FasterRCNN

The dataset structure of FasterRCNN is identical to that of DetectNet_v2. The only difference is the command line used to generate the TFRecords from KITTI text labels. To generate TFRecords for FasterRCNN training, use this command:

            

            
tao faster_rcnn dataset_convert [-h] -d <dataset_spec>
                                     -o <output_tfrecords_file>
                                     [--gpu_index <gpu_index>]
        

Required Arguments

• -d, --dataset_spec: path to the dataset spec file.

• -o, --output_filename: path to the output TFRecords file.

Optional Arguments

• --gpu_index: The GPU index to run this command on. We can specify the GPU index used to run this command if the machine has multiple GPUs installed. Note that this command can only run on a single GPU.

The experiments specification (spec file for short) defines all the necessary parameters required to in the entire workflow of a FasterRCNN model, from training to export. Below is a sample of the FasterRCNN spec file. The format of the spec file is a protobuf text (prototxt) message and each of its fields can be either a basic data type or a nested proto message. The top level structure of the spec file is summarized in the table below. From the table, we can see the spec file has 9 components: random_seed, verbose, enc_key, dataset_config, augmentation_config, model_config, training_config, inference_config and evaluation_config.

Here’s a sample of the FasterRCNN spec file:

            

            
random_seed: 42
enc_key: 'nvidia_tlt'
verbose: True
model_config {
input_image_config {
image_type: RGB
image_channel_order: 'bgr'
size_height_width {
height: 384
width: 1248
}
    image_channel_mean {
        key: 'b'
        value: 103.939
}
    image_channel_mean {
        key: 'g'
        value: 116.779
}
    image_channel_mean {
        key: 'r'
        value: 123.68
}
image_scaling_factor: 1.0
max_objects_num_per_image: 100
}
arch: "resnet:18"
anchor_box_config {
scale: 64.0
scale: 128.0
scale: 256.0
ratio: 1.0
ratio: 0.5
ratio: 2.0
}
freeze_bn: True
freeze_blocks: 0
freeze_blocks: 1
roi_mini_batch: 256
rpn_stride: 16
use_bias: False
roi_pooling_config {
pool_size: 7
pool_size_2x: False
}
all_projections: True
use_pooling:False
}
dataset_config {
  data_sources: {
    tfrecords_path: "/workspace/tao-experiments/tfrecords/kitti_trainval/kitti_trainval*"
    image_directory_path: "/workspace/tao-experiments/data/training"
  }
image_extension: 'png'
target_class_mapping {
key: 'car'
value: 'car'
}
target_class_mapping {
key: 'van'
value: 'car'
}
target_class_mapping {
key: 'pedestrian'
value: 'person'
}
target_class_mapping {
key: 'person_sitting'
value: 'person'
}
target_class_mapping {
key: 'cyclist'
value: 'cyclist'
}
validation_fold: 0
}
augmentation_config {
preprocessing {
output_image_width: 1248
output_image_height: 384
output_image_channel: 3
min_bbox_width: 1.0
min_bbox_height: 1.0
}
spatial_augmentation {
hflip_probability: 0.5
vflip_probability: 0.0
zoom_min: 1.0
zoom_max: 1.0
translate_max_x: 0
translate_max_y: 0
}
color_augmentation {
hue_rotation_max: 0.0
saturation_shift_max: 0.0
contrast_scale_max: 0.0
contrast_center: 0.5
}
}
training_config {
enable_augmentation: True
enable_qat: False
batch_size_per_gpu: 8
num_epochs: 12
retrain_pruned_model: "/workspace/tao-experiments/data/faster_rcnn/model_1_pruned.tlt"
output_model: "/workspace/tao-experiments/data/faster_rcnn/frcnn_kitti_resnet18_retrain.tlt"
rpn_min_overlap: 0.3
rpn_max_overlap: 0.7
classifier_min_overlap: 0.0
classifier_max_overlap: 0.5
gt_as_roi: False
std_scaling: 1.0
classifier_regr_std {
key: 'x'
value: 10.0
}
classifier_regr_std {
key: 'y'
value: 10.0
}
classifier_regr_std {
key: 'w'
value: 5.0
}
classifier_regr_std {
key: 'h'
value: 5.0
}

rpn_mini_batch: 256
rpn_pre_nms_top_N: 12000
rpn_nms_max_boxes: 2000
rpn_nms_overlap_threshold: 0.7

regularizer {
type: L2
weight: 1e-4
}

optimizer {
sgd {
lr: 0.02
momentum: 0.9
decay: 0.0
nesterov: False
}
}

learning_rate {
soft_start {
base_lr: 0.02
start_lr: 0.002
soft_start: 0.1
annealing_points: 0.8
annealing_points: 0.9
annealing_divider: 10.0
}
}

lambda_rpn_regr: 1.0
lambda_rpn_class: 1.0
lambda_cls_regr: 1.0
lambda_cls_class: 1.0
}
inference_config {
images_dir: '/workspace/tao-experiments/data/testing/image_2'
model: '/workspace/tao-experiments/data/faster_rcnn/frcnn_kitti_resnet18_retrain.epoch12.tlt'
batch_size: 1
detection_image_output_dir: '/workspace/tao-experiments/data/faster_rcnn/inference_results_imgs_retrain'
labels_dump_dir: '/workspace/tao-experiments/data/faster_rcnn/inference_dump_labels_retrain'
rpn_pre_nms_top_N: 6000
rpn_nms_max_boxes: 300
rpn_nms_overlap_threshold: 0.7
object_confidence_thres: 0.0001
bbox_visualize_threshold: 0.6
classifier_nms_max_boxes: 100
classifier_nms_overlap_threshold: 0.3
#trt_inference {
#trt_engine: '/workspace/tao-experiments/data/faster_rcnn/trt.int8.engine'
#}
}
evaluation_config {
model: '/workspace/tao-experiments/data/faster_rcnn/frcnn_kitti_resnet18_retrain.epoch12.tlt'
batch_size: 1
validation_period_during_training: 1
rpn_pre_nms_top_N: 6000
rpn_nms_max_boxes: 300
rpn_nms_overlap_threshold: 0.7
classifier_nms_max_boxes: 100
classifier_nms_overlap_threshold: 0.3
object_confidence_thres: 0.0001
use_voc07_11point_metric:False
#trt_evaluation {
#trt_engine: '/workspace/tao-experiments/data/faster_rcnn/trt.int8.engine'
#}
gt_matching_iou_threshold: 0.5
}
        

Dataset

The dataset_config defines the dataset of a FasterRCNN experiments (including training dataset and validation dataset). The definition of FasterRCNN dataset is identical to that of DetectNet_v2. Check the DetectNet_v2 dataset_config documentation for the details of this parameter.

