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OpenPose Example

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

Supported Devices

DeviceSoC
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 matplotlib easyocr qai_hub_models transformers openai-clip

Run the Script

  • Navigate to the example directory

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

    input image

  • Run inference

    Device
    python3 openpose/openpose.py
    $ python3 openpose/openpose.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

    161.4ms [WARNING] Time: Read model file to memory. 49.87

    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

    214.6ms [WARNING] Time: contextCreateFromBinary. 53.04

    214.6ms [WARNING] Time: UnmapViewOfFile. 0.00

    216.5ms [WARNING] Time: model_initialize openpose 216.47

    273.6ms [WARNING] Time: model_inference openpose 24.91

    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

    /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
    929.9ms [WARNING] Time: model_destroy openpose 57.19

    /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: www-browser: not found
    /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: links2: not found
    /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: elinks: not found
    /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: links: not found
    /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: lynx: not found
    /usr/bin/xdg-open: 882: w3m: not found
    xdg-open: no method available for opening '/tmp/tmpfvxac2nz.PNG'

    output image

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