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Summary

Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect#

Detect(nc: int = 80, reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ())

Bases: nn.Module

YOLO Detect head for object detection models.

This class implements the detection head used in YOLO models for predicting bounding boxes and class probabilities. It supports both training and inference modes, with optional end-to-end detection capabilities.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of classes.80
reg_maxintMaximum number of DFL channels.16
end2endboolWhether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.False
chtupleTuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
dynamicboolForce grid reconstruction.
exportboolExport mode flag.
formatstrExport format.
end2endboolEnd-to-end detection mode.
max_detintMaximum detections per image.
shapetupleInput shape.
anchorstorch.TensorAnchor points.
stridestorch.TensorFeature map strides.
legacyboolBackward compatibility for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 models.
xyxyboolOutput format, xyxy or xywh.
ncintNumber of classes.
nlintNumber of detection layers.
reg_maxintDFL channels.
nointNumber of outputs per anchor.
stridetorch.TensorStrides computed during build.
cv2nn.ModuleListConvolution layers for box regression.
cv3nn.ModuleListConvolution layers for classification.
dflnn.ModuleDistribution Focal Loss layer.
one2one_cv2nn.ModuleListOne-to-one convolution layers for box regression.
one2one_cv3nn.ModuleListOne-to-one convolution layers for classification.

Methods

NameDescription
one2manyReturns the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility.
one2oneReturns the one-to-one head components.
end2endChecks if the model has one2one for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility.
_get_decode_boxesGet decoded boxes based on anchors and strides.
_grouped_topkSelect exact top-k values through smaller grouped selections.
_inferenceDecode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities based on multiple-level feature maps.
bias_initInitialize Detect() biases, WARNING: requires stride availability.
decode_bboxesDecode bounding boxes from predictions.
end2endOverride the end-to-end detection mode.
forwardConcatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities.
forward_headConcatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities.
fuseRemove the one2many head for inference optimization.
get_topk_indexGet top-k indices from scores.
postprocessPost-processes YOLO model predictions.

Examples

Create a detection head for 80 classes

>>> detect = Detect(nc=80, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
>>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
>>> outputs = detect(x)
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class Detect(nn.Module):
    """YOLO Detect head for object detection models.

    This class implements the detection head used in YOLO models for predicting bounding boxes and class probabilities.
    It supports both training and inference modes, with optional end-to-end detection capabilities.

    Attributes:
        dynamic (bool): Force grid reconstruction.
        export (bool): Export mode flag.
        format (str): Export format.
        end2end (bool): End-to-end detection mode.
        max_det (int): Maximum detections per image.
        shape (tuple): Input shape.
        anchors (torch.Tensor): Anchor points.
        strides (torch.Tensor): Feature map strides.
        legacy (bool): Backward compatibility for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 models.
        xyxy (bool): Output format, xyxy or xywh.
        nc (int): Number of classes.
        nl (int): Number of detection layers.
        reg_max (int): DFL channels.
        no (int): Number of outputs per anchor.
        stride (torch.Tensor): Strides computed during build.
        cv2 (nn.ModuleList): Convolution layers for box regression.
        cv3 (nn.ModuleList): Convolution layers for classification.
        dfl (nn.Module): Distribution Focal Loss layer.
        one2one_cv2 (nn.ModuleList): One-to-one convolution layers for box regression.
        one2one_cv3 (nn.ModuleList): One-to-one convolution layers for classification.

    Methods:
        forward: Perform forward pass and return predictions.
        bias_init: Initialize detection head biases.
        decode_bboxes: Decode bounding boxes from predictions.
        postprocess: Post-process model predictions.

    Examples:
        Create a detection head for 80 classes
        >>> detect = Detect(nc=80, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
        >>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
        >>> outputs = detect(x)
    """

    dynamic = False  # force grid reconstruction
    export = False  # export mode
    format = None  # export format
    max_det = 300  # max_det
    agnostic_nms = False
    shape = None
    anchors = torch.empty(0)  # init
    strides = torch.empty(0)  # init
    legacy = False  # backward compatibility for v3/v5/v8/v9 models
    xyxy = False  # xyxy or xywh output

    @staticmethod
    def _grouped_topk(x: torch.Tensor, k: int, groups: int = 8) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
        """Select exact top-k values through smaller grouped selections."""
        n = x.shape[1]
        while groups > 1 and (n % groups or n // groups < k):
            groups //= 2
        if groups == 1:  # nothing to gain, e.g. a short axis or one that does not divide evenly
            return x.topk(k, dim=1)
        size = n // groups
        values, index = x.reshape(x.shape[0], groups, size).topk(k, dim=-1)
        values, winners = values.flatten(1).topk(k, dim=1)
        return values, winners // k * size + index.flatten(1).gather(1, winners)

    def __init__(self, nc: int = 80, reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ()):
        """Initialize the YOLO detection layer with specified number of classes and channels.

        Args:
            nc (int): Number of classes.
            reg_max (int): Maximum number of DFL channels.
            end2end (bool): Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.
            ch (tuple): Tuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.
        """
        super().__init__()
        self.nc = nc  # number of classes
        self.nl = len(ch)  # number of detection layers
        self.reg_max = reg_max  # DFL channels
        self.no = nc + self.reg_max * 4  # number of outputs per anchor
        self.stride = torch.zeros(self.nl)  # strides computed during build
        c2, c3 = max((16, ch[0] // 4, self.reg_max * 4)), max(ch[0], min(self.nc, 100))  # channels
        self.cv2 = nn.ModuleList(
            nn.Sequential(Conv(x, c2, 3), Conv(c2, c2, 3), nn.Conv2d(c2, 4 * self.reg_max, 1)) for x in ch
        )
        self.cv3 = (
            nn.ModuleList(nn.Sequential(Conv(x, c3, 3), Conv(c3, c3, 3), nn.Conv2d(c3, self.nc, 1)) for x in ch)
            if self.legacy
            else nn.ModuleList(
                nn.Sequential(
                    nn.Sequential(DWConv(x, x, 3), Conv(x, c3, 1)),
                    nn.Sequential(DWConv(c3, c3, 3), Conv(c3, c3, 1)),
                    nn.Conv2d(c3, self.nc, 1),
                )
                for x in ch
            )
        )
        self.dfl = DFL(self.reg_max) if self.reg_max > 1 else nn.Identity()

        if end2end:
            self.one2one_cv2 = copy.deepcopy(self.cv2)
            self.one2one_cv3 = copy.deepcopy(self.cv3)

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect.one2many#

def one2many(self)

Returns the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
    """Returns the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility."""
    return {"box_head": self.cv2, "cls_head": self.cv3}

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect.one2one#

def one2one(self)

Returns the one-to-one head components.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
    """Returns the one-to-one head components."""
    return {"box_head": self.one2one_cv2, "cls_head": self.one2one_cv3}

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect.end2end#

def end2end(self)

Checks if the model has one2one for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def end2end(self):
    """Checks if the model has one2one for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility."""
    return getattr(self, "_end2end", True) and hasattr(self, "one2one")

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect._get_decode_boxes#

def _get_decode_boxes(self, x: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor

