Pose estimation

Step-by-step tutorial of how to integrate custom pose estimation neural network into Supervisely platform on the example of ViTPose.

Introduction

In this tutorial you will learn how to integrate your custom pose estimation model into Supervisely by creating a simple serving app. As an example, we will use ViTPose repository.

Getting started

Step 1. Prepare ~/supervisely.env file with credentials. Learn more here.

Step 2. Clone repository with source code and create Virtual Environment.

git clone https://github.com/supervisely-ecosystem/integrate-pose-estim-model
cd integrate-pose-estim-model
./create_venv.sh

Step 3. Open the repository directory in Visual Studio Code.

code -r .

Step 4. Run debug for script src/main.py

Python script

The integration script is simple:

1. Automatically downloads NN weights to ./my_model folder

2. Loads model on the CPU or GPU device

3. Runs inference on a demo image

4. Visualizes predictions on top of the input image

The entire integration Python script can be found in GitHub repository for this tutorial.

Implementation details

To integrate pose estimation model, you need to subclass sly.nn.inference.PoseEstimation and implement 3 methods:

• load_on_device method for downloading the weights and initializing the model on a specific device. Takes a model_dir argument, that is a directory for all model files (like configs, weights, etc). The second argument is a device - a torch.device like cuda:0, cpu.

• get_classes method should return a list of class names (strings) that model can predict.

• predict. The core implementation of a model inference. It takes a path to an image and inference settings as arguments, applies the model inference to the image and returns a list of predictions (which are sly.nn.PredictionKeypoints objects).

Overall structure

The overall structure of the class we will implement is looking like this:

class MyModel(sly.nn.inference.PoseEstimation):
    def load_on_device(
        self,
        model_dir: str,
        device: Literal["cpu", "cuda", "cuda:0", "cuda:1", "cuda:2", "cuda:3"] = "cpu",
    ):
        # preparing the model: model instantiating, downloading weights, loading it on device.
        pass

    def get_classes(self) -> List[str]:
        # returns a list of supported classes, e.g. ["cat", "dog", ...]
        # ...
        return class_names

    def predict(self, image_path: str, settings: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[sly.nn.PredictionKeypoints]:
        # the inference of a model here
        # ...
        return prediction

The superclass has a serve() method. To run the code and deploy the model on the Supervisely platform, m.serve() method should be executed:

if sly.is_production():
    m.serve()
else:
    # ...

And here is the beauty comes in. The method serve() internally handles everything and deploys your model as a REST API service on the Supervisely platform. It means that other applications are able to communicate with your model and get predictions from it.

So let's implement the class.

Step-by-step implementation

Defining imports and global variables

import supervisely as sly
from typing_extensions import Literal
from typing import List, Any, Dict, Optional
import warnings

warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
import torch
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from mmpose.apis import inference_top_down_pose_model, init_pose_model
import numpy as np
import os
from src.keypoints_template import template

load_dotenv("local.env")
load_dotenv(os.path.expanduser("~/supervisely.env"))

device = "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"
print("Using device:", device)

weights_url = "https://4mizfq.sn.files.1drv.com/y4mmN4HVKiAoyjCvPyKAWSK2Tkv5UaooeY2XmcUdxRwftMfZZ35N2kOIeyvgHzCiB2wW6yhYBdjU_nsoa2eHkSE7iWL903bTmUPrFWR3U5fPeMEXWOLVZwN2HaD-JRETuuDiLF249A_zeR3ZyxCLjnF4svHU2RLo3lgy918r59l5yA5UBrOCIE2-KpUFiF3nFo8Ae4Hf8ybzWYv7t7mbwotTQ"

1. load_on_device

The following code downloads model weights and builds the model according to config in my_model/pose_config.py. Also it will keep the model as a self.pose_model and classes as self.class_names for further use:

class MyModel(sly.nn.inference.PoseEstimation):
    def load_on_device(
        self,
        model_dir: str,
        device: Literal["cpu", "cuda", "cuda:0", "cuda:1", "cuda:2", "cuda:3"] = "cpu"
    ):
        # download model weights
        dst_weights_path = f"{model_dir}/vitpose-b.pth"
        if not os.path.exists(dst_weights_path):
            self.download(weights_url, dst_weights_path)
        # define model config and checkpoint
        pose_config = os.path.join(model_dir, "pose_config.py")
        pose_checkpoint = os.path.join(model_dir, "vitpose-b.pth")
        # buid model
        self.pose_model = init_pose_model(pose_config, pose_checkpoint, device=device)
        # define class names
        self.class_names = ["person_keypoints"]
        print(f"✅ Model has been successfully loaded on {device.upper()} device")

Here we are downloading the model weights by url, but it can be also downloaded by path in Supervisely Team Files. You can even pass a path to folder with the model, then an entire folder will be downloaded.

