Beit Example
This document describes how to use the QAI AppBuilder Python API to run inference with the Beit object recognition model on Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Processor (NPU).
Supported Devices
| Device | SoC |
|---|---|
| Fogwise® AIRbox Q900 | QCS9075 |
Install QAI AppBuilder
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Please install QAI AppBuilder according to QAI AppBuilder Installation Guide.
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Please configure ADSP environment variables according to Create ADSP Environment Variables.
Run the Example
Install Dependencies
pip3 install requests tqdm qai-hub py3_wget opencv-python torch torchvision
Run the Script
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Navigate to the example directory
- QCS9075
Devicecd ai-engine-direct-helper/samples/python -
Prepare input image. The following image is used as an example:

input image
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Run inference
Devicepython3 beit/beit.py$ python3 beit/beit.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
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179.0ms [WARNING] Time: Read model file to memory. 60.05
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
284.7ms [WARNING] Time: contextCreateFromBinary. 105.62
284.8ms [WARNING] Time: UnmapViewOfFile. 0.00
288.1ms [WARNING] Time: model_initialize beit 288.01
365.3ms [WARNING] Time: model_inference beit 17.72
Top 5 predictions for image:
"Samoyed", 0.6322221756
"Pomeranian", 0.1098636836
"Keeshond", 0.0410530604
"Japanese Chin", 0.0093044275
"Chow Chow", 0.0058453484
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
483.8ms [WARNING] Time: model_destroy beit 113.14The output shows that
Samoyedhas the highest confidence score, which matches the content of the input image.