Get decoded boxes based on anchors and strides.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xdict[str, torch.Tensor]required
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def _get_decode_boxes(self, x: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Get decoded boxes based on anchors and strides."""
    shape = x["feats"][0].shape  # BCHW
    if self.dynamic or self.shape != shape:
        self.anchors, self.strides = (a.transpose(0, 1) for a in make_anchors(x["feats"], self.stride, 0.5))
        self.shape = shape

    dbox = self.decode_bboxes(self.dfl(x["boxes"]), self.anchors.unsqueeze(0)) * self.strides
    return dbox

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect._grouped_topk#

def _grouped_topk(x: torch.Tensor, k: int, groups: int = 8) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]

Select exact top-k values through smaller grouped selections.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xtorch.Tensorrequired
kintrequired
groupsint8
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@staticmethod
def _grouped_topk(x: torch.Tensor, k: int, groups: int = 8) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    """Select exact top-k values through smaller grouped selections."""
    n = x.shape[1]
    while groups > 1 and (n % groups or n // groups < k):
        groups //= 2
    if groups == 1:  # nothing to gain, e.g. a short axis or one that does not divide evenly
        return x.topk(k, dim=1)
    size = n // groups
    values, index = x.reshape(x.shape[0], groups, size).topk(k, dim=-1)
    values, winners = values.flatten(1).topk(k, dim=1)
    return values, winners // k * size + index.flatten(1).gather(1, winners)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect._inference#

def _inference(self, x: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor

Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities based on multiple-level feature maps.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xdict[str, torch.Tensor]Dictionary of predictions from detection layers.required

Returns

TypeDescription
torch.TensorConcatenated tensor of decoded bounding boxes and class probabilities.
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def _inference(self, x: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities based on multiple-level feature maps.

    Args:
        x (dict[str, torch.Tensor]): Dictionary of predictions from detection layers.

    Returns:
        (torch.Tensor): Concatenated tensor of decoded bounding boxes and class probabilities.
    """
    # Inference path
    dbox = self._get_decode_boxes(x)
    return torch.cat((dbox, x["scores"].sigmoid()), 1)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect.bias_init#

def bias_init(self)

Initialize Detect() biases, WARNING: requires stride availability.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def bias_init(self):
    """Initialize Detect() biases, WARNING: requires stride availability."""
    for i, (a, b) in enumerate(zip(self.one2many["box_head"], self.one2many["cls_head"])):  # from
        a[-1].bias.data[:] = 2.0  # box
        b[-1].bias.data[: self.nc] = math.log(
            5 / self.nc / (640 / self.stride[i]) ** 2
        )  # cls (.01 objects, 80 classes, 640 img)
    if self.end2end:
        for i, (a, b) in enumerate(zip(self.one2one["box_head"], self.one2one["cls_head"])):  # from
            a[-1].bias.data[:] = 2.0  # box
            b[-1].bias.data[: self.nc] = math.log(
                5 / self.nc / (640 / self.stride[i]) ** 2
            )  # cls (.01 objects, 80 classes, 640 img)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect.decode_bboxes#

def decode_bboxes(self, bboxes: torch.Tensor, anchors: torch.Tensor, xywh: bool = True) -> torch.Tensor

Decode bounding boxes from predictions.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
bboxestorch.Tensorrequired
anchorstorch.Tensorrequired
xywhboolTrue
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def decode_bboxes(self, bboxes: torch.Tensor, anchors: torch.Tensor, xywh: bool = True) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Decode bounding boxes from predictions."""
    return dist2bbox(
        bboxes,
        anchors,
        xywh=xywh and not self.end2end and not self.xyxy,
        dim=1,
    )

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect.end2end#

def end2end(self, value)

Override the end-to-end detection mode.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@end2end.setter
def end2end(self, value):
    """Override the end-to-end detection mode."""
    self._end2end = value

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect.forward#

def forward(
    self, x: list[torch.Tensor]
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor | tuple[torch.Tensor, dict[str, torch.Tensor]]

Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(
    self, x: list[torch.Tensor]
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor | tuple[torch.Tensor, dict[str, torch.Tensor]]:
    """Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities."""
    preds = self.forward_head(x, **self.one2many)
    if self.end2end:
        x_detach = [xi.detach() for xi in x] if self.training else x  # detach keeps one2one out of the backbone
        one2one = self.forward_head(x_detach, **self.one2one)
        preds = {"one2many": preds, "one2one": one2one}
    if self.training:
        return preds
    y = self._inference(preds["one2one"] if self.end2end else preds)
    if self.end2end:
        y = self.postprocess(y.permute(0, 2, 1))
    return y if self.export else (y, preds)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect.forward_head#

def forward_head(
    self, x: list[torch.Tensor], box_head: torch.nn.Module = None, cls_head: torch.nn.Module = None
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]

Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
box_headtorch.nn.ModuleNone
cls_headtorch.nn.ModuleNone
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_head(
    self, x: list[torch.Tensor], box_head: torch.nn.Module = None, cls_head: torch.nn.Module = None
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
    """Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities."""
    if box_head is None or cls_head is None:  # for fused inference
        return {}
    bs = x[0].shape[0]  # batch size
    boxes = torch.cat([box_head[i](x[i]).view(bs, 4 * self.reg_max, -1) for i in range(self.nl)], dim=-1)
    scores = torch.cat([cls_head[i](x[i]).view(bs, self.nc, -1) for i in range(self.nl)], dim=-1)
    return {"boxes": boxes, "scores": scores, "feats": x}

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect.fuse#

def fuse(self) -> None

Remove the one2many head for inference optimization.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def fuse(self) -> None:
    """Remove the one2many head for inference optimization."""
    self.cv2 = self.cv3 = None

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect.get_topk_index#

def get_topk_index(self, scores: torch.Tensor, max_det: int) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]

Get top-k indices from scores.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
scorestorch.TensorScores tensor with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, num_classes).required
max_detintMaximum detections per image.required

Returns

TypeDescription
torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.TensorTop scores, class indices, and filtered indices.
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def get_topk_index(self, scores: torch.Tensor, max_det: int) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    """Get top-k indices from scores.

    Args:
        scores (torch.Tensor): Scores tensor with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, num_classes).
        max_det (int): Maximum detections per image.

    Returns:
        (torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor): Top scores, class indices, and filtered indices.
    """
    batch_size, anchors, nc = scores.shape  # i.e. shape(16,8400,80)
    # Use max_det directly during export for TensorRT compatibility (requires k to be constant),
    # otherwise use min(max_det, anchors) for safety with small inputs during Python inference
    k = max_det if self.export else min(max_det, anchors)
    if self.agnostic_nms:
        scores, labels = scores.max(dim=-1, keepdim=True)
        scores, indices = scores.topk(k, dim=1)
        labels = labels.gather(1, indices)
        return scores, labels.float(), indices
    groups = 8 if self.export and self.format == "engine" and not self.dynamic else 1
    ori_index = self._grouped_topk(scores.max(dim=-1)[0], k, groups)[1].unsqueeze(-1)
    scores = scores.gather(dim=1, index=ori_index.expand(-1, -1, nc))
    scores, index = self._grouped_topk(scores.flatten(1), k, groups)
    idx = (
        ori_index[torch.arange(batch_size)[..., None], index // nc]
        if self.format == "coreml"
        else ori_index.gather(dim=1, index=(index // nc).unsqueeze(-1))
    )
    return scores[..., None], (index % nc)[..., None].float(), idx

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect.postprocess#

def postprocess(self, preds: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor

Post-processes YOLO model predictions.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
predstorch.TensorRaw predictions with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, 4 + nc) with last dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, class_probs].required

Returns

TypeDescription
torch.TensorProcessed predictions with shape (batch_size, min(max_det, num_anchors), 6) and last dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, max_class_prob, class_index].
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def postprocess(self, preds: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Post-processes YOLO model predictions.

