Is obj_meta.confidence accessable?

• Hardware Platform (Jetson / GPU) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
• DeepStream Version 6.3
• JetPack Version (valid for Jetson only)
• TensorRT Version 8.4.0
• NVIDIA GPU Driver Version (valid for GPU only) 535.113.01
• Issue Type(questions, new requirements, bugs) questions

Hello, I am using deepstream 6.3 in python. I was manipulating deepstream_test1 to print the confidence of the detected objects. But I get blank lines.

I’ll attach my code and my config file:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

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import sys
sys.path.append('../')
import os
import gi
gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0')
from gi.repository import GLib, Gst
from common.is_aarch_64 import is_aarch64
from common.bus_call import bus_call

import pyds

PGIE_CLASS_ID_VEHICLE = 0
PGIE_CLASS_ID_BICYCLE = 1
PGIE_CLASS_ID_PERSON = 2
PGIE_CLASS_ID_ROADSIGN = 3


def osd_sink_pad_buffer_probe(pad,info,u_data):
    frame_number=0
    num_rects=0

    gst_buffer = info.get_buffer()
    if not gst_buffer:
        print("Unable to get GstBuffer ")
        return

    # Retrieve batch metadata from the gst_buffer
    # Note that pyds.gst_buffer_get_nvds_batch_meta() expects the
    # C address of gst_buffer as input, which is obtained with hash(gst_buffer)
    batch_meta = pyds.gst_buffer_get_nvds_batch_meta(hash(gst_buffer))
    l_frame = batch_meta.frame_meta_list
    while l_frame is not None:
        try:
            # Note that l_frame.data needs a cast to pyds.NvDsFrameMeta
            # The casting is done by pyds.NvDsFrameMeta.cast()
            # The casting also keeps ownership of the underlying memory
            # in the C code, so the Python garbage collector will leave
            # it alone.
            frame_meta = pyds.NvDsFrameMeta.cast(l_frame.data)
        except StopIteration:
            break

        #Intiallizing object counter with 0.
        obj_counter = {
            PGIE_CLASS_ID_VEHICLE:0,
            PGIE_CLASS_ID_PERSON:0,
            PGIE_CLASS_ID_BICYCLE:0,
            PGIE_CLASS_ID_ROADSIGN:0
        }
        frame_number=frame_meta.frame_num
        num_rects = frame_meta.num_obj_meta
        l_obj=frame_meta.obj_meta_list
        while l_obj is not None:
            try:
                # Casting l_obj.data to pyds.NvDsObjectMeta
                obj_meta=pyds.NvDsObjectMeta.cast(l_obj.data)
            except StopIteration:
                break
            print("Object Confidence: ".format(obj_meta.confidence))
            obj_counter[obj_meta.class_id] += 1
            obj_meta.rect_params.border_color.set(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.8) #0.8 is alpha (opacity)
            try: 
                l_obj=l_obj.next
            except StopIteration:
                break

        # Acquiring a display meta object. The memory ownership remains in
        # the C code so downstream plugins can still access it. Otherwise
        # the garbage collector will claim it when this probe function exits.
        display_meta=pyds.nvds_acquire_display_meta_from_pool(batch_meta)
        display_meta.num_labels = 1
        py_nvosd_text_params = display_meta.text_params[0]
        # Setting display text to be shown on screen
        # Note that the pyds module allocates a buffer for the string, and the
        # memory will not be claimed by the garbage collector.
        # Reading the display_text field here will return the C address of the
        # allocated string. Use pyds.get_string() to get the string content.
        py_nvosd_text_params.display_text = "Frame Number={} Number of Objects={} Vehicle_count={} Person_count={}".format(frame_number, num_rects, obj_counter[PGIE_CLASS_ID_VEHICLE], obj_counter[PGIE_CLASS_ID_PERSON])

        # Now set the offsets where the string should appear
        py_nvosd_text_params.x_offset = 10
        py_nvosd_text_params.y_offset = 12

        # Font , font-color and font-size
        py_nvosd_text_params.font_params.font_name = "Serif"
        py_nvosd_text_params.font_params.font_size = 10
        # set(red, green, blue, alpha); set to White
        py_nvosd_text_params.font_params.font_color.set(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0)

        # Text background color
        py_nvosd_text_params.set_bg_clr = 1
        # set(red, green, blue, alpha); set to Black
        py_nvosd_text_params.text_bg_clr.set(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0)
        # Using pyds.get_string() to get display_text as string
        print(pyds.get_string(py_nvosd_text_params.display_text))
        pyds.nvds_add_display_meta_to_frame(frame_meta, display_meta)
        try:
            l_frame=l_frame.next
        except StopIteration:
            break
			
    return Gst.PadProbeReturn.OK	


def main(args):
    # Check input arguments
    if len(args) != 2:
        sys.stderr.write("usage: %s <media file or uri>\n" % args[0])
        sys.exit(1)