Data augmentation

The augmentation_config defines the data augmentation during the training of a FasterRCNN model. The definition of FasterRCNN data augmentation is identical to that of DetectNet_v2. Check the DetectNet_v2 augmentation_config documentation for the details of this parameter.

Model architecture

The model_config defines the FasterRCNN model architecture. In this parameter, we can choose the backbone of the FasterRCNN model, enabling BatchNormalization layers or not, whether or not to freeze the BatchNormalization layers during training, and whether or not to freeze some blocks in the model during training. With this parameter, we can define a specialized FasterRCNN model architecture from the general FasterRCNN application, according to the use cases. Detailed description of this parameter is summarized in the table below.

Each of the above proto message parameters will be described in detail below.

Input image configurations

The input_image_config defines the supported format of images by FasterRCNN model. We can customize the input image size, the per-channel mean values and scaling factor for image preprocessing. We can also specify the image type (RGB or grayscale) for our training/validation dataset, and the order of the channel if we are going to use RGB images during training. This is described in the table below in detail.

Anchor boxes

The parameter anchor_box_config defines the anchor box sizes and aspect ratios in the FasterRCNN model. There are two sub-parameters for it: scale and ratio. Each of them is a list of floats as below.

ROIPooling(CropAndResize)

The roi_pooling_config parameter defines the parameters required in ROIPooling(CropAndResize) layer in the model. Described in the table below.

Activation function

The parameter activation defines the type and parameter for the activation function in a FasterRCNN model. This parameter is only valid for EfficientNet.

Training configurations

The proto message training_config defines all the necessary parameters required for a FasterRCNN training experiment. Each parameter is described in the table below.

The description for regularizer, optimizer and learning_rate are summarized further below.

Regularizer

Optimizer

Three types of optimizers are supported by FasterRCNN: Adam, SGD and RMSProp. Only one of them should be specified in spec file. No matter which one is chosen, it will be wrapped in a optimizer proto. For example:

            

            
optimizer {
adam {
lr: 0.00001
beta_1: 0.9
beta_2: 0.999
decay: 0.0
}
}
        

The Adam optimizer parameters are summarized in the table below.

The SGD optimizer parameters are summarized in the table below.

The RMSProp optimizer parameters are summarized in the table below.

Learning rate scheduler

The parameter learning_rate defines the learning rate scheduler in a FasterRCNN training. Two types of learning rate schedulers are supported in FasterRCNN: soft_start and step. NO matter which one is chosen, it will be wrapped in a learning_rate proto message. For example:

            

            
learning_rate {
step {
base_lr: 0.00001
gamma: 1.0
step_size: 30
}
}
        

The parameters of soft_start scheduler is described in the table below.

The parameters of step scheduler is described in the table below.

Inference configurations

The parameter inference_config defines all the parameters required for running inference against a FasterRCNN model.

TensorRT based inference

The parameter trt_inference defines all the parameters for TensorRT based inference. When specified, Inference will use TensorRT engine instead of the .tlt model. The TensorRT engine is assumed to be generated by the tao-converter tool. All the parameters are summarized in the table below.

Evaluation configurations

The parameter evaluation_config defines all the required parameters for running evaluation against a FasterRCNN model. This parameter is very similar to inference_config.

TensorRT based evaluation

In the above table, the definition of trt_evaluation is the same as trt_inference parameter described before. The gt_matching_iou_threshold_range parameter is described in table below.

To run training of a FasterRCNN model, use this command:

            

            
tao faster_rcnn train [-h] -e <experiment_spec>
                           [-k <enc_key>]
                           [--gpus <num_gpus>]
                           [--num_processes <number_of_processes>]
                           [--gpu_index <gpu_index>]
                           [--use_amp]
                           [--log_file <log_file_path>]
        

Required Arguments

• -e, --experiment_spec_file: Experiment specification file to set up the evaluation experiment. This should be the same as training specification file.

Optional Arguments

• -h, --help: Show this help message and exit.

• -k, --enc_key: TAO encoding key, can override the one in the spec file.

• --gpus: The number of GPUs to be used in the training in a multi-GPU scenario (default: 1).

• --num_processes, -np: Number of processes to be spawned for training. It defaults to be -1(equal to --gpus, for the use case of data parallelism). In the case of model parallelism, this argument should be explicitly set to 1 or more, depending on the actual scenario. Setting --gpus to be larger than 1 and --num_processes to 1 correspoinding to the model parallelism use case; while setting both --gpus and num_processes to be larger than 1 corresponding to the case of enabling both model parallelism and data parallelism. For example, --gpus=4 and --num_processes=2 means 2 horovod processes will be spawned and each of them will occupy 2 GPUs for model parallelism.

• --gpu_index: The GPU indices used to run the training. We can specify the GPU indices used to run training when the machine has multiple GPUs installed.

• --use_amp: A flag to enable AMP training.

• --log_file: Path to the log file. Defaults to stdout.

Input Requirement

• Input size: C * W * H (where C = 1 or 3, W >= 128, H >= 128)

• Image format: JPG, JPEG, PNG

• Label format: KITTI detection

Sample Usage

Here’s an example of using the FasterRCNN training command:

            

            
tao faster_rcnn train --gpu_index 0 -e <experiment_spec>
        

Using a Pretrained Model

Usually, using a pretrained model (weights) file for the initial training of FasterRCNN helps get better accuracy. NVIDIA recommends using the pretrained weights provided in NVIDIA GPU Cloud (NGC). FasterRCNN loads the pretrained weights by name. That is, layer by layer, if TAO Toolkit finds a layer whose name and weights (bias) shape in the pretrained weights file matches a layer in the TAO model, it will load that layer’s weights (and bias, if any) into the model. If some layer in the TAO Toolkit cannot find a matching layer in the pretrained weights, then TAO Toolkit will skip that layer and will use random initialization for that layer instead. An exception is that if TAO Toolkit finds a matching layer in the pretrained weights (and bias, if any) but the shape of the pretrained weights (or bias, if any) in that layer does not match the shape of weights (bias) for the corresponding layer in a TAO model, it will also skip that layer.