    Args:
        preds (torch.Tensor): Raw predictions with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, 4 + nc) with last dimension
            format [x1, y1, x2, y2, class_probs].

    Returns:
        (torch.Tensor): Processed predictions with shape (batch_size, min(max_det, num_anchors), 6) and last
            dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, max_class_prob, class_index].
    """
    boxes, scores = preds.split([4, self.nc], dim=-1)
    scores, conf, idx = self.get_topk_index(scores, self.max_det)
    boxes = boxes.gather(dim=1, index=idx.expand(-1, -1, 4))
    return torch.cat([boxes, scores, conf], dim=-1)





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment#

Segment(nc: int = 80, nm: int = 32, npr: int = 256, reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ())

Bases: Detect

YOLO Segment head for segmentation models.

This class extends the Detect head to include mask prediction capabilities for instance segmentation tasks.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of classes.80
nmintNumber of masks.32
nprintNumber of protos.256
reg_maxintMaximum number of DFL channels.16
end2endboolWhether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.False
chtupleTuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
nmintNumber of masks.
nprintNumber of protos.
protoProtoPrototype generation module.
cv4nn.ModuleListConvolution layers for mask coefficients.

Methods

NameDescription
one2manyReturns the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility.
one2oneReturns the one-to-one head components.
_inferenceDecode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with mask coefficients.
forwardReturn model outputs and mask coefficients if training, otherwise return outputs and mask coefficients.
forward_headConcatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and mask coefficients.
fuseRemove the one2many head for inference optimization.
postprocessPost-process YOLO model predictions.

Examples

Create a segmentation head

>>> segment = Segment(nc=80, nm=32, npr=256, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
>>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
>>> outputs = segment(x)
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class Segment(Detect):
    """YOLO Segment head for segmentation models.

    This class extends the Detect head to include mask prediction capabilities for instance segmentation tasks.

    Attributes:
        nm (int): Number of masks.
        npr (int): Number of protos.
        proto (Proto): Prototype generation module.
        cv4 (nn.ModuleList): Convolution layers for mask coefficients.

    Methods:
        forward: Return model outputs and mask coefficients.

    Examples:
        Create a segmentation head
        >>> segment = Segment(nc=80, nm=32, npr=256, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
        >>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
        >>> outputs = segment(x)
    """

    def __init__(self, nc: int = 80, nm: int = 32, npr: int = 256, reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ()):
        """Initialize the YOLO model attributes such as the number of masks, prototypes, and the convolution layers.

        Args:
            nc (int): Number of classes.
            nm (int): Number of masks.
            npr (int): Number of protos.
            reg_max (int): Maximum number of DFL channels.
            end2end (bool): Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.
            ch (tuple): Tuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.
        """
        super().__init__(nc, reg_max, end2end, ch)
        self.nm = nm  # number of masks
        self.npr = npr  # number of protos
        self.proto = Proto(ch[0], self.npr, self.nm)  # protos

        c4 = max(ch[0] // 4, self.nm)
        self.cv4 = nn.ModuleList(nn.Sequential(Conv(x, c4, 3), Conv(c4, c4, 3), nn.Conv2d(c4, self.nm, 1)) for x in ch)
        if end2end:
            self.one2one_cv4 = copy.deepcopy(self.cv4)

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment.one2many#

def one2many(self)

Returns the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
    """Returns the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility."""
    return {"box_head": self.cv2, "cls_head": self.cv3, "mask_head": self.cv4}

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment.one2one#

def one2one(self)

Returns the one-to-one head components.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
    """Returns the one-to-one head components."""
    return {"box_head": self.one2one_cv2, "cls_head": self.one2one_cv3, "mask_head": self.one2one_cv4}

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment._inference#

def _inference(self, x: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor

Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with mask coefficients.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xdict[str, torch.Tensor]required
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def _inference(self, x: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with mask coefficients."""
    preds = super()._inference(x)
    return torch.cat([preds, x["mask_coefficient"]], dim=1)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment.forward#

def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple | list[torch.Tensor] | dict[str, torch.Tensor]

Return model outputs and mask coefficients if training, otherwise return outputs and mask coefficients.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple | list[torch.Tensor] | dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
    """Return model outputs and mask coefficients if training, otherwise return outputs and mask coefficients."""
    outputs = super().forward(x)
    preds = outputs[1] if isinstance(outputs, tuple) else outputs
    proto = self.proto(x[0])  # mask protos
    if isinstance(preds, dict):  # training and validating during training
        if self.end2end:
            preds["one2many"]["proto"] = proto
            preds["one2one"]["proto"] = proto.detach()
        else:
            preds["proto"] = proto
    if self.training:
        return preds
    return (outputs, proto) if self.export else ((outputs[0], proto), preds)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment.forward_head#

def forward_head(
    self, x: list[torch.Tensor], box_head: torch.nn.Module, cls_head: torch.nn.Module, mask_head: torch.nn.Module
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]

Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and mask coefficients.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
box_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
cls_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
mask_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_head(
    self, x: list[torch.Tensor], box_head: torch.nn.Module, cls_head: torch.nn.Module, mask_head: torch.nn.Module
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
    """Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and mask coefficients."""
    preds = super().forward_head(x, box_head, cls_head)
    if mask_head is not None:
        bs = x[0].shape[0]  # batch size
        preds["mask_coefficient"] = torch.cat([mask_head[i](x[i]).view(bs, self.nm, -1) for i in range(self.nl)], 2)
    return preds

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment.fuse#

def fuse(self) -> None

Remove the one2many head for inference optimization.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def fuse(self) -> None:
    """Remove the one2many head for inference optimization."""
    self.cv2 = self.cv3 = self.cv4 = None

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment.postprocess#

def postprocess(self, preds: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor

Post-process YOLO model predictions.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
predstorch.TensorRaw predictions with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, 4 + nc + nm) with last dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, class_probs, mask_coefficient].required

Returns

TypeDescription
torch.TensorProcessed predictions with shape (batch_size, min(max_det, num_anchors), 6 + nm) and last dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, max_class_prob, class_index, mask_coefficient].
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def postprocess(self, preds: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Post-process YOLO model predictions.

    Args:
        preds (torch.Tensor): Raw predictions with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, 4 + nc + nm) with last dimension
            format [x1, y1, x2, y2, class_probs, mask_coefficient].

    Returns:
        (torch.Tensor): Processed predictions with shape (batch_size, min(max_det, num_anchors), 6 + nm) and last
            dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, max_class_prob, class_index, mask_coefficient].
    """
    boxes, scores, mask_coefficient = preds.split([4, self.nc, self.nm], dim=-1)
    scores, conf, idx = self.get_topk_index(scores, self.max_det)
    boxes = boxes.gather(dim=1, index=idx.expand(-1, -1, 4))
    mask_coefficient = mask_coefficient.gather(dim=1, index=idx.expand(-1, -1, self.nm))
    return torch.cat([boxes, scores, conf, mask_coefficient], dim=-1)





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment26#

Segment26(nc: int = 80, nm: int = 32, npr: int = 256, reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ())

Bases: Segment

YOLO26 Segment head for segmentation models.

