DetectNet_v2 tensorrt License Plate Detection (LPDNet)

Hi,

I have made a tensorrt engine of the model downloadable from here: tlt-converter -k nvidia_tlt -d 3,480,640 -p image_input,1x3x480x640,4x3x480x640,16x3x480x640 usa_pruned.etlt -t fp16 -e lpd_engine.trt

The model is based off of DetectNet_v2. Has anyone managed to get this or a other DetectNet_v2 model working with tensorrt in python?

Here is the code I have so far:

import os
import time

import cv2
#import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import pycuda.autoinit
import pycuda.driver as cuda
import tensorrt as trt
import pdb


class HostDeviceMem(object):
    def __init__(self, host_mem, device_mem):
        self.host = host_mem
        self.device = device_mem

    def __str__(self):
        return "Host:\n" + str(self.host) + "\nDevice:\n" + str(self.device)

    def __repr__(self):
        return self.__str__()


def load_engine(trt_runtime, engine_path):
    with open(engine_path, "rb") as f:
        engine_data = f.read()
    engine = trt_runtime.deserialize_cuda_engine(engine_data)
    return engine

# Allocates all buffers required for an engine, i.e. host/device inputs/outputs.
def allocate_buffers(engine, batch_size=1):
    inputs = []
    outputs = []
    bindings = []
    stream = cuda.Stream()
    for binding in engine:
        # pdb.set_trace()
        size = trt.volume(engine.get_binding_shape(binding)) * batch_size
        dtype = trt.nptype(engine.get_binding_dtype(binding))
        # Allocate host and device buffers
        host_mem = cuda.pagelocked_empty(size, dtype)
        device_mem = cuda.mem_alloc(host_mem.nbytes)
        # Append the device buffer to device bindings.
        bindings.append(int(device_mem))
        # Append to the appropriate list.
        if engine.binding_is_input(binding):
            inputs.append(HostDeviceMem(host_mem, device_mem))
            print(f"input: shape:{engine.get_binding_shape(binding)} dtype:{engine.get_binding_dtype(binding)}")
        else:
            outputs.append(HostDeviceMem(host_mem, device_mem))
            print(f"output: shape:{engine.get_binding_shape(binding)} dtype:{engine.get_binding_dtype(binding)}")
    return inputs, outputs, bindings, stream



def do_inference(context, bindings, inputs, outputs, stream, batch_size=1):
    # Transfer input data to the GPU.
    [cuda.memcpy_htod_async(inp.device, inp.host, stream) for inp in inputs]
    # Run inference.
    context.execute_async(
        batch_size=batch_size, bindings=bindings, stream_handle=stream.handle
    )
    # Transfer predictions back from the GPU.
    [cuda.memcpy_dtoh_async(out.host, out.device, stream) for out in outputs]
    # Synchronize the stream
    stream.synchronize()
    # Return only the host outputs.
    return [out.host for out in outputs]

# TensorRT logger singleton
os.environ["CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES"] = "1"
TRT_LOGGER = trt.Logger(trt.Logger.WARNING)
trt_engine_path = "lpd.trt"

trt_runtime = trt.Runtime(TRT_LOGGER)
# pdb.set_trace()
trt_engine = load_engine(trt_runtime, trt_engine_path)
# Execution context is needed for inference
context = trt_engine.create_execution_context()
# This allocates memory for network inputs/outputs on both CPU and GPU
inputs, outputs, bindings, stream = allocate_buffers(trt_engine)

# pdb.set_trace()
image = cv2.imread("car.jpg")
image = cv2.resize(image, (640, 480))

np.copyto(inputs[0].host, image.ravel())

outputs = do_inference(context, bindings=bindings, inputs=inputs, outputs=outputs, stream=stream)
test1 = np.reshape(outputs[0], (4, 30, 40))
test2 = np.reshape(outputs[1], (1, 30, 40))
print(outputs)

Exporting the tensorrt engine and then running this code works. I am just unable to interpret this output. The output is supposedly a

40x30x12 bbox coordinate tensor and 40x30x3 class confidence tensor.

So I then reshape it into these dimensions but the bbox coordinate tensor has decimals which I can’t convert to pixel coords.

I hope this is relevant to the repo - I think it could be a nice addition once it works.