For some layers that have no weights (bias), nothing will be done for it(hence will be skipped). So, in total, there are three possible statuses to indicate how a layer’s pretrained weights loading is going on:

• "Yes" means a layer has weights (bias) and is loaded from the pretrained weights file successfully for initialization.

• "No" means a layer has weights (bias) but due to mismatched weights (bias) shape(or probably something else), the weights (bias) cannot be loaded successfully and will use random initialization instead.

• "None" means a layer has no weights (bias) at all and will not load any weights. In the FasterRCNN training log, there is a table that shows the pretrained weights loading status for each layer in the model.

To use a pretrained model in FasterRCNN training, set the pretrained_weights path to point to a pretrained .tlt model (generated with the same encryption key as the FasterRCNN training), a Keras .hdf5 model or a Keras .h5 weights.

Re-training a pruned model

A FasterRCNN model can be retrained one or more times. The typical use case is retraining for a pruned model. To retrain an existing FasterRCNN model, set the retrain_pruned_model path to point to an existing FasterRCNN model.

Resuming an interrupted training

Sometimes a training job can be interrupted due to some reason (e.g., system crash). In these cases, there is no need to redo the training from the start. We can resume the interrupted training from the last checkpoint(saved .tlt model during training). In this case, set the resume_from_model path in spec file to point to the last checkpoint and re-run the training to resume the job.

Input shape: static and dynamic

FasterRCNN training can support both static input shape and dynamic input shape. Static input shape means the input’s width and height are constant numbers like 960 x 544. Static shape is the most commonly used case in practice. To enable static input shape, we should specify it in input_image_config and augmentation_config. We should use size_height_width in input_image_config to specify the input height and width. Again, we should specify the same two numbers in augmentation_config. That is, we specify the output_image_height and output_image_width in augmentation_config.

With static input shape, we can offline resize the images to the target resolution or we can enable automatic resize during training. By setting enable_auto_resize in augmentation_config to True we will enable automatic resize during training. Automatic resize will reduce the effort to manually resize the images each time we want to train the model on a different resolution. But since resize happens during training, it will potentially increase the training time. Users should make this tradeoff between offline resize and automatic(online) resize.

Dynamic input shape means the input’s height and width are not a constant number but rather can change during training for different images. This kind of input shape is originally proposed in the literature(such as in FasterRCNN paper) where we resize the image and keep aspect ratio such that the resultant image’s smaller side is a given number. Besides the limit on smaller side, we also have a limit on the larger side. If we resize and keep aspect ratio but the resultant image’s larger side’s size exceed this limit on larger side, then we will resize and keep aspect ratio such that the larger side’s size is a given number. In that case, the smaller side will be also no more than its limit. FasterRCNN can support this kind of dynamic input shape. To enable this feature, we have to specify size_min in input_image_config and specify output_image_min and output_image_max in augmentation_confg. size_min and output_image_min indicates the limit of the smaller side’s size, while output_image_max indicates the limit on the larger side’s size.

Note that there are some limitations regarding the dynamic shape of FasterRCNN.

• TAO FasterRCNN training/evaluation/inference can only work with batch size 1.

• TAO FasterRCNN export & DeepStream(TensorRT) inference/evaluation does not support dynamic shape for now.

Model parallelism

FasterRCNN supports model parallelism. Model parallelism is a technique that we split the entire model on multiple GPUs and each GPU will hold a part of the model. A model is splitted by layers. For example, if a model has 100 layers, then we can place the layer 0-49 on GPU 0 and layer 50-99 on GPU 1. Model parallelism will be useful when the model is huge and cannot fit into a single GPU even with batch size 1. Model parallelism is also useful if we want to increase the batch size that is seen by BatchNormalization layers and hence potentially improve the accuracy. This feature can be enabled by setting model_parallelism in training_config. For example,

            

            
model_parallelism: 0.3
model_parallelism: 0.7
        

will enable a 2-GPU model parallelism where the first GPU will hold 30% of the model layers and the second GPU will hold 70% of the model layers. The percentage of model layers can be adjusted with some trial-and-error so all GPUs consumes almost the same GPU memory size and in that case we can use the largest batch size for this model-parallelised training.

Model parallelism can be enabled jointly with data parallelism. For example, in above case we enabled a 2-GPU model parallelism, at the same time we can also enable 4 horovod processes for it. In this case, we have 4 horovod processes for data parallelism and each process will have the model splitted on 2 GPUs.

To run evaluation for a faster_rcnn model, use this command:

            

            
tao faster_rcnn evaluate [-h] -e <experiment_spec>
                              [-k <enc_key>]
                              [--gpu_index <gpu_index>]
                              [--log_file <log_file_path>]
        

Required Arguments

• -e, --experiment_spec_file: Experiment spec file to set up the evaluation experiment. This should be the same as a training spec file.

Optional Arguments

• -h, --help: show this help message and exit.

• -k, --enc_key：The encoding key, can override the one in the spec file.

• --gpu_index: The GPU index used to run the evaluation. We can specify the GPU index used to run evaluation when the machine has multiple GPUs installed. Note that evaluation can only run on a single GPU.

• --log_file: Path to the log file. Defaults to stdout.

Evaluation Metrics

The PASCAL VOC 2007 vs 2012 metrics

For FasterRCNN, the evaluation will produce 4 metrics for the evaluated model: AP (average precision), precision, recall and RPN_recall for each class in the evaluation dataset. inally, it will also print the mAP (mean average precision) as a single metric number. Two modes are supported for computing the AP, i.e., the PASCAL VOC 2007 and 2012 metrics. This can be configured in the spec file’s evaluation_config.use_voc_11_point_metric parameter. If this parameter is set to True, then AP calculation will use VOC 2007 method, otherwise it will use the VOC 2012 method.