This class extends the Segment head with Proto26 for mask prediction in instance segmentation tasks.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of classes.80
nmintNumber of masks.32
nprintNumber of protos.256
reg_maxintMaximum number of DFL channels.16
end2endboolWhether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.False
chtupleTuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
nmintNumber of masks.
nprintNumber of protos.
protoProto26Prototype generation module.
cv4nn.ModuleListConvolution layers for mask coefficients.

Methods

NameDescription
forwardReturn model outputs and mask coefficients if training, otherwise return outputs and mask coefficients.
fuseRemove the one2many head and extra part of proto module for inference optimization.

Examples

Create a segmentation head

>>> segment = Segment26(nc=80, nm=32, npr=256, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
>>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
>>> outputs = segment(x)
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class Segment26(Segment):
    """YOLO26 Segment head for segmentation models.

    This class extends the Segment head with Proto26 for mask prediction in instance segmentation tasks.

    Attributes:
        nm (int): Number of masks.
        npr (int): Number of protos.
        proto (Proto26): Prototype generation module.
        cv4 (nn.ModuleList): Convolution layers for mask coefficients.

    Methods:
        forward: Return model outputs and mask coefficients.

    Examples:
        Create a segmentation head
        >>> segment = Segment26(nc=80, nm=32, npr=256, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
        >>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
        >>> outputs = segment(x)
    """

    def __init__(self, nc: int = 80, nm: int = 32, npr: int = 256, reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ()):
        """Initialize the YOLO model attributes such as the number of masks, prototypes, and the convolution layers.

        Args:
            nc (int): Number of classes.
            nm (int): Number of masks.
            npr (int): Number of protos.
            reg_max (int): Maximum number of DFL channels.
            end2end (bool): Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.
            ch (tuple): Tuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.
        """
        super().__init__(nc, nm, npr, reg_max, end2end, ch)
        self.proto = Proto26(ch, self.npr, self.nm, nc)  # protos

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment26.forward#

def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple | list[torch.Tensor] | dict[str, torch.Tensor]

Return model outputs and mask coefficients if training, otherwise return outputs and mask coefficients.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple | list[torch.Tensor] | dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
    """Return model outputs and mask coefficients if training, otherwise return outputs and mask coefficients."""
    outputs = Detect.forward(self, x)
    preds = outputs[1] if isinstance(outputs, tuple) else outputs
    proto = self.proto(x)  # mask protos
    if isinstance(preds, dict):  # training and validating during training
        if self.end2end:
            preds["one2many"]["proto"] = proto
            preds["one2one"]["proto"] = (
                tuple(p.detach() for p in proto) if isinstance(proto, tuple) else proto.detach()
            )
        else:
            preds["proto"] = proto
    if self.training:
        return preds
    return (outputs, proto) if self.export else ((outputs[0], proto), preds)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment26.fuse#

def fuse(self) -> None

Remove the one2many head and extra part of proto module for inference optimization.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def fuse(self) -> None:
    """Remove the one2many head and extra part of proto module for inference optimization."""
    super().fuse()
    if hasattr(self.proto, "fuse"):
        self.proto.fuse()





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.OBB#

OBB(nc: int = 80, ne: int = 1, reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ())

Bases: Detect

YOLO OBB detection head for detection with rotation models.

This class extends the Detect head to include oriented bounding box prediction with rotation angles.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of classes.80
neintNumber of extra parameters.1
reg_maxintMaximum number of DFL channels.16
end2endboolWhether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.False
chtupleTuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
neintNumber of extra parameters.
cv4nn.ModuleListConvolution layers for angle prediction.
angletorch.TensorPredicted rotation angles.

Methods

NameDescription
one2manyReturns the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility.
one2oneReturns the one-to-one head components.
_inferenceDecode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with rotation angles.
decode_bboxesDecode rotated bounding boxes.
forward_headConcatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and angles.
fuseRemove the one2many head for inference optimization.
postprocessPost-process YOLO model predictions.

Examples

Create an OBB detection head

>>> obb = OBB(nc=80, ne=1, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
>>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
>>> outputs = obb(x)
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class OBB(Detect):
    """YOLO OBB detection head for detection with rotation models.

    This class extends the Detect head to include oriented bounding box prediction with rotation angles.

    Attributes:
        ne (int): Number of extra parameters.
        cv4 (nn.ModuleList): Convolution layers for angle prediction.
        angle (torch.Tensor): Predicted rotation angles.

    Methods:
        forward: Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities.
        decode_bboxes: Decode rotated bounding boxes.

    Examples:
        Create an OBB detection head
        >>> obb = OBB(nc=80, ne=1, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
        >>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
        >>> outputs = obb(x)
    """

    def __init__(self, nc: int = 80, ne: int = 1, reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ()):
        """Initialize OBB with number of classes `nc` and layer channels `ch`.

        Args:
            nc (int): Number of classes.
            ne (int): Number of extra parameters.
            reg_max (int): Maximum number of DFL channels.
            end2end (bool): Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.
            ch (tuple): Tuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.
        """
        super().__init__(nc, reg_max, end2end, ch)
        self.ne = ne  # number of extra parameters

        c4 = max(ch[0] // 4, self.ne)
        self.cv4 = nn.ModuleList(nn.Sequential(Conv(x, c4, 3), Conv(c4, c4, 3), nn.Conv2d(c4, self.ne, 1)) for x in ch)
        if end2end:
            self.one2one_cv4 = copy.deepcopy(self.cv4)

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.OBB.one2many#

def one2many(self)

Returns the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
    """Returns the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility."""
    return {"box_head": self.cv2, "cls_head": self.cv3, "angle_head": self.cv4}

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.OBB.one2one#

def one2one(self)

Returns the one-to-one head components.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
    """Returns the one-to-one head components."""
    return {"box_head": self.one2one_cv2, "cls_head": self.one2one_cv3, "angle_head": self.one2one_cv4}

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.OBB._inference#

def _inference(self, x: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor

Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with rotation angles.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xdict[str, torch.Tensor]required
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def _inference(self, x: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with rotation angles."""
    # For decode_bboxes convenience
    self.angle = x["angle"]
    preds = super()._inference(x)
    return torch.cat([preds, x["angle"]], dim=1)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.OBB.decode_bboxes#

def decode_bboxes(self, bboxes: torch.Tensor, anchors: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor

Decode rotated bounding boxes.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
bboxestorch.Tensorrequired
anchorstorch.Tensorrequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def decode_bboxes(self, bboxes: torch.Tensor, anchors: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Decode rotated bounding boxes."""
    return dist2rbox(bboxes, self.angle, anchors, dim=1)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.OBB.forward_head#

def forward_head(
    self, x: list[torch.Tensor], box_head: torch.nn.Module, cls_head: torch.nn.Module, angle_head: torch.nn.Module
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]

Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and angles.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
box_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
cls_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
angle_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_head(
    self, x: list[torch.Tensor], box_head: torch.nn.Module, cls_head: torch.nn.Module, angle_head: torch.nn.Module
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
    """Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and angles."""
    preds = super().forward_head(x, box_head, cls_head)
    if angle_head is not None:
        bs = x[0].shape[0]  # batch size
        angle = torch.cat(
            [angle_head[i](x[i]).view(bs, self.ne, -1) for i in range(self.nl)], 2
        )  # OBB theta logits
        angle = (angle.sigmoid() - 0.25) * math.pi  # [-pi/4, 3pi/4]
        preds["angle"] = angle
    return preds

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.OBB.fuse#

def fuse(self) -> None

Remove the one2many head for inference optimization.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def fuse(self) -> None:
    """Remove the one2many head for inference optimization."""
    self.cv2 = self.cv3 = self.cv4 = None

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.OBB.postprocess#

def postprocess(self, preds: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor

Post-process YOLO model predictions.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
predstorch.TensorRaw predictions with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, 4 + nc + ne) with last dimension format [x, y, w, h, class_probs, angle].required

Returns

TypeDescription
torch.TensorProcessed predictions with shape (batch_size, min(max_det, num_anchors), 7) and last dimension format [x, y, w, h, max_class_prob, class_index, angle].
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def postprocess(self, preds: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Post-process YOLO model predictions.

    Args:
        preds (torch.Tensor): Raw predictions with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, 4 + nc + ne) with last dimension
            format [x, y, w, h, class_probs, angle].

    Returns:
        (torch.Tensor): Processed predictions with shape (batch_size, min(max_det, num_anchors), 7) and last
            dimension format [x, y, w, h, max_class_prob, class_index, angle].
    """
    boxes, scores, angle = preds.split([4, self.nc, self.ne], dim=-1)
    scores, conf, idx = self.get_topk_index(scores, self.max_det)
    boxes = boxes.gather(dim=1, index=idx.expand(-1, -1, 4))
    angle = angle.gather(dim=1, index=idx.expand(-1, -1, self.ne))
    return torch.cat([boxes, scores, conf, angle], dim=-1)





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.OBB26#

OBB26(nc: int = 80, ne: int = 1, reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ())

Bases: OBB

YOLO26 OBB detection head for detection with rotation models. This class extends the OBB head with modified angle

processing that outputs raw angle predictions without sigmoid transformation, compared to the original OBB class.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of classes.80
neintNumber of extra parameters.1
reg_maxintMaximum number of DFL channels.16
end2endboolWhether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.False
chtupleTuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
neintNumber of extra parameters.
cv4nn.ModuleListConvolution layers for angle prediction.
angletorch.TensorPredicted rotation angles.

Methods

NameDescription
forward_headConcatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and raw angles.

Examples

Create an OBB26 detection head

>>> obb26 = OBB26(nc=80, ne=1, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
>>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
>>> outputs = obb26(x)
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class OBB26(OBB):
    """YOLO26 OBB detection head for detection with rotation models. This class extends the OBB head with modified angle
    processing that outputs raw angle predictions without sigmoid transformation, compared to the original
    OBB class.

    Attributes:
        ne (int): Number of extra parameters.
        cv4 (nn.ModuleList): Convolution layers for angle prediction.
        angle (torch.Tensor): Predicted rotation angles.

    Methods:
        forward_head: Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and raw angles.

    Examples:
        Create an OBB26 detection head
        >>> obb26 = OBB26(nc=80, ne=1, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
        >>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
        >>> outputs = obb26(x)
    """

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.OBB26.forward_head#

def forward_head(
    self, x: list[torch.Tensor], box_head: torch.nn.Module, cls_head: torch.nn.Module, angle_head: torch.nn.Module
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]

Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and raw angles.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
box_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
cls_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
angle_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_head(
    self, x: list[torch.Tensor], box_head: torch.nn.Module, cls_head: torch.nn.Module, angle_head: torch.nn.Module
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
    """Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and raw angles."""
    preds = Detect.forward_head(self, x, box_head, cls_head)
    if angle_head is not None:
        bs = x[0].shape[0]  # batch size
        angle = torch.cat(
            [angle_head[i](x[i]).view(bs, self.ne, -1) for i in range(self.nl)], 2
        )  # OBB theta logits (raw output without sigmoid transformation)
        preds["angle"] = angle
    return preds





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose#

Pose(nc: int = 80, kpt_shape: tuple = (17, 3), reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ())

Bases: Detect

YOLO Pose head for keypoints models.

This class extends the Detect head to include keypoint prediction capabilities for pose estimation tasks.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of classes.80
kpt_shapetupleNumber of keypoints, number of dims (2 for x,y or 3 for x,y,visible).(17, 3)
reg_maxintMaximum number of DFL channels.16
end2endboolWhether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.False
chtupleTuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
kpt_shapetupleNumber of keypoints and dimensions (2 for x,y or 3 for x,y,visible).
nkintTotal number of keypoint values.
cv4nn.ModuleListConvolution layers for keypoint prediction.

Methods

NameDescription
one2manyReturns the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility.
one2oneReturns the one-to-one head components.
_inferenceDecode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with keypoints.
forward_headConcatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and keypoints.
fuseRemove the one2many head for inference optimization.
kpts_decodeDecode keypoints from predictions.
postprocessPost-process YOLO model predictions.

Examples

Create a pose detection head

>>> pose = Pose(nc=80, kpt_shape=(17, 3), ch=(256, 512, 1024))
>>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
>>> outputs = pose(x)
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class Pose(Detect):
    """YOLO Pose head for keypoints models.

    This class extends the Detect head to include keypoint prediction capabilities for pose estimation tasks.

    Attributes:
        kpt_shape (tuple): Number of keypoints and dimensions (2 for x,y or 3 for x,y,visible).
        nk (int): Total number of keypoint values.
        cv4 (nn.ModuleList): Convolution layers for keypoint prediction.

    Methods:
        forward: Perform forward pass through YOLO model and return predictions.
        kpts_decode: Decode keypoints from predictions.

    Examples:
        Create a pose detection head
        >>> pose = Pose(nc=80, kpt_shape=(17, 3), ch=(256, 512, 1024))
        >>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
        >>> outputs = pose(x)
    """

    def __init__(self, nc: int = 80, kpt_shape: tuple = (17, 3), reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ()):
        """Initialize YOLO network with default parameters and Convolutional Layers.

