diff --git a/README_en.md b/README_en.md index 85a62444334e975de6282f685fb551a8925d0bc0..610c25b7eb1ac7c043e39420f777bb3346c3bb08 100644 --- a/README_en.md +++ b/README_en.md @@ -1,18 +1,18 @@ English | [简体中文](README.md) -## Introduction +## INTRODUCTION PaddleOCR aims to create a rich, leading, and practical OCR tools that help users train better models and apply them into practice. **Recent updates** - 2020.6.8 Add [dataset](./doc/doc_en/datasets_en.md) and keep updating - 2020.6.5 Support exporting `attention` model to `inference_model` - 2020.6.5 Support separate prediction and recognition, output result score -- 2020.5.30 Provide ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR online experience +- 2020.5.30 Provide lightweight Chinese OCR online experience - 2020.5.30 Model prediction and training supported on Windows system - [more](./doc/doc_en/update_en.md) -## Features -- Ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR model, total model size is only 8.6M +## FEATURES +- Lightweight Chinese OCR model, total model size is only 8.6M - Single model supports Chinese and English numbers combination recognition, vertical text recognition, long text recognition - Detection model DB (4.1M) + recognition model CRNN (4.5M) - Various text detection algorithms: EAST, DB @@ -22,34 +22,34 @@ PaddleOCR aims to create a rich, leading, and practical OCR tools that help user |Model Name|Description |Detection Model link|Recognition Model link| |-|-|-|-| -|chinese_db_crnn_mobile|Ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR model|[inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_det_mv3_db_infer.tar) & [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_det_mv3_db.tar)|[inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_rec_mv3_crnn_infer.tar) & [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_rec_mv3_crnn.tar)| +|chinese_db_crnn_mobile|lightweight Chinese OCR model|[inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_det_mv3_db_infer.tar) & [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_det_mv3_db.tar)|[inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_rec_mv3_crnn_infer.tar) & [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_rec_mv3_crnn.tar)| |chinese_db_crnn_server|General Chinese OCR model|[inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_det_r50_vd_db_infer.tar) & [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_det_r50_vd_db.tar)|[inference model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_rec_r34_vd_crnn_infer.tar) & [pre-trained model](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_rec_r34_vd_crnn.tar)| For testing our Chinese OCR online：https://www.paddlepaddle.org.cn/hub/scene/ocr -**You can also quickly experience the Ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR and General Chinese OCR models as follows:** +**You can also quickly experience the lightweight Chinese OCR and General Chinese OCR models as follows:** -## **Ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR and General Chinese OCR inference** +## **LIGHTWEIGHT CHINESE OCR AND GENERAL CHINESE OCR INFERENCE** ![](doc/imgs_results/11.jpg) -The picture above is the result of our Ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR model. For more testing results, please see the end of the article [Ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR results](#Ultra-lightweight-Chinese-OCR-results) and [General Chinese OCR results](#General-Chinese-OCR-results). +The picture above is the result of our lightweight Chinese OCR model. For more testing results, please see the end of the article [lightweight Chinese OCR results](#lightweight-Chinese-OCR-results) and [General Chinese OCR results](#General-Chinese-OCR-results). -#### 1. Environment configuration +#### 1. ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATION Please see [Quick installation](./doc/doc_en/installation_en.md) -#### 2. Download inference models +#### 2. DOWNLOAD INFERENCE MODELS -#### (1) Download Ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR models +#### (1) Download lightweight Chinese OCR models *If wget is not installed in the windows system, you can copy the link to the browser to download the model. After model downloaded, unzip it and place it in the corresponding directory* ``` mkdir inference && cd inference -# Download the detection part of the Ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR and decompress it +# Download the detection part of the lightweight Chinese OCR and decompress it wget https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_det_mv3_db_infer.tar && tar xf ch_det_mv3_db_infer.tar -# Download the recognition part of the Ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR and decompress it +# Download the recognition part of the lightweight Chinese OCR and decompress it wget https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_rec_mv3_crnn_infer.tar && tar xf ch_rec_mv3_crnn_infer.tar cd .. ``` @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ wget https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_rec_r34_vd_crnn_infer.tar && t cd .. ``` -#### 3. Single image and batch image prediction +#### 3. SINGLE IMAGE AND BATCH PREDICTION The following code implements text detection and recognition inference tandemly. When performing prediction, you need to specify the path of a single image or image folder through the parameter `image_dir`, the parameter `det_model_dir` specifies the path to detection model, and the parameter `rec_model_dir` specifies the path to the recognition model. The visual prediction results are saved to the `./inference_results` folder by default. @@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ python3 