Vehicle Detection Using YOLO v2 Deployed to FPGA

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This example shows how to train and deploy a you look only once (YOLO) v2 object detector.

Deep learning is a powerful machine learning technique that you can use to train robust object detectors. Several techniques for object detection exist, including Faster R-CNN and you only look once (YOLO) v2. This example trains a YOLO v2 vehicle detector using the trainYOLOv2ObjectDetector function.

Load Dataset

This example uses a small vehicle dataset that contains 295 images. Each image contains one or two labeled instances of a vehicle. A small dataset is useful for exploring the YOLO v2 training procedure, but in practice, more labeled images are needed to train a robust detector. Unzip the vehicle images and load the vehicle ground truth data.

unzip vehicleDatasetImages.zip
data = load('vehicleDatasetGroundTruth.mat');
vehicleDataset = data.vehicleDataset;

The vehicle data is stored in a two-column table, where the first column contains the image file paths and the second column contains the vehicle bounding boxes.

% Add the fullpath to the local vehicle data folder.
vehicleDataset.imageFilename = fullfile(pwd,vehicleDataset.imageFilename);

Split the dataset into training and test sets. Select 60% of the data for training and the rest for testing the trained detector.

rng(0);
shuffledIndices = randperm(height(vehicleDataset));
idx = floor(0.6 * length(shuffledIndices) );
trainingDataTbl = vehicleDataset(shuffledIndices(1:idx),:);
testDataTbl = vehicleDataset(shuffledIndices(idx+1:end),:);

Use imageDatastore and boxLabelDataStore to create datastores for loading the image and label data during training and evaluation.

imdsTrain = imageDatastore(trainingDataTbl{:,'imageFilename'});
bldsTrain = boxLabelDatastore(trainingDataTbl(:,'vehicle'));

imdsTest = imageDatastore(testDataTbl{:,'imageFilename'});
bldsTest = boxLabelDatastore(testDataTbl(:,'vehicle'));

Combine image and box label datastores.

trainingData = combine(imdsTrain,bldsTrain);
testData = combine(imdsTest,bldsTest);

Create a YOLO v2 Object Detection Network

A YOLO v2 object detection network is composed of two subnetworks. A feature extraction network followed by a detection network. The feature extraction network is typically a pretrained CNN (for details, see Pretrained Deep Neural Networks). This example uses AlexNet for feature extraction. You can also use other pretrained networks such as MobileNet v2 or ResNet-18 can also be used depending on application requirements. The detection sub-network is a small CNN compared to the feature extraction network and is composed of a few convolutional layers and layers specific for YOLO v2.

Use the yolov2Layers function to create a YOLO v2 object detection network automatically given a pretrained ResNet-50 feature extraction network. yolov2Layers requires you to specify several inputs that parameterize a YOLO v2 network:

  • Network input size

  • Anchor boxes

  • Feature extraction network

First, specify the network input size and the number of classes. When choosing the network input size, consider the minimum size required by the network itself, the size of the training images, and the computational cost incurred by processing data at the selected size. When feasible, choose a network input size that is close to the size of the training image and larger than the input size required for the network. To reduce the computational cost of running the example, specify a network input size of [224 224 3], which is the minimum size required to run the network.

inputSize = [224 224 3];

Define the number of object classes to detect.

numClasses = width(vehicleDataset)-1;

Note that the training images used in this example are bigger than 224-by-224 and vary in size, so you must resize the images in a preprocessing step prior to training.

Next, use estimateAnchorBoxes to estimate anchor boxes based on the size of objects in the training data. To account for the resizing of the images prior to training, resize the training data for estimating anchor boxes. Use transform to preprocess the training data, then define the number of anchor boxes and estimate the anchor boxes. Resize the training data to the input image size of the network using the supporting function yolo_preprocessData.

trainingDataForEstimation = transform(trainingData,@(data)yolo_preprocessData(data,inputSize));
numAnchors = 7;
[anchorBoxes, meanIoU] = estimateAnchorBoxes(trainingDataForEstimation, numAnchors)
anchorBoxes = 7×2

   145   126
    91    86
   161   132
    41    34
    67    64
   136   111
    33    23


meanIoU = 0.8651

For more information on choosing anchor boxes, see Estimate Anchor Boxes From Training Data (Computer Vision Toolbox) (Computer Vision Toolbox™) and Anchor Boxes for Object Detection (Computer Vision Toolbox).

