cv2
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import openvino as ov
import tensorflow as tf

# Fetch `notebook_utils` module
import urllib.request
urllib.request.urlretrieve(
    url='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openvinotoolkit/openvino_notebooks/main/notebooks/utils/notebook_utils.py',
    filename='notebook_utils.py'
)

from notebook_utils import download_file

2024-03-12 22:18:47.211125: I tensorflow/core/util/port.cc:110] oneDNN custom operations are on. You may see slightly different numerical results due to floating-point round-off errors from different computation orders. To turn them off, set the environment variable TF_ENABLE_ONEDNN_OPTS=0.
2024-03-12 22:18:47.245088: I tensorflow/core/platform/cpu_feature_guard.cc:182] This TensorFlow binary is optimized to use available CPU instructions in performance-critical operations.
To enable the following instructions: AVX2 AVX512F AVX512_VNNI FMA, in other operations, rebuild TensorFlow with the appropriate compiler flags.
2024-03-12 22:18:47.761261: W tensorflow/compiler/tf2tensorrt/utils/py_utils.cc:38] TF-TRT Warning: Could not find TensorRT

Settings

# The paths of the source and converted models.
model_dir = Path("model")
model_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)

model_path = Path("model/v3-small_224_1.0_float")

ir_path = Path("model/v3-small_224_1.0_float.xml")

Download model

Load model using tf.keras.applications api and save it to the disk.

model = tf.keras.applications.MobileNetV3Small()
model.save(model_path)

WARNING:tensorflow:input_shape is undefined or non-square, or rows is not 224. Weights for input shape (224, 224) will be loaded as the default.
2024-03-12 22:18:50.501463: E tensorflow/compiler/xla/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_driver.cc:266] failed call to cuInit: CUDA_ERROR_COMPAT_NOT_SUPPORTED_ON_DEVICE: forward compatibility was attempted on non supported HW
2024-03-12 22:18:50.501497: I tensorflow/compiler/xla/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_diagnostics.cc:168] retrieving CUDA diagnostic information for host: iotg-dev-workstation-07
2024-03-12 22:18:50.501501: I tensorflow/compiler/xla/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_diagnostics.cc:175] hostname: iotg-dev-workstation-07
2024-03-12 22:18:50.501645: I tensorflow/compiler/xla/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_diagnostics.cc:199] libcuda reported version is: 470.223.2
2024-03-12 22:18:50.501661: I tensorflow/compiler/xla/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_diagnostics.cc:203] kernel reported version is: 470.182.3
2024-03-12 22:18:50.501665: E tensorflow/compiler/xla/stream_executor/cuda/cuda_diagnostics.cc:312] kernel version 470.182.3 does not match DSO version 470.223.2 -- cannot find working devices in this configuration

WARNING:tensorflow:Compiled the loaded model, but the compiled metrics have yet to be built. model.compile_metrics will be empty until you train or evaluate the model.
2024-03-12 22:18:54.762256: I tensorflow/core/common_runtime/executor.cc:1197] [/device:CPU:0] (DEBUG INFO) Executor start aborting (this does not indicate an error and you can ignore this message): INVALID_ARGUMENT: You must feed a value for placeholder tensor 'inputs' with dtype float and shape [?,1,1,1024]
     [[{{node inputs}}]]

2024-03-12 22:18:57.938498: I tensorflow/core/common_runtime/executor.cc:1197] [/device:CPU:0] (DEBUG INFO) Executor start aborting (this does not indicate an error and you can ignore this message): INVALID_ARGUMENT: You must feed a value for placeholder tensor 'inputs' with dtype float and shape [?,1,1,1024]
     [[{{node inputs}}]]
WARNING:absl:Found untraced functions such as _jit_compiled_convolution_op, _jit_compiled_convolution_op, _jit_compiled_convolution_op, _jit_compiled_convolution_op, _jit_compiled_convolution_op while saving (showing 5 of 54). These functions will not be directly callable after loading.

INFO:tensorflow:Assets written to: model/v3-small_224_1.0_float/assets

INFO:tensorflow:Assets written to: model/v3-small_224_1.0_float/assets

Convert a Model to OpenVINO IR Format

Convert a TensorFlow Model to OpenVINO IR Format

Use the model conversion Python API to convert the TensorFlow model to OpenVINO IR. The ov.convert_model function accept path to saved model directory and returns OpenVINO Model class instance which represents this model. Obtained model is ready to use and to be loaded on a device using ov.compile_model or can be saved on a disk using the ov.save_model function. See the tutorial for more information about using model conversion API with TensorFlow models.

# Run model conversion API if the IR model file does not exist
if not ir_path.exists():
    print("Exporting TensorFlow model to IR... This may take a few minutes.")
    ov_model = ov.convert_model(model_path, input=[[1, 224, 224, 3]])
    ov.save_model(ov_model, ir_path)
else:
    print(f"IR model {ir_path} already exists.")

Exporting TensorFlow model to IR... This may take a few minutes.

Test Inference on the Converted Model

Load the Model

core = ov.Core()
model = core.read_model(ir_path)

Select inference device

select device from dropdown list for running inference using OpenVINO

import ipywidgets as widgets

device = widgets.Dropdown(
    options=core.available_devices + ["AUTO"],
    value='AUTO',
    description='Device:',
    disabled=False,
)

device

Dropdown(description='Device:', index=1, options=('CPU', 'AUTO'), value='AUTO')

compiled_model = core.compile_model(model=model, device_name=device.value)

Get Model Information

input_key = compiled_model.input(0)
output_key = compiled_model.output(0)
network_input_shape = input_key.shape

Load an Image

Load an image, resize it, and convert it to the input shape of the network.

# Download the image from the openvino_notebooks storage
image_filename = download_file(
    "https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino_notebooks/data/data/image/coco.jpg",
    directory="data"
)

# The MobileNet network expects images in RGB format.
image = cv2.cvtColor(cv2.imread(filename=str(image_filename)), code=cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)

# Resize the image to the network input shape.
resized_image = cv2.resize(src=image, dsize=(224, 224))

# Transpose the image to the network input shape.
input_image = np.expand_dims(resized_image, 0)

plt.imshow(image);

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Do Inference

result = compiled_model(input_image)[output_key]

result_index = np.argmax(result)

# Download the datasets from the openvino_notebooks storage
image_filename = download_file(
    "https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/repositories/openvino_notebooks/data/data/datasets/imagenet/imagenet_2012.txt",
    directory="data"
)

# Convert the inference result to a class name.
imagenet_classes = image_filename.read_text().splitlines()

imagenet_classes[result_index]

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'n02099267 flat-coated retriever'

Timing

Measure the time it takes to do inference on thousand images. This gives an indication of performance. For more accurate benchmarking, use the Benchmark Tool in OpenVINO. Note that many optimizations are possible to improve the performance.

num_images = 1000

start = time.perf_counter()

for _ in range(num_images):
    compiled_model([input_image])

end = time.perf_counter()
time_ir = end - start

print(
    f"IR model in OpenVINO Runtime/CPU: {time_ir/num_images:.4f} "
    f"seconds per image, FPS: {num_images/time_ir:.2f}"
)

IR model in OpenVINO Runtime/CPU: 0.0011 seconds per image, FPS: 946.40