    # Standard GStreamer initialization
    Gst.init(None)

    # Create gstreamer elements
    # Create Pipeline element that will form a connection of other elements
    print("Creating Pipeline \n ")
    pipeline = Gst.Pipeline()

    if not pipeline:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create Pipeline \n")

    # Source element for reading from the file
    print("Creating Source \n ")
    source = Gst.ElementFactory.make("filesrc", "file-source")
    if not source:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create Source \n")

    # Since the data format in the input file is elementary h264 stream,
    # we need a h264parser
    print("Creating H264Parser \n")
    h264parser = Gst.ElementFactory.make("h264parse", "h264-parser")
    if not h264parser:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create h264 parser \n")

    # Use nvdec_h264 for hardware accelerated decode on GPU
    print("Creating Decoder \n")
    decoder = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvv4l2decoder", "nvv4l2-decoder")
    if not decoder:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create Nvv4l2 Decoder \n")

    # Create nvstreammux instance to form batches from one or more sources.
    streammux = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvstreammux", "Stream-muxer")
    if not streammux:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create NvStreamMux \n")

    # Use nvinfer to run inferencing on decoder's output,
    # behaviour of inferencing is set through config file
    pgie = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvinfer", "primary-inference")
    if not pgie:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create pgie \n")

    # Use convertor to convert from NV12 to RGBA as required by nvosd
    nvvidconv = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvvideoconvert", "convertor")
    if not nvvidconv:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create nvvidconv \n")

    # Create OSD to draw on the converted RGBA buffer
    nvosd = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvdsosd", "onscreendisplay")

    if not nvosd:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create nvosd \n")

    # Finally render the osd output
    # if is_aarch64():
    #     print("Creating nv3dsink \n")
    #     sink = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nv3dsink", "nv3d-sink")
    #     if not sink:
    #         sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create nv3dsink \n")
    # else
    #     print("Creating EGLSink \n")
    #     sink = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nveglglessink", "nvvideo-renderer")
    #     if not sink:
    #         sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create egl sink \n"):

    nvvidconv2 = Gst.ElementFactory.make("nvvideoconvert", "convertor2")
    if not nvvidconv2:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create nvvidconv2 \n")

    capsfilter = Gst.ElementFactory.make("capsfilter", "capsfilter")
    if not capsfilter:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create capsfilter \n")

    caps = Gst.Caps.from_string("video/x-raw, format=I420")
    capsfilter.set_property("caps", caps)

    encoder = Gst.ElementFactory.make("avenc_mpeg4", "encoder")
    if not encoder:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create encoder \n")
    encoder.set_property("bitrate", 2000000)

    print("Creating Code Parser \n")
    codeparser = Gst.ElementFactory.make("mpeg4videoparse", "mpeg4-parser")
    if not codeparser:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create code parser \n")

    print("Creating Container \n")
    container = Gst.ElementFactory.make("qtmux", "qtmux")
    if not container:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create code parser \n")

    print("Creating Sink \n")
    sink = Gst.ElementFactory.make("filesink", "filesink")
    if not sink:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to create file sink \n")
    
    sink.set_property("location", "./out.mp4")
    sink.set_property("sync", 1)
    sink.set_property("async", 0)

    print("Playing file %s " %args[1])
    source.set_property('location', args[1])
    if os.environ.get('USE_NEW_NVSTREAMMUX') != 'yes': # Only set these properties if not using new gst-nvstreammux
        streammux.set_property('width', 1920)
        streammux.set_property('height', 1080)
        streammux.set_property('batched-push-timeout', 4000000)
    
    streammux.set_property('batch-size', 1)
    pgie.set_property('config-file-path', "dstest1_pgie_config.txt")

    print("Adding elements to Pipeline \n")
    pipeline.add(source)
    pipeline.add(h264parser)
    pipeline.add(decoder)
    pipeline.add(streammux)
    pipeline.add(pgie)
    pipeline.add(nvvidconv)
    pipeline.add(nvvidconv2)
    pipeline.add(encoder)
    pipeline.add(capsfilter)
    pipeline.add(codeparser)
    pipeline.add(container)
    pipeline.add(nvosd)
    pipeline.add(sink)

    # we link the elements together
    # file-source -> h264-parser -> nvh264-decoder ->
    # nvinfer -> nvvidconv -> nvosd -> video-renderer
    print("Linking elements in the Pipeline \n")
    source.link(h264parser)
    h264parser.link(decoder)

    sinkpad = streammux.get_request_pad("sink_0")
    if not sinkpad:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to get the sink pad of streammux \n")
    srcpad = decoder.get_static_pad("src")
    if not srcpad:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to get source pad of decoder \n")
    srcpad.link(sinkpad)
    streammux.link(pgie)
    pgie.link(nvvidconv)
    nvvidconv.link(nvosd)
    # nvosd.link(sink)
    nvosd.link(nvvidconv2)
    nvvidconv2.link(capsfilter)
    capsfilter.link(encoder)
    encoder.link(codeparser)

    sinkpad1 = container.get_request_pad("video_0")
    if not sinkpad1:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to get the sink pad of qtmux \n")
    srcpad1 = codeparser.get_static_pad("src")
    if not srcpad1:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to get mpeg4 parse src pad \n")
    srcpad1.link(sinkpad1)
    container.link(sink)