        Args:
            nc (int): Number of classes.
            kpt_shape (tuple): Number of keypoints, number of dims (2 for x,y or 3 for x,y,visible).
            reg_max (int): Maximum number of DFL channels.
            end2end (bool): Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.
            ch (tuple): Tuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.
        """
        super().__init__(nc, reg_max, end2end, ch)
        self.kpt_shape = kpt_shape  # number of keypoints, number of dims (2 for x,y or 3 for x,y,visible)
        self.nk = kpt_shape[0] * kpt_shape[1]  # number of keypoints total

        c4 = max(ch[0] // 4, self.nk)
        self.cv4 = nn.ModuleList(nn.Sequential(Conv(x, c4, 3), Conv(c4, c4, 3), nn.Conv2d(c4, self.nk, 1)) for x in ch)
        if end2end:
            self.one2one_cv4 = copy.deepcopy(self.cv4)

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose.one2many#

def one2many(self)

Returns the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
    """Returns the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility."""
    return {"box_head": self.cv2, "cls_head": self.cv3, "pose_head": self.cv4}

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose.one2one#

def one2one(self)

Returns the one-to-one head components.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
    """Returns the one-to-one head components."""
    return {"box_head": self.one2one_cv2, "cls_head": self.one2one_cv3, "pose_head": self.one2one_cv4}

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose._inference#

def _inference(self, x: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor

Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with keypoints.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xdict[str, torch.Tensor]required
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def _inference(self, x: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with keypoints."""
    preds = super()._inference(x)
    return torch.cat([preds, self.kpts_decode(x["kpts"])], dim=1)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose.forward_head#

def forward_head(
    self, x: list[torch.Tensor], box_head: torch.nn.Module, cls_head: torch.nn.Module, pose_head: torch.nn.Module
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]

Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and keypoints.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
box_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
cls_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
pose_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_head(
    self, x: list[torch.Tensor], box_head: torch.nn.Module, cls_head: torch.nn.Module, pose_head: torch.nn.Module
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
    """Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and keypoints."""
    preds = super().forward_head(x, box_head, cls_head)
    if pose_head is not None:
        bs = x[0].shape[0]  # batch size
        preds["kpts"] = torch.cat([pose_head[i](x[i]).view(bs, self.nk, -1) for i in range(self.nl)], 2)
    return preds

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose.fuse#

def fuse(self) -> None

Remove the one2many head for inference optimization.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def fuse(self) -> None:
    """Remove the one2many head for inference optimization."""
    self.cv2 = self.cv3 = self.cv4 = None

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose.kpts_decode#

def kpts_decode(self, kpts: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor

Decode keypoints from predictions.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
kptstorch.Tensorrequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def kpts_decode(self, kpts: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Decode keypoints from predictions."""
    ndim = self.kpt_shape[1]
    bs = kpts.shape[0]
    if self.export:
        y = kpts.view(bs, *self.kpt_shape, -1)
        a = (y[:, :, :2] * 2.0 + (self.anchors - 0.5)) * self.strides
        if ndim == 3:
            a = torch.cat((a, y[:, :, 2:3].sigmoid()), 2)
        return a.view(bs, self.nk, -1)
    else:
        y = kpts.clone()
        if ndim == 3:
            y[:, 2::ndim] = y[:, 2::ndim].sigmoid()
        y[:, 0::ndim] = (y[:, 0::ndim] * 2.0 + (self.anchors[0] - 0.5)) * self.strides
        y[:, 1::ndim] = (y[:, 1::ndim] * 2.0 + (self.anchors[1] - 0.5)) * self.strides
        return y

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose.postprocess#

def postprocess(self, preds: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor

Post-process YOLO model predictions.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
predstorch.TensorRaw predictions with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, 4 + nc + nk) with last dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, class_probs, keypoints].required

Returns

TypeDescription
torch.TensorProcessed predictions with shape (batch_size, min(max_det, num_anchors), 6 + self.nk) and last dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, max_class_prob, class_index, keypoints].
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def postprocess(self, preds: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Post-process YOLO model predictions.

    Args:
        preds (torch.Tensor): Raw predictions with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, 4 + nc + nk) with last dimension
            format [x1, y1, x2, y2, class_probs, keypoints].

    Returns:
        (torch.Tensor): Processed predictions with shape (batch_size, min(max_det, num_anchors), 6 + self.nk) and
            last dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, max_class_prob, class_index, keypoints].
    """
    boxes, scores, kpts = preds.split([4, self.nc, self.nk], dim=-1)
    scores, conf, idx = self.get_topk_index(scores, self.max_det)
    boxes = boxes.gather(dim=1, index=idx.expand(-1, -1, 4))
    kpts = kpts.gather(dim=1, index=idx.expand(-1, -1, self.nk))
    return torch.cat([boxes, scores, conf, kpts], dim=-1)





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose26#

Pose26(nc: int = 80, kpt_shape: tuple = (17, 3), reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ())

Bases: Pose

YOLO26 Pose head for keypoints models.

This class extends the Pose head with normalizing flow for keypoint prediction in pose estimation tasks.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of classes.80
kpt_shapetupleNumber of keypoints, number of dims (2 for x,y or 3 for x,y,visible).(17, 3)
reg_maxintMaximum number of DFL channels.16
end2endboolWhether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.False
chtupleTuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
kpt_shapetupleNumber of keypoints and dimensions (2 for x,y or 3 for x,y,visible).
nkintTotal number of keypoint values.
cv4nn.ModuleListConvolution layers for keypoint prediction.

Methods

NameDescription
one2manyReturns the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility.
one2oneReturns the one-to-one head components.
forward_headConcatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and keypoints.
fuseRemove the one2many head for inference optimization.
kpts_decodeDecode keypoints from predictions.

Examples

Create a pose detection head

>>> pose = Pose26(nc=80, kpt_shape=(17, 3), ch=(256, 512, 1024))
>>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
>>> outputs = pose(x)
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class Pose26(Pose):
    """YOLO26 Pose head for keypoints models.

    This class extends the Pose head with normalizing flow for keypoint prediction in pose estimation tasks.

    Attributes:
        kpt_shape (tuple): Number of keypoints and dimensions (2 for x,y or 3 for x,y,visible).
        nk (int): Total number of keypoint values.
        cv4 (nn.ModuleList): Convolution layers for keypoint prediction.

    Methods:
        forward: Perform forward pass through YOLO model and return predictions.
        kpts_decode: Decode keypoints from predictions.

    Examples:
        Create a pose detection head
        >>> pose = Pose26(nc=80, kpt_shape=(17, 3), ch=(256, 512, 1024))
        >>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
        >>> outputs = pose(x)
    """

    def __init__(self, nc: int = 80, kpt_shape: tuple = (17, 3), reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ()):
        """Initialize YOLO network with default parameters and Convolutional Layers.

        Args:
            nc (int): Number of classes.
            kpt_shape (tuple): Number of keypoints, number of dims (2 for x,y or 3 for x,y,visible).
            reg_max (int): Maximum number of DFL channels.
            end2end (bool): Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.
            ch (tuple): Tuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.
        """
        super().__init__(nc, kpt_shape, reg_max, end2end, ch)
        self.flow_model = RealNVP()

        c4 = max(ch[0] // 4, kpt_shape[0] * (kpt_shape[1] + 2))
        self.cv4 = nn.ModuleList(nn.Sequential(Conv(x, c4, 3), Conv(c4, c4, 3)) for x in ch)

        self.cv4_kpts = nn.ModuleList(nn.Conv2d(c4, self.nk, 1) for _ in ch)
        self.nk_sigma = kpt_shape[0] * 2  # sigma_x, sigma_y for each keypoint
        self.cv4_sigma = nn.ModuleList(nn.Conv2d(c4, self.nk_sigma, 1) for _ in ch)

        if end2end:
            self.one2one_cv4 = copy.deepcopy(self.cv4)
            self.one2one_cv4_kpts = copy.deepcopy(self.cv4_kpts)
            self.one2one_cv4_sigma = copy.deepcopy(self.cv4_sigma)

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose26.one2many#

def one2many(self)