Setting IoU value/range for computing AP/mAP

For matching the detected objects to groundtruth objects, we can define different IoU thresholds. An IoU of 0.5 is used in PASCAL VOC metrics, while in MS COCO a list of IoUs are used to compute the AP. For example, in MS COCO, the mAP@[0.5:0.05:0.95] is the averaged AP at 10 different IoUs, starting from 0.5 and ends with 0.95, with a step size of 0.05. TAO FasterRCNN supports evaluating AP at a list of IoUs and computing the mAP across the range of IoUs. Specifically, setting gt_matching_iou_threshold in evaluation_config will produce the AP/mAP at a single IoU; setting gt_matching_iou_threshold_range for a list (range) of IoUs will produce AP at these IoU values and the mAP. In order to compute PASCAL VOC mAP, we can set the former to 0.5. While in order to compute COCO mAP, we can set the latter to be start: 0.5, step: 0.05 and end: 1.0.

The RPN_recall metric indicates the recall capability of the RPN of the FasterRCNN model. The higher the RPN_recall metric, it means RPN can better detect an object as foreground (but it doesn’t say anything on which class this object belongs to since that is delegated to RCNN). The RPN_recall metric is mainly used for debugging on the accuracy issue of a FasterRCNN model.

Two Modes for Evaluation

The evaluation for FasterRCNN has two modes. It can run with either TAO backend or TensorRT backend. This behavior is also controlled via the spec file. The evaluation_config in the spec file can have an optional trt_evaluation sub-field that specifies which backend the evaluation will run with.

By default (if the trt_evaluation sub-field is not present in evaluation_config), evaluation will use TAO Toolkit as the backend. If the trt_evaluation sub-field is present, it can specify evaluation to run at TensorRT backend. In that case, the model to do inference is the TensorRT engine file from export or tao-converter.

To use a TensorRT engine file for TensorRT backend based evaluation, the trt_evaluation sub-field should look like this:

            

            
trt_evaluation {
trt_engine: '/workspace/tao-experiments/data/faster_rcnn/trt.int8.engine'
}
        

If the TensorRT inference data type is not INT8, the calibration_cache sub-field that provides the path to the INT8 calibration cache is not required. In INT8 case, the calibration cache should be generated via the tao faster_rcnn export command line in INT8 mode. See also the documentation of FasterRCNN spec file for the details of the trt_evaluation message structure.

The inference tool for FasterRCNN networks can be used to visualize bboxes or generate frame by frame KITTI format labels on a directory of images. You can execute this tool from the command line as shown here:

            

            
tao faster_rcnn inference [-h] -e <experiment_spec>
                               [-k <enc_key>]
                               [--gpu_index <gpu_index>]
                               [--log_file <log_file_path>]
        

Required Arguments

• -e, --experiment_spec_file: Path to the experiment specification file for FasterRCNN training.

Optional Arguments

• -h, --help: Print help log and exit.

• -k, --enc_key: The encoding key, can override the one in the spec file.

• --gpu_index: The GPU index to run inference on. We can specify the GPU index used to run inference if the machine has multiple GPUs installed. Note that inference can only run on a single GPU.

• --log_file: Path to the log file. Defaults to stdout.

Two Modes for Inference

The inference for FasterRCNN has two modes. It can run with either the TAO Toolkit backend or TensorRT backend. This behavior is also controlled via the spec file. The inference_config in the spec file can have an optional trt_inference sub-field that specifies which backend the inference will run with. By default (if the trt_inference sub-field is not present in inference_config), inference will use TAO Toolkit as the backend. If the trt_inference sub-field is present, it can specify inference to run at TensorRT backend. In that case, the model to do inference is the TensorRT engine file from export or tao-converter.

To use a TensorRT engine file for TensorRT backend based inference, the trt_inference sub-field should look like this:

            

            
trt_inference {
trt_engine: '/workspace/tao-experiments/data/faster_rcnn/trt.int8.engine'
}
        

If the TensorRT inference data type is not INT8, the calibration_cache sub-field that provides the path to the INT8 calibration cache is not required. In INT8 case, the calibration cache should be generated via the tao faster_rcnn export command line in INT8 mode. See also the documentation of FasterRCNN spec file for the details of the trt_inference message structure.

Pruning removes parameters from the model to reduce the model size without compromising the integrity of the model itself using the tao faster_rcnn prune command.

The tao faster_rcnn prune command includes these parameters:

            

            
tao faster_rcnn prune [-h] -m <model>
                           -o <output_file>
                           -k <key>
                           [-n <normalizer>]
                           [-eq <equalization_criterion>]
                           [-pg <pruning_granularity>]
                           [-pth <pruning threshold>]
                           [-nf <min_num_filters>]
                           [-el [<excluded_list>]
                           [--gpu_index <gpu_index>]
                           [--log_file <log_file_path>]
        

Required Arguments

• -m, --model: Path to a pretrained .tlt model to be pruned.

• -o, --output_file: Path to save the pruned .tlt model.

• -k, --ke: Key to load a :code`.tlt` model.

Optional Arguments

• -h, --help: Show this help message and exit.

• -n, –normalizer: max to normalize by dividing each norm by the maximum norm within a layer; L2 to normalize by dividing by the L2 norm of the vector comprising all kernel norms. (default: max)

• -eq, --equalization_criterion: Criteria to equalize the stats of inputs to an element wise op layer or depth-wise convolutional layer. This parameter is useful for resnets and mobilenets. Options are arithmetic_mean,:code:geometric_mean, union, and intersection. (default: union)

• -pg, -pruning_granularity: Number of filters to remove at a time (default:8)

• -pth: Threshold to compare normalized norm against (default:0.1)

  Note

  NVIDIA recommends changing the threshold to keep the number of parameters in the model to within 10-20% of the original unpruned model.

• -nf, --min_num_filters: Minimum number of filters to keep per layer (default:16)

• -el, --excluded_layers: List of excluded_layers. Examples: -i item1 item2 (default: [])

• --gpu_index: The GPU index to run pruning on. We can specify the GPU index used to run pruning if the machine has multiple GPUs installed. Note that pruning can only run on a single GPU.

• --log_file: Path to the log file. Defaults to stdout.

After pruning, the model needs to be retrained. See Re-training the Pruned Model for more details.

