post_processing.proto

syntax = "proto2";

package object_detection.protos;

// Configuration proto for non-max-suppression operation on a batch of
// detections.
message BatchNonMaxSuppression {
  // Scalar threshold for score (low scoring boxes are removed).
  optional float score_threshold = 1 [default = 0.0];

  // Scalar threshold for IOU (boxes that have high IOU overlap
  // with previously selected boxes are removed).
  optional float iou_threshold = 2 [default = 0.6];

  // Maximum number of detections to retain per class.
  optional int32 max_detections_per_class = 3 [default = 100];

  // Maximum number of detections to retain across all classes.
  optional int32 max_total_detections = 5 [default = 100];
}

// Configuration proto for post-processing predicted boxes and
// scores.
message PostProcessing {
  // Non max suppression parameters.
  optional BatchNonMaxSuppression batch_non_max_suppression = 1;

  // Enum to specify how to convert the detection scores.
  enum ScoreConverter {
    // Input scores equals output scores.
    IDENTITY = 0;

    // Applies a sigmoid on input scores.
    SIGMOID = 1;

    // Applies a softmax on input scores
    SOFTMAX = 2;
  }

  // Score converter to use.
  optional ScoreConverter score_converter = 2 [default = IDENTITY];
  // Scale logit (input) value before conversion in post-processing step.
  // Typically used for softmax distillation, though can be used to scale for
  // other reasons.
  optional float logit_scale = 3 [default = 1.0];
}