2. get_classes

Simply returns previously saved class_names:

    def get_classes(self) -> List[str]:
        return self.class_names  # e.g. ["cat", "dog", ...]

3. predict

Here we are reading an image and get inference of the model. The code here is usually borrowed from the framework or the model you use, that is ViTPose in our case. Then we wrap model predictions into sly.nn.PredictionKeypoints and do some post-processing steps.

    def predict(
        self, image_path: str, settings: Dict[str, Any]
    ) -> List[sly.nn.PredictionKeypoints]:
        # transfer crop from annotation tool to bounding box
        input_image = sly.image.read(image_path)
        img_height, img_width = input_image.shape[:2]
        bbox = [{"bbox": np.array([0, 0, img_width, img_height, 1.0])}]

        # get point labels
        point_labels = self.keypoints_template.point_names

        # inference pose estimator
        if "local_bboxes" in settings:
            bboxes = settings["local_bboxes"]
        elif "detected_bboxes" in settings:
            bboxes = settings["detected_bboxes"]
            for i in range(len(bboxes)):
                box = bboxes[i]["bbox"]
                bboxes[i] = {"bbox": np.array(box)}
        else:
            bboxes = bbox

        pose_results, returned_outputs = inference_top_down_pose_model(
            self.pose_model,
            image_path,
            bboxes,
            format="xyxy",
            dataset=self.pose_model.cfg.data.test.type,
        )

        # postprocess results
        point_threshold = settings.get("point_threshold", 0.01)
        results = []
        for result in pose_results:
            included_labels, included_point_coordinates = [], []
            point_coordinates, point_scores = result["keypoints"][:, :2], result["keypoints"][:, 2]
            for i, (point_coordinate, point_score) in enumerate(
                zip(point_coordinates, point_scores)
            ):
                if point_score >= point_threshold:
                    included_labels.append(point_labels[i])
                    included_point_coordinates.append(point_coordinate)
            results.append(
                sly.nn.PredictionKeypoints(
                    "person_keypoints", included_labels, included_point_coordinates
                )
            )
        return results

It must return exactly a list of sly.nn.PredictionKeypoints objects for compatibility with Supervisely format. Your code should just wrap the model predictions: sly.nn.PredictionKeypoints(class_name, point_labels, point_coordinates).

A Keypoints Template

In the predict() above we have used a self.keypoints_template. It is a sly.geometry.graph.KeypointsTemplate object, just a graph of keypoints. You can think of it as a skeleton of an object. For example, a human has a skeleton graph that is different for a cat's one. You may inspect the full code in src/keypoints_template.py where it is creating. Here is a shorted version of that:

from supervisely.geometry.graph import KeypointsTemplate
# build keypoints template
template = KeypointsTemplate()

# add nodes
template.add_point(label="nose", row=635, col=427)
template.add_point(label="left_eye", row=597, col=404)
template.add_point(label="right_eye", row=685, col=401)
# ...
# ...

# add edges
template.add_edge(src="left_ankle", dst="left_knee")
template.add_edge(src="left_knee", dst="left_hip")
template.add_edge(src="right_ankle", dst="right_knee")
# ...
# ...

Usage of our class

Once the class is created, here we initialize it and get one test prediction for debugging.

In the code below a custom_inference_settings is used. It allows us to provide a custom settings that could be used in predict() (See more in Customized Inference Tutorial)

model_dir = "my_model"  # model weights will be downloaded into this dir
settings = {"point_threshold": 0.1}

if not sly.is_production():
    # proposal bboxes are hardcoded for the example image.
    local_bboxes = [
        {"bbox": np.array([245, 72, 411, 375, 1.0])},
        {"bbox": np.array([450, 204, 633, 419, 1.0])},
        {"bbox": np.array([35, 69, 69, 164, 1.0])},
        {"bbox": np.array([551, 99, 604, 216, 1.0])},
        {"bbox": np.array([440, 72, 458, 106, 1.0])},
    ]
    settings["local_bboxes"] = local_bboxes

m = MyModel(
    model_dir=model_dir,
    custom_inference_settings=settings,
    keypoints_template=template,
)

m.load_on_device(model_dir=model_dir, device=device)

if sly.is_production():
    # this code block is running on Supervisely platform in production
    # just ignore it during development
    m.serve()
else:
    image_path = "./demo_data/image_01.jpg"
    results = m.predict(image_path, settings)

    vis_path = "./demo_data/image_01_prediction.jpg"
    m.visualize(results, image_path, vis_path, thickness=2)
    print(f"Predictions and visualization have been saved: {vis_path}")

Here are the input image and output predictions:

Input	Output

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Run and debug

The beauty of this class is that you can easily debug your code locally in your favorite IDE.