Using the Prune Command

Here’s an example of using the tao faster_rcnn prune command:

            

            
tao faster_rcnn prune -m /workspace/output/weights/resnet_003.tlt
                      -o /workspace/output/weights/resnet_003_pruned.tlt
                      -eq union
                      -pth 0.7
                      -k nvidia_tlt
        

Once the model has been pruned, there might be a slight decrease in accuracy. This happens because some previously useful weights may have been removed. In order to regain the accuracy, NVIDIA recommends that you retrain this pruned model over the same dataset. To do this, use the tao faster_rcnn train command as documented in Training the model with an updated spec file that points to the newly pruned model as the pretrained model file.

Users are advised to turn off the regularizer(set regularizer type to NO_REG) or use a smaller weight decay in the spec file to recover the accuracy when retraining a pruned model. All the other parameters may be retained in the spec file from the previous training.

For FasterRCNN, it is important to set the retrain_pruned_model path to point to the pruned model.

Exporting the model decouples the training process from inference and allows conversion to TensorRT engines outside the TAO environment. TensorRT engines are specific to each hardware configuration and should be generated for each unique inference environment. The exported model may be used universally across training and deployment hardware. The exported model format is referred to as .etlt. Like .tlt, the .etlt model format is also a encrypted model format with the same key of the .tlt model that it is exported from. This key is required when deploying this model.

FasterRCNN export can optionally generate a (partial) DeepStream configuration file and label file. See below.

INT8 Mode Overview

TensorRT engines can be generated in INT8 mode to improve performance, but require a calibration cache at engine creation-time. The calibration cache is generated using a calibration tensor file, if export is run with the --data_type flag set to int8. Pre-generating the calibration information and caching it removes the need for calibrating the model on the inference device. Using the calibration cache also speeds up engine creation as building the cache can take several minutes to generate depending on the size of the calibration data and the model itself.

The export tool can generate INT8 calibration cache by ingesting training data using either of these options:

• Option 1: Using the training data loader to load the training images for INT8 calibration. This option is now the recommended approach to support multiple image directories by leveraging the training dataset loader. This also ensures two important aspects of data during calibration:

  • Data pre-processing in the INT8 calibration step is the same as in the training process.

  • The data batches are sampled randomly across the entire training dataset, thereby improving the accuracy of the INT8 model.

• Option 2: Pointing the tool to a directory of images that you want to use to calibrate the model. For this option, make sure to create a sub-sampled directory of random images that best represent your training dataset.

FP16/FP32 Model

The calibration.bin is only required if you need to run inference at INT8 precision. For FP16/FP32 based inference, the export step is much simpler. All that is required is to provide a .tlt model from the training/retraining step to be converted into an .etlt.

Exporting the Model

Here’s an example of the tao faster_rcnn export command:

            

            
tao faster_rcnn export [-h] -m <path to the .tlt model file generated by training>
                            -k <key>
                            --experiment_spec <path to experiment spec file>
                            [-o <path to output file>]
                            [--cal_data_file <path to tensor file>]
                            [--cal_image_dir <path to the directory images to calibrate the model]
                            [--cal_cache_file <path to output calibration file>]
                            [--data_type <data type for the TensorRT backend during export>]
                            [--batches <number of batches to calibrate over>]
                            [--max_batch_size <maximum trt batch size>]
                            [--max_workspace_size <maximum workspace size]
                            [--batch_size <batch size to TensorRT engine>]
                            [--engine_file <path to the TensorRT engine file>]
                            [--gen_ds_config]
                            [--verbose]
                            [--strict_type_constraints]
                            [--force_ptq]
                            [--gpu_index <gpu_index>]
                            [--log_file <log_file_path>]
        

Required Arguments

• -m, --model: Path to the .tlt model file to be exported.

• -k, --key: Key used to save the .tlt model file.

• -e, --experiment_spec: Path to the spec file.

Optional Arguments

• -o, --output_file: Path to save the exported model to. The default is ./<input_file>.etlt.

• --data_type: Desired engine data type, generates calibration cache if in INT8 mode. The options are: {fp32, fp16, int8} The default value is fp32. If using INT8, the following INT8 arguments are required.

• --gen_ds_config: A Boolean flag indicating whether to generate the partial DeepStream related configuration (“nvinfer_config.txt”) as well as a label file (“labels.txt”) in the same directory as the output_file. Note that the config file is NOT a complete configuration file and requires the user to update the sample config files in DeepStream with the parameters generated.

• -s, --strict_type_constraints: A Boolean flag to indicate whether or not to apply the TensorRT strict type constraints when building the TensorRT engine.

• --gpu_index: The index of (discrete) GPUs used for exporting the model. We can specify the GPU index to run export if the machine has multiple GPUs installed. Note that export can only run on a single GPU.

• --log_file: Path to the log file. Defaults to stdout.

INT8 Export Mode Required Arguments

• --cal_data_file: The output tensorfile if used with --cal_image_dir.

• --cal_image_dir: Directory of images to use for calibration.

INT8 Export Optional Arguments

• --cal_cache_file: Path to save the calibration cache file. The default value is ./cal.bin.

• --batches: Number of batches to use for calibration and inference testing.The default value is 10.

• --batch_size: Batch size to use for calibration. The default value is 8.

• --max_batch_size: Maximum batch size of TensorRT engine. The default value is 16.

• --max_workspace_size: Maximum workspace size of TensorRT engine. The default value is: 1073741824(1<<30).

• --engine_file: Path to the serialized TensorRT engine file. Note that this file is hardware specific, and cannot be generalized across GPUs. Useful to quickly test your model accuracy using TensorRT on the host. As TensorRT engine file is hardware specific, you cannot use this engine file for deployment unless the deployment GPU is identical to training GPU.

• --force_ptq: A boolean flag to force post training quantization on the exported etlt model.

Exporting a Model

Here’s a sample command using the data loader for loading calibration data to calibrate a FasterRCNN model using option 1.

            

            
tao faster_rcnn export --gpu_index 0
                       -m $USER_EXPERIMENT_DIR/data/faster_rcnn/frcnn_kitti_resnet18_retrain.epoch12.tlt
                       -o $USER_EXPERIMENT_DIR/data/faster_rcnn/frcnn_kitti_resnet18_retrain_int8.etlt
                       -e $SPECS_DIR/default_spec_resnet18_retrain_spec.txt
                       -k nvidia_tlt
                       --data_type int8
                       --batch_size 8
                       --batches 10
                       --cal_cache_file $USER_EXPERIMENT_DIR/data/faster_rcnn/cal.bin
        

The deep learning and computer vision models that you’ve trained can be deployed on edge devices, such as a Jetson Xavier or Jetson Nano, a discrete GPU, or in the cloud with NVIDIA GPUs. TAO Toolkit has been designed to integrate with DeepStream SDK, so models trained with TAO Toolkit will work out of the box with DeepStream SDK.