Returns the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
    """Returns the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility."""
    return {
        "box_head": self.cv2,
        "cls_head": self.cv3,
        "pose_head": self.cv4,
        "kpts_head": self.cv4_kpts,
        "kpts_sigma_head": self.cv4_sigma,
    }

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose26.one2one#

def one2one(self)

Returns the one-to-one head components.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
    """Returns the one-to-one head components."""
    return {
        "box_head": self.one2one_cv2,
        "cls_head": self.one2one_cv3,
        "pose_head": self.one2one_cv4,
        "kpts_head": self.one2one_cv4_kpts,
        "kpts_sigma_head": self.one2one_cv4_sigma,
    }

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose26.forward_head#

def forward_head(
    self,
    x: list[torch.Tensor],
    box_head: torch.nn.Module,
    cls_head: torch.nn.Module,
    pose_head: torch.nn.Module,
    kpts_head: torch.nn.Module,
    kpts_sigma_head: torch.nn.Module,
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]

Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and keypoints.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
box_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
cls_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
pose_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
kpts_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
kpts_sigma_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_head(
    self,
    x: list[torch.Tensor],
    box_head: torch.nn.Module,
    cls_head: torch.nn.Module,
    pose_head: torch.nn.Module,
    kpts_head: torch.nn.Module,
    kpts_sigma_head: torch.nn.Module,
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
    """Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and keypoints."""
    preds = Detect.forward_head(self, x, box_head, cls_head)
    if pose_head is not None:
        bs = x[0].shape[0]  # batch size
        features = [pose_head[i](x[i]) for i in range(self.nl)]
        preds["kpts"] = torch.cat([kpts_head[i](features[i]).view(bs, self.nk, -1) for i in range(self.nl)], 2)
        if self.training:
            preds["kpts_sigma"] = torch.cat(
                [kpts_sigma_head[i](features[i]).view(bs, self.nk_sigma, -1) for i in range(self.nl)], 2
            )
    return preds

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose26.fuse#

def fuse(self) -> None

Remove the one2many head for inference optimization.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def fuse(self) -> None:
    """Remove the one2many head for inference optimization."""
    super().fuse()
    self.cv4_kpts = self.cv4_sigma = self.flow_model = self.one2one_cv4_sigma = None

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose26.kpts_decode#

def kpts_decode(self, kpts: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor

Decode keypoints from predictions.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
kptstorch.Tensorrequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def kpts_decode(self, kpts: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Decode keypoints from predictions."""
    ndim = self.kpt_shape[1]
    bs = kpts.shape[0]
    if self.export:
        y = kpts.view(bs, *self.kpt_shape, -1)
        # NCNN fix
        a = (y[:, :, :2] + self.anchors) * self.strides
        if ndim == 3:
            a = torch.cat((a, y[:, :, 2:3].sigmoid()), 2)
        return a.view(bs, self.nk, -1)
    else:
        y = kpts.clone()
        if ndim == 3:
            y[:, 2::ndim] = y[:, 2::ndim].sigmoid()
        y[:, 0::ndim] = (y[:, 0::ndim] + self.anchors[0]) * self.strides
        y[:, 1::ndim] = (y[:, 1::ndim] + self.anchors[1]) * self.strides
        return y





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Depth#

Depth(c_mid: int = 256, ch: tuple = ())

Bases: nn.Module

YOLO Depth head for monocular depth estimation.

A dense prediction head that takes multi-scale backbone features and produces a single-channel depth map via progressive upsampling and fusion.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
c_midintNumber of intermediate channels for the fusion decoder.256
chtupleInput channel sizes from backbone feature maps (P3, P4, P5).()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
nlintNumber of pyramid levels.
cal_atorch.TensorLog-affine calibration scale buffer, identity 1.0 by default.
cal_btorch.TensorLog-affine calibration offset buffer, identity 0.0 by default.

Methods

NameDescription
forwardFuse multi-scale features and predict depth.

Examples

>>> depth = Depth(ch=(256, 512, 1024))
>>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
>>> out = depth(x)  # training: {"depth": (1, 1, 160, 160)} at P2 resolution (input/4)
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class Depth(nn.Module):
    """YOLO Depth head for monocular depth estimation.

    A dense prediction head that takes multi-scale backbone features and produces a single-channel depth map via
    progressive upsampling and fusion.

    Attributes:
        nl (int): Number of pyramid levels.
        cal_a (torch.Tensor): Log-affine calibration scale buffer, identity 1.0 by default.
        cal_b (torch.Tensor): Log-affine calibration offset buffer, identity 0.0 by default.

    Examples:
        >>> depth = Depth(ch=(256, 512, 1024))
        >>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
        >>> out = depth(x)  # training: {"depth": (1, 1, 160, 160)} at P2 resolution (input/4)
    """

    export = False  # export mode

    def __init__(self, c_mid: int = 256, ch: tuple = ()):
        """Initialize Depth head.

        Args:
            c_mid (int): Number of intermediate channels for the fusion decoder.
            ch (tuple): Input channel sizes from backbone feature maps (P3, P4, P5).
        """
        super().__init__()
        self.nl = len(ch)  # number of detection layers (pyramid levels)

        # Project each pyramid level to c_mid channels
        self.proj = nn.ModuleList(Conv(c, c_mid, k=1) for c in ch)

        # Refinement blocks after each of the nl-1 fusion steps (the coarsest level is not refined)
        self.refine = nn.ModuleList(nn.Sequential(Conv(c_mid, c_mid, k=3), Conv(c_mid, c_mid, k=3)) for _ in ch[:-1])

        self.head = nn.Sequential(
            Conv(c_mid, c_mid // 2, k=3),
            nn.ConvTranspose2d(c_mid // 2, c_mid // 2, kernel_size=2, stride=2, bias=True),
            Conv(c_mid // 2, c_mid // 4, k=3),
            nn.Conv2d(c_mid // 4, 1, kernel_size=1),
        )
        # Initialize to ~1.2 m so early exp() outputs stay well-conditioned.
        self.head[-1].bias.data.fill_(0.182)

        # Scale-only log-affine calibration d' = exp(a·log d + b); identity by default.
        self.register_buffer("cal_a", torch.ones(1))
        self.register_buffer("cal_b", torch.zeros(1))

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Depth.forward#

def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor

Fuse multi-scale features and predict depth.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]List of feature tensors [P3, P4, P5] from the backbone/neck.required

Returns

TypeDescription
Trainingdict {"depth": (B, 1, H/4, W/4)}, the raw head output the loss supervises.
Eval(B, 1, H/4, W/4) with calibration applied; the predictor/validator resize to image/GT size.
Export (self.export=True)(B, 1, H, W), upsampled 4x to the input size. Output is unbounded.
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor:
    """Fuse multi-scale features and predict depth.

    Args:
        x: List of feature tensors [P3, P4, P5] from the backbone/neck.

