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GoogLeNet Example

This document describes how to use the QAI AppBuilder Python API to run inference with the GoogLeNet object recognition model on Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor (NPU).

Supported Devices

DeviceSoC
Dragon Q6AQCS6490
Dragon Q8BSC8280XP
Fogwise® AIRbox Q900QCS9075

Install QAI AppBuilder

tip
  1. Please install QAI AppBuilder according to QAI AppBuilder Installation Guide.

  2. Please configure ADSP environment variables according to Create ADSP Environment Variables.

Run the Example

Install Dependencies

Device
pip3 install requests tqdm qai-hub py3_wget opencv-python torch torchvision

Run the Script

  • Navigate to the example directory
Device
cd ai-engine-direct-helper/samples/linux/python
  • Prepare input image. The following image is used as an example:

    input image

  • Run inference

    Device
    python3 googlenet/googlenet.py
    $ python3 googlenet/googlenet.py
    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> Initializing HtpProvider

    /prj/qct/webtech_scratch20/mlg_user_admin/qaisw_source_repo/rel/qairt-2.37.1/point_release/SNPE_SRC/avante-tools/prebuilt/dsp/hexagon-sdk-5.5.5/ipc/fastrpc/rpcmem/src/rpcmem_android.c:38:dummy call to rpcmem_init, rpcmem APIs will be used from libxdsprpc
    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    157.6ms [WARNING] Time: Read model file to memory. 8.91

    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    180.6ms [WARNING] Time: contextCreateFromBinary. 22.97

    180.7ms [WARNING] Time: UnmapViewOfFile. 0.00

    181.6ms [WARNING] Time: model_initialize googlenet 181.55

    255.7ms [WARNING] Time: model_inference googlenet 2.67

    Top 5 predictions for image:

    Samoyed 0.948613584
    West Highland White Terrier 0.0060515446
    Alaskan tundra wolf 0.0052576731
    Pomeranian 0.0047871661
    Chow Chow 0.0035575195
    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    0.0ms [WARNING] <W> This META does not have Alloc2 Support

    /prj/qct/webtech_scratch20/mlg_user_admin/qaisw_source_repo/rel/qairt-2.37.1/point_release/SNPE_SRC/avante-tools/prebuilt/dsp/hexagon-sdk-5.5.5/ipc/fastrpc/rpcmem/src/rpcmem_android.c:42:dummy call to rpcmem_deinit, rpcmem APIs will be used from libxdsprpc
    353.7ms [WARNING] Time: model_destroy googlenet 93.43

    The output shows that Samoyed has the highest confidence score, which matches the content of the input image.

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