DeepStream SDK is a streaming analytic toolkit to accelerate building AI-based video analytic applications. This section will describe how to deploy your trained model to DeepStream SDK.

To deploy a model trained by TAO Toolkit to DeepStream we have two options:

• Option 1: Integrate the .etlt model directly in the DeepStream app. The model file is generated by export.

• Option 2: Generate a device specific optimized TensorRT engine using tao-converter. The generated TensorRT engine file can also be ingested by DeepStream.

Machine-specific optimizations are done as part of the engine creation process, so a distinct engine should be generated for each environment and hardware configuration. If the TensorRT or CUDA libraries of the inference environment are updated (including minor version updates), or if a new model is generated, new engines need to be generated. Running an engine that was generated with a different version of TensorRT and CUDA is not supported and will cause unknown behavior that affects inference speed, accuracy, and stability, or it may fail to run altogether.

Option 1 is very straightforward. The .etlt file and calibration cache are directly used by DeepStream. DeepStream will automatically generate the TensorRT engine file and then run inference. TensorRT engine generation can take some time depending on size of the model and type of hardware. Engine generation can be done ahead of time with Option 2. With option 2, the tao-converter is used to convert the .etlt file to TensorRT; this file is then provided directly to DeepStream.

See the Exporting the Model section for more details on how to export a TAO model.

TensorRT Open Source Software (OSS)

TensorRT OSS build is required for FasterRCNN models. This is required because several TensorRT plugins that are required by these models are only available in TensorRT open source repo and not in the general TensorRT release. Specifically, for FasterRCNN, we need the cropAndResizePlugin and proposalPlugin.

If the deployment platform is x86 with NVIDIA GPU, follow instructions for x86. If your deployment is on NVIDIA Jetson platform, follow instructions for Jetson.

TensorRT OSS on x86

Building TensorRT OSS on x86:

1. Install Cmake (>=3.13).

   Note

   TensorRT OSS requires cmake >= v3.13, so install cmake 3.13 if your cmake version is lower than 3.13c

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   sudo apt remove --purge --auto-remove cmake
   wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.13.5/cmake-3.13.5.tar.gz
   tar xvf cmake-3.13.5.tar.gz
   cd cmake-3.13.5/
   ./configure
   make -j$(nproc)
   sudo make install
   sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/cmake /usr/bin/cmake
           

   
   

2. Get GPU architecture. The GPU_ARCHS value can be retrieved by the deviceQuery CUDA sample:

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   cd /usr/local/cuda/samples/1_Utilities/deviceQuery
   sudo make
   ./deviceQuery
           

   If the /usr/local/cuda/samples doesn’t exist in your system, you could download deviceQuery.cpp from this GitHub repo. Compile and run deviceQuery.

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   nvcc deviceQuery.cpp -o deviceQuery
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   This command will output something like this, which indicates the GPU_ARCHS is 75 based on CUDA Capability major/minor version.

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   Detected 2 CUDA Capable device(s)
   
   Device 0: "Tesla T4"
     CUDA Driver Version / Runtime Version          10.2 / 10.2
     CUDA Capability Major/Minor version number:    7.5
           

3. Build TensorRT OSS:

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   git clone -b 21.08 https://github.com/nvidia/TensorRT
   cd TensorRT/
   git submodule update --init --recursive
   export TRT_SOURCE=`pwd`
   cd $TRT_SOURCE
   mkdir -p build && cd build
           

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   Make sure your GPU_ARCHS from step 2 is in TensorRT OSS CMakeLists.txt. If GPU_ARCHS is not in TensorRT OSS CMakeLists.txt, add -DGPU_ARCHS=<VER> as below, where <VER> represents GPU_ARCHS from step 2.

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   /usr/local/bin/cmake .. -DGPU_ARCHS=xy  -DTRT_LIB_DIR=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/gcc -DTRT_BIN_DIR=`pwd`/out
   make nvinfer_plugin -j$(nproc)
           

   After building ends successfully, libnvinfer_plugin.so* will be generated under \`pwd\`/out/.

4. Replace the original libnvinfer_plugin.so*:

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   sudo mv /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnvinfer_plugin.so.8.x.y ${HOME}/libnvinfer_plugin.so.8.x.y.bak   // backup original libnvinfer_plugin.so.x.y
   sudo cp $TRT_SOURCE/`pwd`/out/libnvinfer_plugin.so.8.m.n  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnvinfer_plugin.so.8.x.y
   sudo ldconfig
           

TensorRT OSS on Jetson (ARM64)

1. Install Cmake (>=3.13)

   Note

   TensorRT OSS requires cmake >= v3.13, while the default cmake on Jetson/Ubuntu 18.04 is cmake 3.10.2.

   Upgrade TensorRT OSS using:

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   sudo apt remove --purge --auto-remove cmake
   wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.13.5/cmake-3.13.5.tar.gz
   tar xvf cmake-3.13.5.tar.gz
   cd cmake-3.13.5/
   ./configure
   make -j$(nproc)
   sudo make install
   sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/cmake /usr/bin/cmake
           

2. Get GPU architecture based on your platform. The GPU_ARCHS for different Jetson platform are given in the following table.

   Jetson Platform	GPU_ARCHS
   Nano/Tx1	53
   Tx2	62
   AGX Xavier/Xavier NX	72

3. Build TensorRT OSS:

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   git clone -b 21.03 https://github.com/nvidia/TensorRT
   cd TensorRT/
   git submodule update --init --recursive
   export TRT_SOURCE=`pwd`
   cd $TRT_SOURCE
   mkdir -p build && cd build
           

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   The -DGPU_ARCHS=72 below is for Xavier or NX, for other Jetson platform, change 72 referring to GPU_ARCHS from step 2.

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   make nvinfer_plugin -j$(nproc)
           

   After building ends successfully, libnvinfer_plugin.so* will be generated under ‘pwd’/out/.