    # create an event loop and feed gstreamer bus mesages to it
    loop = GLib.MainLoop()
    bus = pipeline.get_bus()
    bus.add_signal_watch()
    bus.connect ("message", bus_call, loop)

    # Lets add probe to get informed of the meta data generated, we add probe to
    # the sink pad of the osd element, since by that time, the buffer would have
    # had got all the metadata.
    osdsinkpad = nvosd.get_static_pad("sink")
    if not osdsinkpad:
        sys.stderr.write(" Unable to get sink pad of nvosd \n")

    osdsinkpad.add_probe(Gst.PadProbeType.BUFFER, osd_sink_pad_buffer_probe, 0)

    # start play back and listen to events
    print("Starting pipeline \n")
    pipeline.set_state(Gst.State.PLAYING)
    try:
        loop.run()
    except:
        pass
    # cleanup
    pipeline.set_state(Gst.State.NULL)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv))

Here’s the config:

################################################################################
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2019-2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
################################################################################

# Following properties are mandatory when engine files are not specified:
#   int8-calib-file(Only in INT8)
#   Caffemodel mandatory properties: model-file, proto-file, output-blob-names
#   UFF: uff-file, input-dims, uff-input-blob-name, output-blob-names
#   ONNX: onnx-file
#
# Mandatory properties for detectors:
#   num-detected-classes
#
# Optional properties for detectors:
#   cluster-mode(Default=Group Rectangles), interval(Primary mode only, Default=0)
#   custom-lib-path,
#   parse-bbox-func-name
#
# Mandatory properties for classifiers:
#   classifier-threshold, is-classifier
#
# Optional properties for classifiers:
#   classifier-async-mode(Secondary mode only, Default=false)
#
# Optional properties in secondary mode:
#   operate-on-gie-id(Default=0), operate-on-class-ids(Defaults to all classes),
#   input-object-min-width, input-object-min-height, input-object-max-width,
#   input-object-max-height
#
# Following properties are always recommended:
#   batch-size(Default=1)
#
# Other optional properties:
#   net-scale-factor(Default=1), network-mode(Default=0 i.e FP32),
#   model-color-format(Default=0 i.e. RGB) model-engine-file, labelfile-path,
#   mean-file, gie-unique-id(Default=0), offsets, process-mode (Default=1 i.e. primary),
#   custom-lib-path, network-mode(Default=0 i.e FP32)
#
# The values in the config file are overridden by values set through GObject
# properties.

[property]
gpu-id=0
net-scale-factor=0.0039215697906911373
model-file=../../../../samples/models/Primary_Detector/resnet10.caffemodel
proto-file=../../../../samples/models/Primary_Detector/resnet10.prototxt
model-engine-file=../../../../samples/models/Primary_Detector/resnet10.caffemodel_b1_gpu0_int8.engine
labelfile-path=../../../../samples/models/Primary_Detector/labels.txt
int8-calib-file=../../../../samples/models/Primary_Detector/cal_trt.bin
force-implicit-batch-dim=1
batch-size=1
network-mode=1
num-detected-classes=4
interval=0
gie-unique-id=1
output-blob-names=conv2d_bbox;conv2d_cov/Sigmoid
#scaling-filter=0
#scaling-compute-hw=0

[class-attrs-all]
pre-cluster-threshold=0.2
eps=0.2
group-threshold=1

This is kinda weird.

I think you have a spelling mistake and it’s a python syntax issue

The correct way to write it is

print("Object Confidence: {} ".format(obj_meta.confidence))

Then I get the output

Object Confidence: 0.3502769470214844
Object Confidence: 0.21125173568725586
Object Confidence: 0.22637835144996643
Object Confidence: 0.3017294108867645
Object Confidence: 0.3333445191383362
Object Confidence: 0.3354182243347168
Object Confidence: 0.36401331424713135
Object Confidence: 0.3712327778339386
Object Confidence: 0.4388487637042999
Object Confidence: 0.708766520023346
Object Confidence: 0.7201701402664185
Object Confidence: 0.8563694953918457
Object Confidence: 0.865297794342041
Object Confidence: 0.9510043859481812

Oh, what a mistake!!

Thank you for your time.

I have a small question. @junshengy

Does this confidence represent how confident the model is about the detected class or the confidence about the resultant boundary box?

Yes, the confidence is set by the model.