Now, use alexnet to load a pretrained AlexNet model.

featureExtractionNetwork = alexnet
featureExtractionNetwork = 
  SeriesNetwork with properties:

         Layers: [25×1 nnet.cnn.layer.Layer]
     InputNames: {'data'}
    OutputNames: {'output'}

Select 'relu5' as the feature extraction layer to replace the layers after 'relu5' with the detection subnetwork. This feature extraction layer outputs feature maps that are downsampled by a factor of 16. This amount of downsampling is a good trade-off between spatial resolution and the strength of the extracted features, as features extracted further down the network encode stronger image features at the cost of spatial resolution. Choosing the optimal feature extraction layer requires empirical analysis.

featureLayer = 'relu5';

Create the YOLO v2 object detection network. .

lgraph = yolov2Layers(inputSize,numClasses,anchorBoxes,featureExtractionNetwork,featureLayer);

You can visualize the network using analyzeNetwork or Deep Network Designer from Deep Learning Toolbox™.

If more control is required over the YOLO v2 network architecture, use Deep Network Designer to design the YOLO v2 detection network manually. For more information, see Design a YOLO v2 Detection Network (Computer Vision Toolbox).

Data Augmentation

Data augmentation is used to improve network accuracy by randomly transforming the original data during training. By using data augmentation you can add more variety to the training data without actually having to increase the number of labeled training samples.

Use transform to augment the training data by randomly flipping the image and associated box labels horizontally. Note that data augmentation is not applied to the test and validation data. Ideally, test and validation data should be representative of the original data and is left unmodified for unbiased evaluation.

augmentedTrainingData = transform(trainingData,@yolo_augmentData);

Preprocess Training Data and Train YOLO v2 Object Detector

Preprocess the augmented training data, and the validation data to prepare for training.

preprocessedTrainingData = transform(augmentedTrainingData,@(data)yolo_preprocessData(data,inputSize));

Use trainingOptions to specify network training options. Set 'ValidationData' to the preprocessed validation data. Set 'CheckpointPath' to a temporary location. This enables the saving of partially trained detectors during the training process. If training is interrupted, such as by a power outage or system failure, you can resume training from the saved checkpoint.

options = trainingOptions('sgdm', ...
        'MiniBatchSize', 16, ....
        'InitialLearnRate',1e-3, ...
        'MaxEpochs',20,...
        'CheckpointPath', tempdir, ...
        'Shuffle','never');

Use trainYOLOv2ObjectDetector function to train YOLO v2 object detector.

[detector,info] = trainYOLOv2ObjectDetector(preprocessedTrainingData,lgraph,options);
*************************************************************************
Training a YOLO v2 Object Detector for the following object classes:

* vehicle

Training on single CPU.
Initializing input data normalization.
|========================================================================================|
|  Epoch  |  Iteration  |  Time Elapsed  |  Mini-batch  |  Mini-batch  |  Base Learning  |
|         |             |   (hh:mm:ss)   |     RMSE     |     Loss     |      Rate       |
|========================================================================================|
|       1 |           1 |       00:00:01 |         7.23 |         52.3 |          0.0010 |
|       5 |          50 |       00:00:35 |         0.98 |          1.0 |          0.0010 |
|      10 |         100 |       00:01:13 |         0.78 |          0.6 |          0.0010 |
|      14 |         150 |       00:01:51 |         0.64 |          0.4 |          0.0010 |
|      19 |         200 |       00:02:29 |         0.59 |          0.3 |          0.0010 |
|      20 |         220 |       00:02:43 |         0.57 |          0.3 |          0.0010 |
|========================================================================================|
Detector training complete.
*************************************************************************

As a quick test, run the detector on one test image. Make sure you resize the image to the same size as the training images.

I = imread(testDataTbl.imageFilename{2});
I = imresize(I,inputSize(1:2));
[bboxes,scores] = detect(detector,I);

Display the results.