tools/infer/predict_system.py --image_dir="./doc/imgs/11.jpg" --det_mode For more text detection and recognition models, please refer to the document [Inference](./doc/doc_en/inference_en.md) -## Documentation +## DOCUMENTATION - [Quick installation](./doc/doc_en/installation_en.md) - [Text detection model training/evaluation/prediction](./doc/doc_en/detection_en.md) - [Text recognition model training/evaluation/prediction](./doc/doc_en/recognition_en.md) - [Inference](./doc/doc_en/inference_en.md) - [Dataset](./doc/doc_en/datasets_en.md) -## Text detection algorithm +## TEXT DETECTION ALGORITHM PaddleOCR open source text detection algorithms list: - [x] EAST([paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.03155)) @@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ On the ICDAR2015 dataset, the text detection result is as follows: For use of [LSVT](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/blob/develop/doc/doc_en/datasets_en.md#1-icdar2019-lsvt) street view dataset with a total of 3w training data，the related configuration and pre-trained models for Chinese detection task are as follows: |Model|Backbone|Configuration file|Pre-trained model| |-|-|-|-| -|Ultra-lightweight Chinese model|MobileNetV3|det_mv3_db.yml|[Download link](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_det_mv3_db.tar)| +|lightweight Chinese model|MobileNetV3|det_mv3_db.yml|[Download link](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_det_mv3_db.tar)| |General Chinese OCR model|ResNet50_vd|det_r50_vd_db.yml|[Download link](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_det_r50_vd_db.tar)| * Note: For the training and evaluation of the above DB model, post-processing parameters box_thresh=0.6 and unclip_ratio=1.5 need to be set. If using different datasets and different models for training, these two parameters can be adjusted for better result. For the training guide and use of PaddleOCR text detection algorithms, please refer to the document [Text detection model training/evaluation/prediction](./doc/doc_en/detection_en.md) -## Text recognition algorithm +## TEXT RECOGNITION ALGORITHM PaddleOCR open-source text recognition algorithms list: - [x] CRNN([paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.05717)) @@ -145,16 +145,16 @@ Refer to [DTRB](https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.01906), the training and evaluation r We use [LSVT](https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/blob/develop/doc/doc_en/datasets_en.md#1-icdar2019-lsvt) dataset and cropout 30w traning data from original photos by using position groundtruth and make some calibration needed. In addition, based on the LSVT corpus, 500w synthetic data is generated to train the Chinese model. The related configuration and pre-trained models are as follows: |Model|Backbone|Configuration file|Pre-trained model| |-|-|-|-| -|Ultra-lightweight Chinese model|MobileNetV3|rec_chinese_lite_train.yml|[Download link](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_rec_mv3_crnn.tar)| +|lightweight Chinese model|MobileNetV3|rec_chinese_lite_train.yml|[Download link](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_rec_mv3_crnn.tar)| |General Chinese OCR model|Resnet34_vd|rec_chinese_common_train.yml|[Download link](https://paddleocr.bj.bcebos.com/ch_models/ch_rec_r34_vd_crnn.tar)| Please refer to the document for training guide and use of PaddleOCR text recognition algorithms [Text recognition model training/evaluation/prediction](./doc/doc_en/recognition_en.md) -## End-to-end OCR algorithm +## END-TO-END OCR ALGORITHM - [ ] [End2End-PSL](https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.07808)(Baidu Self-Research, comming soon) - -## Ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR results + +## LIGHTWEIGHT CHINESE OCR RESULTS ![](doc/imgs_results/1.jpg) ![](doc/imgs_results/7.jpg) ![](doc/imgs_results/12.jpg) @@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ Please refer to the document for training guide and use of PaddleOCR text recogn [more](./doc/doc_en/FAQ_en.md) -## Welcome to the PaddleOCR technical exchange group +## WELCOME TO THE PaddleOCR TECHNICAL EXCHANGE GROUP WeChat: paddlehelp, note OCR, our assistant will get you into the group~ -## References +## REFERENCES ``` 1. EAST: @inproceedings{zhou2017east, @@ -249,10 +249,10 @@ WeChat: paddlehelp, note OCR, our assistant will get you into the group~ } ``` -## License +## LICENSE This project is released under Apache 2.0 license -## Contribution +## CONTRIBUTION We welcome all the contributions to PaddleOCR and appreciate for your feedback very much. - Many thanks to [Khanh Tran](https://github.com/xxxpsyduck) for contributing the English documentation. diff --git a/doc/doc_en/update_en.md b/doc/doc_en/update_en.md index de0502ffe7a8a7aefa9fa77c53d7f6ea753aade7..c3e868b7421b5add6e1ee7f8aca8f7af0fecc999 100644 --- a/doc/doc_en/update_en.md +++ b/doc/doc_en/update_en.md @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ - 2020.6.5 Support exporting `attention` model to `inference_model` - 2020.6.5 Support separate prediction and recognition, output result score -- 2020.5.30 Provide ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR online experience +- 2020.5.30 Provide Lightweight Chinese OCR online experience - 2020.5.30 Model prediction and training support on Windows system - 2020.5.30 Open source general Chinese OCR model - 2020.5.14 Release [PaddleOCR Open Class](https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1nf4y1U7RX?p=4) - 2020.5.14 Release [PaddleOCR Practice Notebook](https://aistudio.baidu.com/aistudio/projectdetail/467229) -- 2020.5.14 Open source 8.6M ultra-lightweight Chinese OCR model +- 2020.5.14 Open source 8.6M lightweight Chinese OCR model