DL_ReadCharacters_Deploy


Header: AVL.h
Namespace: avl
Module: DL_OCR

Loads a deep learning model and prepares its execution on a specific target device.

Syntax

void avl::DL_ReadCharacters_Deploy
(
	const atl::Optional<avl::ReadCharactersModelDirectory>& inModelDirectory,
	const avl::OcrPretrainedModel::Type inPretrainedModelType,
	const atl::Optional<avl::DeviceType::Type>& inTargetDevice,
	const atl::Optional<avl::OcrDeployHint>& inExecutionHint,
	avl::ReadCharactersModelId& outModelId
)

Parameters

Name Type Default Description
Input value
 inModelDirectory const Optional<ReadCharactersModelDirectory>& NIL A Read Characters model stored in a specific disk directory. If not set, model is chosen on the basis of inPretrainedModelType.
Input value
 inPretrainedModelType const OcrPretrainedModel::Type Type of a pretrained model (distributed with Deep Learning Add-on) to deploy. Ignored if inModelDirectory is set.
Input value
 inTargetDevice const Optional<DeviceType::Type>& NIL A device selected for deploying and executing the model. If not set, device depending on version (CPU/GPU) of installed Deep Learning Add-on is selected.
Input value
 inExecutionHint const Optional<OcrDeployHint>& NIL Prepares the model for an execution with provided settings in advance
Output value
 outModelId ReadCharactersModelId& Identifier of the deployed model

Hints

  • In most cases, this filter should be placed in the INITIALIZE section.
  • Executing this filter may take several seconds.
  • This filter should be connected to DL_ReadCharacters through the ModelId ports.
  • By default, the model distributed with Deep Learning Add-on will be deployed. If you have a model trained for a specific case, you can set inModelDirectory to it. Please note, that inModelDirectory have to point to existing directory, containing subdirectory named "models", which, in turn, contains file named "model".
  • If inExecutionHint is set to NIL, first execution of DL_ReadCharacters will likely take much more time than following ones. To avoid this, fill inExecutionHint with expected parameters of following calls to DL_ReadCharacters. A size of an analysed area may be obtained from the diagnostic output of DL_ReadCharacters. If you still experience huge performance hit on some calls to DL_ReadCharacters, add another DL_ReadCharacters_Deploy with inExecutionHint filled with parameters from a problematic call to DL_ReadCharacters.

Remarks

  • Passing NIL as inTargetDevice (which is default), is identical to passing DeviceType::CUDA on GPU version of Deep Learning Addon and DeviceType::CPU on CPU version on Deep Learning Addon.
  • GPU version of Deep Learning Addon supports DeviceType::CUDA and DeviceType::CPU as inTargetDevice value.
  • CPU version of Deep Learning Addon supports only DeviceType::CPU as inTargetDevice value.

See Also

  • DL_ReadCharacters – Performs optical character recognition using a pretrained deep learning model.