For now, we recommend using Visual Studio Code IDE, because our repositories have prepared settings for convenient debugging in VSCode. It is the easiest way to start.

Local debug

You can run the code locally for debugging. For Visual Studio Code we've created a launch.json config file that can be selected:

Local debug

Debug in Supervisely platform

Once the code seems working locally, it's time to test the code right in the Supervisely platform as a debugging app. For that:

1. If you develop in a Docker container, you should run the container with --cap_add=NET_ADMIN option.

2. Install sudo apt-get install wireguard iproute2.

3. Define your TEAM_ID in the local.env file. Actually there are other env variables that is needed, but they are already provided in ./vscode/launch.json for you.

4. Switch the launch.json config to the Advanced debug in Supervisely platform:

Advanced Debug in Supervisely

1. Run the code.

✅ It will deploy the model in the Supervisely platform as a regular serving App that is able to communicate with all others app in the platform:

Develop and Debug

Now you can use apps like Apply NN to Images, Apply NN to videos with your deployed model.

Or get the model inference via Python API with the help of sly.nn.inference.Session class just in one line of code. See Inference API Tutorial.

Release your code as a Supervisely App.

Once you've tested the code, it's time to release it into the platform. It can be released as an App that shared with the all Supervisely community, or as your own private App.

Refer to How to Release your App for all releasing details. For a private app check also Private App Tutorial.

In this tutorial we'll quickly observe the key concepts of our app.

Repository structure

The structure of our GitHub repository is the following:

.
├── README.md
├── config.json
├── create_venv.sh
├── requirements.txt
├── demo_data
│   ├── image_01.jpg
│   └── image_01_prediction.jpg
├── docker
│   ├── Dockerfile
│   └── publish.sh
├── local.env
├── my_model
│   └── pose_config.py
└── src
    ├── keypoints_template.py
    └── main.py

Explanation:

• src/main.py - main inference script

• src/keypoints_template.py - auxiliary script for creating a KeypointsTemplate, a graph of keypoints

• my_model - directory with model weights and additional config files

• demo_data - directory with demo image for inference

• README.md - readme of your application, it is the main page of an application in Ecosystem with some images, videos, and how-to-use guides

• config.json - configuration of the Supervisely application, which defines the name and description of the app, its context menu, icon, poster, and running settings

• create_venv.sh - creates a virtual environment, installs ViTPose and requirements.

• requirements.txt - all needed packages

• local.env - file with env variables used for debugging

• docker - directory with the custom Dockerfile for this application and the script that builds it and publishes it to the docker registry

App configuration

App configuration is stored in config.json file. A detailed explanation of all possible fields is covered in this Configuration Tutorial. Let's check the config for our current app:

{
  "type": "app",
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "name": "Serve custom Pose Estimation model",
  "description": "Demo app for integrating your custom pose estimation model",
  "categories": [
    "neural network",
    "images",
    "pose estimation",
    "keypoints detection",
    "serve",
    "development"
  ],
  "need_gpu": true,
  "community_agent": false,
  "session_tags": ["deployed_nn_keypoints"],
  "docker_image": "supervisely/mmpose-demo:1.0.2",
  "entrypoint": "python -m uvicorn src.main:m.app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000",
  "port": 8000,
  "headless": true
}

Here is an explanation for the fields:

• type - type of the module in Supervisely Ecosystem

• version - version of Supervisely App Engine. Just keep it by default

• name - the name of the application

• description - the description of the application

• categories - these tags are used to place the application in the correct category in Ecosystem.

• session_tags - these tags will be assigned to every running session of the application. They can be used by other apps to find and filter all running sessions

• "need_gpu": true - should be true if you want to use any cuda devices.

• "community_agent": false - this means that this app can not be run on the agents started by Supervisely team, so users have to connect their own computers and run the app only on their own agents. Only applicable in Community Edition. Enterprise customers use their private instances so they can ignore current option

• docker_image - Docker container will be started from the defined Docker image, github repository will be downloaded and mounted inside the container.

• entrypoint - the command that starts our application in a container

• port - port inside the container

• "headless": true means that the app has no User Interface