RegNet Example

This document describes using the QAI AppBuilder Python API to perform inference with the RegNet target recognition model using Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor (NPU).

Supported Devices

Device	SoC
Dragon Q6A	QCS6490
Dragon Q8B	SC8280XP

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 Example

Install Dependencies

Device

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

Run Script

• Navigate to the example directory

  QCS6490

  Device

  cd ai-engine-direct-helper/samples/linux/python

  SC8280XP

  Device

  cd ai-engine-direct-helper/samples/linux/python

• Prepare input image, using the following image as input example

  

  input image

• Execute inference

  Device

  python3 regnet/regnet.py

  $ python3 regnet/regnet.py
  Current file directory: /mnt/ssd/qualcomm/701/zzf_fork/ai-engine-direct-helper/samples/linux/python/regnet
       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-5.4.0/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
  
     123.3ms [WARNING] Time: Read model file to memory. 9.22
  
       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
  
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     143.9ms [WARNING] Time: contextCreateFromBinary. 20.52
  
     144.0ms [WARNING] Time: UnmapViewOfFile. 0.00
  
     144.5ms [WARNING] Time: model_initialize regnet 144.44
  
     212.3ms [WARNING] Time: model_inference regnet 4.75
  
  Top 5 predictions for image:
  
  Samoyed 0.7615189552
  Pomeranian 0.1356044859
  keeshond 0.0481537655
  white wolf 0.0241472572
  Eskimo dog 0.0072157839
       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-5.4.0/ipc/fastrpc/rpcmem/src/rpcmem_android.c:42:dummy call to rpcmem_deinit, rpcmem APIs will be used from libxdsprpc
     223.8ms [WARNING] Time: model_destroy regnet 8.95

  The printed results show that Samoyed has the highest confidence, which matches the input image content.