4. Replace "libnvinfer_plugin.so*" with the newly generated.

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   sudo cp `pwd`/out/libnvinfer_plugin.so.8.m.n  /usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/libnvinfer_plugin.so.8.x.y
   sudo ldconfig
           

Generating an Engine Using tao-converter

The tao-converter tool is provided with the TAO Toolkit to facilitate the deployment of TAO trained models on TensorRT and/or Deepstream. This section elaborates on how to generate a TensorRT engine using tao-converter.

For deployment platforms with an x86-based CPU and discrete GPUs, the tao-converter is distributed within the TAO docker. Therefore, we suggest using the docker to generate the engine. However, this requires that the user adhere to the same minor version of TensorRT as distributed with the docker. The TAO docker includes TensorRT version 8.0.

Instructions for x86

1. Copy /opt/nvidia/tools/tao-converter to the target machine.

2. Install TensorRT for the respective target machine.

3. For FasterRCNN, we need to build TensorRT Open source software on the machine. Instructions to build TensorRT OSS on x86 can be found in TensorRT OSS on x86 section above or in this GitHub repo.

4. Run tao-converter using the sample command below and generate the engine.

Instructions for Jetson

For the Jetson platform, the tao-converter is available to download in the dev zone. Once the tao-converter is downloaded, follow the instructions below to generate a TensorRT engine.

1. Unzip tao-converter-trt7.1.zip on the target machine.

2. Install the open ssl package using the command:

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3. Export the following environment variables:

            

            
$ export TRT_LIB_PATH=”/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu”
$ export TRT_INC_PATH=”/usr/include/aarch64-linux-gnu”
        

4. For Jetson devices, TensorRT comes pre-installed with Jetpack. If you are using older JetPack, upgrade to the latest one that tao-converter can support.

5. For FasterRCNN, instructions to build TensorRT OSS on Jetson can be found in TensorRT OSS on Jetson (ARM64) section above or in this GitHub repo.

6. Run the tao-converter using the sample command below and generate the engine.

Using the tao-converter

            

            
tao-converter [-h] -k <encryption_key>
                   -d <input_dimensions>
                   -o <comma separated output nodes>
                   [-c <path to calibration cache file>]
                   [-e <path to output engine>]
                   [-b <calibration batch size>]
                   [-m <maximum batch size of the TRT engine>]
                   [-t <engine datatype>]
                   [-w <maximum workspace size of the TRT Engine>]
                   [-i <input dimension ordering>]
                   [-p <optimization_profiles>]
                   [-s]
                   [-u <DLA_core>]
                   input_file
        

Required Arguments

• input_file: Path to the .etlt model exported using export.

• -k: The key used to encode the .tlt model when doing the traning.

• -d: Comma-separated list of input dimensions that should match the dimensions used for export. Unlike export this cannot be inferred from calibration data. This parameter is not required for new models introduced in TAO Toolkit 3.0-21.08 (e.g., LPRNet, UNet, GazeNet, etc).

• -o: Comma-separated list of output blob names that should match the output configuration used for export. This parameter is not required for new models introduced in TAO Toolkit 3.0 (e.g., LPRNet, UNet, GazeNet, etc). For FasterRCNN, set this argument to NMS.

Optional Arguments

• -e: Path to save the engine to. (default: ./saved.engine)

• -t: Desired engine data type, generates calibration cache if in INT8 mode. The default value is fp32. The options are {fp32, fp16, int8}.

• -w: Maximum workspace size for the TensorRT engine. The default value is 1073741824(1<<30).

• -i: Input dimension ordering, all other TAO commands use NCHW. The default value is nchw. The options are {nchw, nhwc, nc}. For FasterRCNN, we can omit it (defaults to nchw).

• -p: Optimization profiles for .etlt models with dynamic shape. Comma separated list of optimization profile shapes in the format <input_name>,<min_shape>,<opt_shape>,<max_shape>, where each shape has the format: <n>x<c>x<h>x<w>. Can be specified multiple times if there are multiple input tensors for the model. This is only useful for new models introduced in TAO Toolkit 3.21.08. This parameter is not required for models that are already existed in version 2.0.

• -s: TensorRT strict type constraints. A Boolean to apply TensorRT strict type constraints when building the TensorRT engine.

• -u: Use DLA core. Specifying DLA core index when building the TensorRT engine on Jetson devices.

INT8 Mode Arguments

• -c: Path to calibration cache file, only used in INT8 mode. The default value is ./cal.bin.

• -b: Batch size used during the export step for INT8 calibration cache generation. (default: 8).

• -m: Maximum batch size for TensorRT engine.(default: 16). If meet with out-of-memory issue, please decrease the batch size accordingly. This parameter is not required for .etlt models generated with dynamic shape (This is only possible for new models introduced in TAO Toolkit 3.21.08).

Sample Output Log

Here is a sample log for exporting a FasterRCNN model.

            

            
tao-converter -d 3,544,960 \
              -k nvidia_tlt \
              -o NMS \
              /workspace/tao-experiments/faster_rcnn/resnet18_pruned.epoch45.etlt
..
[INFO] Some tactics do not have sufficient workspace memory to run. Increasing workspace size may increase performance, please check verbose output.
[INFO] Detected 1 inputs and 2 output network tensors.
        

Integrating the model to DeepStream

There are 2 options to integrate models from TAO with DeepStream:

• Option 1: Integrate the model (.etlt) with the encrypted key directly in the DeepStream app. The model file is generated by export.

• Option 2: Generate a device specific optimized TensorRT engine using tao-converter. The TensorRT engine file can also be ingested by DeepStream.

For FasterRCNN, we will need to build TensorRT Open source plugins and custom bounding box parser. The instructions are provided below in the TensorRT OSS section above and the required code can be found in this GitHub repo.

In order to integrate the models with DeepStream, you need the following:

1. Download and install DeepStream SDK. The installation instructions for DeepStream are provided in the DeepStream Development Guide.

2. An exported .etlt model file and optional calibration cache for INT8 precision.

3. TensorRT OSS Plugins .

4. A labels.txt file containing the labels for classes in the order in which the networks produces outputs.

5. A sample config_infer_*.txt file to configure the nvinfer element in DeepStream. The nvinfer element handles everything related to TensorRT optimization and engine creation in DeepStream.

