README_en.md

# ace2p

|Module Name|ace2p|
| :--- | :---: | 
|Category|Image segmentation|
|Network|ACE2P|
|Dataset|LIP|
|Fine-tuning supported or not|No|
|Module Size|259MB|
|Data indicators|-|
|Latest update date |2021-02-26|


## I. Basic Information 

- ### Application Effect Display

  - Network architecture:
      <p align="center">
      <img src="https://bj.bcebos.com/paddlehub/paddlehub-img/ace2p_network.jpg" hspace='10'/> <br />
      </p>

  - Color palette

      <p align="left">
      <img src="https://bj.bcebos.com/paddlehub/paddlehub-img/ace2p_palette.jpg" hspace='10'/> <br />
      </p>

  - Sample results:
      <p align="center">
      <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35907364/130913092-312a5f37-842e-4fd0-8db4-5f853fd8419f.jpg" width = "337" height = "505" hspace='10'/> <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/35907364/130913765-c9572c77-c6bf-46ec-9653-04ff356b4b85.png" width = "337" height = "505" hspace='10'/>
      </p>

- ### Module Introduction

  - Human Parsing is a fine-grained semantic segmentation task that aims to identify the components (for example, body parts and clothing) of a human image at the pixel level.  The PaddleHub Module uses ResNet101 as the backbone network, and accepts input image sizes of 473x473x3.



## II. Installation

- ### 1、Environmental Dependence

  - paddlepaddle >= 2.0.0

  - paddlehub >= 2.0.0  

- ### 2、Installation

    - ```shell
      $ hub install ace2p
      ```
    - In case of any problems during installation, please refer to:[Windows_Quickstart](../../../../docs/docs_en/get_start/windows_quickstart.md)
    | [Linux_Quickstart](../../../../docs/docs_en/get_start/linux_quickstart.md) | [Mac_Quickstart](../../../../docs/docs_en/get_start/mac_quickstart.md)  


## III. Module API Prediction

- ### 1、Command line Prediction

    - ```shell
      $ hub run ace2p --input_path "/PATH/TO/IMAGE"
      ```

    - If you want to call the Hub module through the command line, please refer to: [PaddleHub Command Line Instruction](../../../../docs/docs_en/tutorial/cmd_usage.rst)


- ### 2、Prediction Code Example

  - ```python
    import paddlehub as hub
    import cv2

    human_parser = hub.Module(name="ace2p")
    result = human_parser.segmentation(images=[cv2.imread('/PATH/TO/IMAGE')])
    ```
  
- ### 3、API

  - ```python
    def segmentation(images=None,
                    paths=None,
                    batch_size=1,
                    use_gpu=False,
                    output_dir='ace2p_output',
                    visualization=False):
    ```

    - Prediction API, used for human parsing.

    - **Parameter**

        * images (list\[numpy.ndarray\]): Image data, ndarray.shape is in the format [H, W, C], BGR.
        * paths (list\[str\]): Image path.
        * batch\_size (int): Batch size.
        * use\_gpu (bool): Use GPU or not. **set the CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES environment variable first if you are using GPU**
        * output\_dir (str): Save path of output, default is 'ace2p_output'.
        * visualization (bool): Whether to save the recognition results as picture files.

    - **Return**

        * res (list\[dict\]): The list of recognition results, where each element is dict and each field is: 
            * save\_path (str, optional): Save path of the result.
            * data (numpy.ndarray): The result of portrait segmentation. 


  - ```python
    def save_inference_model(dirname)
    ```

    - Save the model to the specified path.

    - **Parameters**
      * dirname: Model save path.


## IV. Server Deployment

- PaddleHub Serving can deploy an online service of  human parsing

- ### Step 1: Start PaddleHub Serving

  - Run the startup command:
  
    - ```shell
      $ hub serving start -m ace2p
      ```

  - The servitization API is now deployed and the default port number is 8866.

  - **NOTE:**  If GPU is used for prediction, set CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES environment variable before the service, otherwise it need not be set.

- ### Step 2: Send a predictive request

  - With a configured server, use the following lines of code to send the prediction request and obtain the result


    - ```python
      import requests
      import json
      import cv2
      import base64

      import numpy as np


      def cv2_to_base64(image):
          data = cv2.imencode('.jpg', image)[1]
          return base64.b64encode(data.tostring()).decode('utf8')


      def base64_to_cv2(b64str):
          data = base64.b64decode(b64str.encode('utf8'))
          data = np.fromstring(data, np.uint8)
          data = cv2.imdecode(data, cv2.IMREAD_COLOR)
          return data


      # Send an HTTP request
      data = {'images':[cv2_to_base64(cv2.imread("/PATH/TO/IMAGE"))]}
      headers = {"Content-type": "application/json"}
      url = "http://127.0.0.1:8866/predict/ace2p"
      r = requests.post(url=url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(data))

      # print prediction results
      print(base64_to_cv2(r.json()["results"][0]['data']))
      ```


## 五、更新历史

- 1.0.0

  First release

* 1.1.0

  Adapt to paddlehub2.0

* 1.2.0

  Remove Fluid API

  ```shell
  $ hub install ace2p == 1.2.0
  ```