I_new = insertObjectAnnotation(I,'rectangle',bboxes,scores);
figure
imshow(I_new)

Load Pretrained Network

Load the pretrained network.

snet=detector.Network;
I_pre=yolo_pre_proc(I);

Use analyzeNetwork to obtain information about the network layers:

analyzeNetwork(snet)

Create Target Object

Create a target object for your target device with a vendor name and an interface to connect your target device to the host computer. Interface options are JTAG (default) and Ethernet. Vendor options are Intel or Xilinx. Use the installed Xilinx Vivado Design Suite over an Ethernet connection to program the device.

hTarget = dlhdl.Target('Xilinx', 'Interface', 'Ethernet');

Create Workflow Object

Create an object of the dlhdl.Workflow class. When you create the object, specify the network and the bitstream name. Specify the saved pre-trained series network, trainedNetNoCar, as the network. Make sure the bitstream name matches the data type and the FPGA board that you are targeting. In this example, the target FPGA board is the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC ZCU102 board. The bitstream uses a single data type.

hW=dlhdl.Workflow('Network', snet, 'Bitstream', 'zcu102_single','Target',hTarget)
hW = 
  Workflow with properties:

            Network: [1×1 DAGNetwork]
          Bitstream: 'zcu102_single'
    ProcessorConfig: []
             Target: [1×1 dlhdl.Target]

Compile YOLO v2 Object Detector

To compile the snet series network, run the compile function of the dlhdl.Workflow object .

dn = hW.compile
### Optimizing series network: Fused 'nnet.cnn.layer.BatchNormalizationLayer' into 'nnet.cnn.layer.Convolution2DLayer'
          offset_name          offset_address    allocated_space 
    _______________________    ______________    ________________

    "InputDataOffset"           "0x00000000"     "24.0 MB"       
    "OutputResultOffset"        "0x01800000"     "4.0 MB"        
    "SystemBufferOffset"        "0x01c00000"     "28.0 MB"       
    "InstructionDataOffset"     "0x03800000"     "4.0 MB"        
    "ConvWeightDataOffset"      "0x03c00000"     "16.0 MB"       
    "EndOffset"                 "0x04c00000"     "Total: 76.0 MB"

dn = struct with fields:
       Operators: [1×1 struct]
    LayerConfigs: [1×1 struct]
      NetConfigs: [1×1 struct]

Program the Bitstream onto FPGA and Download Network Weights

To deploy the network on the Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC ZCU102 hardware, run the deploy function of the dlhdl.Workflow object . This function uses the output of the compile function to program the FPGA board by using the programming file.The function also downloads the network weights and biases. The deploy function checks for the Xilinx Vivado tool and the supported tool version. It then starts programming the FPGA device by using the bitstream, displays progress messages and the time it takes to deploy the network.

hW.deploy
### FPGA bitstream programming has been skipped as the same bitstream is already loaded on the target FPGA.
### Deep learning network programming has been skipped as the same network is already loaded on the target FPGA.

Load the Example Image and Run The Prediction

Execute the predict function on the dlhdl.Workflow object and display the result:

[prediction, speed] = hW.predict(I_pre,'Profile','on');
### Finished writing input activations.
### Running single input activations.

              Deep Learning Processor Profiler Performance Results

                   LastLayerLatency(cycles)   LastLayerLatency(seconds)       FramesNum      Total Latency     Frames/s
                         -------------             -------------              ---------        ---------       ---------
Network                    8724510                  0.03966                       1            8724520             25.2
    conv_module            8724510                  0.03966 
        conv1              1355434                  0.00616 
        norm1               581412                  0.00264 
        pool1               219416                  0.00100 
        conv2              2208308                  0.01004 
        norm2               368019                  0.00167 
        pool2               221821                  0.00101 
        conv3               982880                  0.00447 
        conv4               772573                  0.00351 
        conv5               533396                  0.00242 
        yolov2Conv1         667481                  0.00303 
        yolov2Conv2         668607                  0.00304 
        yolov2ClassConv     145300                  0.00066 
 * The clock frequency of the DL processor is: 220MHz

Display the prediction results.

[bboxesn, scoresn, labelsn] = yolo_post_proc(prediction,I_pre,anchorBoxes,{'Vehicle'});
I_new3 = insertObjectAnnotation(I,'rectangle',bboxesn,scoresn);
figure
imshow(I_new3)

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