DeepStream SDK ships with an end-to-end reference application which is fully configurable. Users can configure input sources, inference model, and output sinks. The app requires a primary object detection model, followed by an optional secondary classification model. The reference application is installed as deepstream-app. The graphic below shows the architecture of the reference application.

There are typically 2 or more configuration files that are used with this app. In the install directory, the config files are located in samples/configs/deepstream-app or sample/configs/tlt_pretrained_models. The main config file configures all the high level parameters in the pipeline above. This would set input source and resolution, number of inferences, tracker, and output sinks. The other supporting config files are for each individual inference engine. The inference specific config files are used to specify models, inference resolution, batch size, number of classes and other customization. The main config file will call all the supporting config files. Here are some config files in samples/configs/deepstream-app for your reference.

• source4_1080p_dec_infer-resnet_tracker_sgie_tiled_display_int8.txt: Main config file

• config_infer_primary.txt: Supporting config file for primary detector in the pipeline above

• config_infer_secondary_*.txt: Supporting config file for secondary classifier in the pipeline above

The deepstream-app will only work with the main config file. This file will most likely remain the same for all models and can be used directly from the DeepStream SDK will little to no change. User will only have to modify or create config_infer_primary.txt and config_infer_secondary_*.txt.

Integrating a FasterRCNN Model

To run a FasterRCNN model in DeepStream, you need a label file and a DeepStream configuration file. In addition, you need to compile the TensorRT Open source software and FasterRCNN bounding box parser for DeepStream.

A DeepStream sample with documentation on how to run inference using the trained FasterRCNN models from TAO Toolkit is provided on GitHub here.

Prerequisite for FasterRCNN Model

1. FasterRCNN requires the cropAndResizePlugin and the proposalPlugin. This plugin is available in the TensorRT open source repo. Detailed instructions to build TensorRT OSS can be found in TensorRT Open Source Software (OSS).

2. FasterRCNN requires custom bounding box parsers that are not built-in inside the DeepStream SDK. The source code to build custom bounding box parsers for FasterRCNN is available here. The following instructions can be used to build bounding box parser:

Step 1: Install git-lfs (git >= 1.8.2)

            

            
curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/
script.deb.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt-get install git-lfs
git lfs install
        

Step 2: Download Source Code with SSH or HTTPS

            

            
git clone -b release/tlt3.0 https://github.com/NVIDIA-AI-IOT/deepstream_tlt_apps
        

Step 3: Build

            

            
// or Path for DS installation
export CUDA_VER=10.2         // CUDA version, e.g. 10.2
make
        

This generates libnvds_infercustomparser_tlt.so in the directory post_processor.

Label File

The label file is a text file containing the names of the classes that the FasterRCNN model is trained to detect. The order in which the classes are listed here must match the order in which the model predicts the output. This order is derived from the order the objects are instantiated in the target_class_mapping field of the FasterRCNN experiment specification file. During the training, TAO FasterRCNN will make all the class names in lower case and sort them in alphabetical order. For example, if the target_class_mapping label file is:

            

            
target_class_mapping {
    key: "car"
    value: "car"
  }
  target_class_mapping {
    key: "person"
    value: "person"
  }
  target_class_mapping {
    key: "bicycle"
    value: "bicycle"
  }
        

The actual class name list is bicycle, car, person. The example of the corresponding label_file_frcnn.txt file is (we always append a background class at the end):

            

            
bicycle
car
person
background
        

DeepStream Configuration File

The detection model is typically used as a primary inference engine. It can also be used as a secondary inference engine. To run this model in the sample deepstream-app, you must modify the existing config_infer_primary.txt file to point to this model as well as the custom parser.

Option 1: Integrate the model (.etlt) directly in the DeepStream app.

For this option, users will need to add the following parameters in the configuration file. The int8-calib-file is only required for INT8 precision.

            

            
tlt-encoded-model=<TLT exported .etlt>
tlt-model-key=<Model export key>
int8-calib-file=<Calibration cache file>
        

The tlt-encoded-model parameter points to the exported model (.etlt) from TAO Toolkit. The tlt-model-key is the encryption key used during model export.

Option 2: Integrate TensorRT engine file with DeepStream app.

Step 1: Generate TensorRT engine using tao-converter. See the Generating an engine using tao-converter section above for detailed instructions.

Step 2: Once the engine file is generated successfully, modify the following parameters to use this engine with DeepStream.

            

            
model-engine-file=<PATH to generated TensorRT engine>
        

All other parameters are common between the 2 approaches. To use the custom bounding box parser instead of the default parsers in DeepStream, modify the following parameters in [property] section of primary infer configuration file:

            

            
parse-bbox-func-name=NvDsInferParseCustomNMSTLT
custom-lib-path=<PATH to libnvds_infercustomparser_tlt.so>
        

Add the label file generated above using:

            

            
labelfile-path=<Classification labels>
        

For all the options, see the configuration file below. To learn about what all the parameters are used for, refer to DeepStream Development Guide.

Here’s a sample config file, config_infer_primary.txt:

            

            
[property]
gpu-id=0
net-scale-factor=1.0
offsets=<image mean values as in the training spec file> # e.g.: 103.939;116.779;123.68
model-color-format=1
labelfile-path=<Path to frcnn_labels.txt>
tlt-encoded-model=<Path to FasterRCNN model>
tlt-model-key=<Key to decrypt the model>
infer-dims=<c;h;w> # e.g., 3;544;960 Where c = number of channels, h = height of the model input, w = width of model input
uff-input-order=0
uff-input-blob-name=<input_blob_name> # e.g.: input_image
batch-size=<batch size> e.g.: 1
## 0=FP32, 1=INT8, 2=FP16 mode
network-mode=0
num-detected-classes=<number of classes to detect(including background)> #
e.g.: 5
interval=0
gie-unique-id=1
is-classifier=0
#network-type=0
output-blob-names=<output_blob_names> e.g.: NMS
parse-bbox-func-name=NvDsInferParseCustomNMSTLT
custom-lib-path=<PATH to libnvds_infercustomparser_tlt.so>

[class-attrs-all]
pre-cluster-threshold=0.6
roi-top-offset=0
roi-bottom-offset=0
detected-min-w=0
detected-min-h=0
detected-max-w=0
detected-max-h=0