    Returns:
        Training: dict {"depth": (B, 1, H/4, W/4)}, the raw head output the loss supervises.
        Eval: (B, 1, H/4, W/4) with calibration applied; the predictor/validator resize to image/GT size.
        Export (self.export=True): (B, 1, H, W), upsampled 4x to the input size. Output is unbounded.
    """
    # Project all levels to same channel dim
    feats = [self.proj[i](x[i]) for i in range(self.nl)]

    out = feats[-1]
    for i in range(self.nl - 2, -1, -1):
        # align_corners=True is baked into the released depth weights. Constant scale (consecutive pyramid
        # levels) keeps the upsample static for dynamic-shape CoreML export; output size is identical.
        out = F.interpolate(out, scale_factor=2, mode="bilinear", align_corners=True)
        out = out + feats[i]
        out = self.refine[i](out)

    out = self.head(out)  # (B, 1, H/4, W/4)
    depth = torch.exp(out.clamp(-4.0, 5.0))

    if self.training:
        return {"depth": depth}

    depth = depth.pow(self.cal_a) * self.cal_b.exp()
    if self.export:
        depth = F.interpolate(depth, scale_factor=4.0, mode="bilinear", align_corners=False)
    return depth





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Classify#

Classify(c1: int, c2: int, k: int = 1, s: int = 1, p: int | None = None, g: int = 1)

Bases: nn.Module

YOLO classification head, i.e. x(b,c1,20,20) to x(b,c2).

This class implements a classification head that transforms feature maps into class predictions.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
c1intNumber of input channels.required
c2intNumber of output classes.required
kintKernel size.1
sintStride.1
pint, optionalPadding.None
gintGroups.1

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
exportboolExport mode flag.
convConvConvolutional layer for feature transformation.
poolnn.AdaptiveAvgPool2dGlobal average pooling layer.
dropnn.DropoutDropout layer for regularization.
linearnn.LinearLinear layer for final classification.

Methods

NameDescription
forwardPerform forward pass on input feature maps.

Examples

Create a classification head

>>> classify = Classify(c1=1024, c2=1000)
>>> x = torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)
>>> output = classify(x)
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class Classify(nn.Module):
    """YOLO classification head, i.e. x(b,c1,20,20) to x(b,c2).

    This class implements a classification head that transforms feature maps into class predictions.

    Attributes:
        export (bool): Export mode flag.
        conv (Conv): Convolutional layer for feature transformation.
        pool (nn.AdaptiveAvgPool2d): Global average pooling layer.
        drop (nn.Dropout): Dropout layer for regularization.
        linear (nn.Linear): Linear layer for final classification.

    Methods:
        forward: Perform forward pass on input feature maps.

    Examples:
        Create a classification head
        >>> classify = Classify(c1=1024, c2=1000)
        >>> x = torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)
        >>> output = classify(x)
    """

    export = False  # export mode

    def __init__(self, c1: int, c2: int, k: int = 1, s: int = 1, p: int | None = None, g: int = 1):
        """Initialize YOLO classification head to transform input tensor from (b,c1,20,20) to (b,c2) shape.

        Args:
            c1 (int): Number of input channels.
            c2 (int): Number of output classes.
            k (int): Kernel size.
            s (int): Stride.
            p (int, optional): Padding.
            g (int): Groups.
        """
        super().__init__()
        c_ = 1280  # efficientnet_b0 size
        self.conv = Conv(c1, c_, k, s, p, g)
        self.pool = nn.AdaptiveAvgPool2d(1)  # to x(b,c_,1,1)
        self.drop = nn.Dropout(p=0.0, inplace=True)
        self.linear = nn.Linear(c_, c2)  # to x(b,c2)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Classify.forward#

def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor | tuple

Perform forward pass on input feature maps.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensorrequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor | tuple:
    """Perform forward pass on input feature maps."""
    if isinstance(x, list):
        x = torch.cat(x, 1)
    x = self.linear(self.drop(self.pool(self.conv(x)).flatten(1)))
    if self.training:
        return x
    y = x.softmax(1)  # get final output
    return y if self.export else (y, x)





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.WorldDetect#

WorldDetect(
    nc: int = 80,
    embed: int = 512,
    with_bn: bool = False,
    reg_max: int = 16,
    end2end: bool = False,
    ch: tuple = (),
)

Bases: Detect

Head for integrating YOLO detection models with semantic understanding from text embeddings.

This class extends the standard Detect head to incorporate text embeddings for enhanced semantic understanding in object detection tasks.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of classes.80
embedintEmbedding dimension.512
with_bnboolWhether to use batch normalization in contrastive head.False
reg_maxintMaximum number of DFL channels.16
end2endboolWhether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.False
chtupleTuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
cv3nn.ModuleListConvolution layers for embedding features.
cv4nn.ModuleListContrastive head layers for text-vision alignment.

Methods

NameDescription
bias_initInitialize Detect() biases, WARNING: requires stride availability.
forwardConcatenate and return predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities.

Examples

Create a WorldDetect head

>>> world_detect = WorldDetect(nc=80, embed=512, with_bn=False, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
>>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
>>> text = torch.randn(1, 80, 512)
>>> outputs = world_detect(x, text)
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class WorldDetect(Detect):
    """Head for integrating YOLO detection models with semantic understanding from text embeddings.

    This class extends the standard Detect head to incorporate text embeddings for enhanced semantic understanding in
    object detection tasks.

    Attributes:
        cv3 (nn.ModuleList): Convolution layers for embedding features.
        cv4 (nn.ModuleList): Contrastive head layers for text-vision alignment.

    Methods:
        forward: Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities.
        bias_init: Initialize detection head biases.

    Examples:
        Create a WorldDetect head
        >>> world_detect = WorldDetect(nc=80, embed=512, with_bn=False, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
        >>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
        >>> text = torch.randn(1, 80, 512)
        >>> outputs = world_detect(x, text)
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        nc: int = 80,
        embed: int = 512,
        with_bn: bool = False,
        reg_max: int = 16,
        end2end: bool = False,
        ch: tuple = (),
    ):
        """Initialize YOLO detection layer with nc classes and layer channels ch.

        Args:
            nc (int): Number of classes.
            embed (int): Embedding dimension.
            with_bn (bool): Whether to use batch normalization in contrastive head.
            reg_max (int): Maximum number of DFL channels.
            end2end (bool): Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.
            ch (tuple): Tuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.
        """
        super().__init__(nc, reg_max=reg_max, end2end=end2end, ch=ch)
        c3 = max(ch[0], min(self.nc, 100))
        self.cv3 = nn.ModuleList(nn.Sequential(Conv(x, c3, 3), Conv(c3, c3, 3), nn.Conv2d(c3, embed, 1)) for x in ch)
        self.cv4 = nn.ModuleList(BNContrastiveHead(embed) if with_bn else ContrastiveHead() for _ in ch)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.WorldDetect.bias_init#

def bias_init(self)

Initialize Detect() biases, WARNING: requires stride availability.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def bias_init(self):
    """Initialize Detect() biases, WARNING: requires stride availability."""
    m = self  # self.model[-1]  # Detect() module
    # cf = torch.bincount(torch.tensor(np.concatenate(dataset.labels, 0)[:, 0]).long(), minlength=nc) + 1
    # ncf = math.log(0.6 / (m.nc - 0.999999)) if cf is None else torch.log(cf / cf.sum())  # nominal class frequency
    for a, b, s in zip(m.cv2, m.cv3, m.stride):  # from
        a[-1].bias.data[:] = 1.0  # box

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.WorldDetect.forward#

def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor], text: torch.Tensor) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor] | tuple

Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
texttorch.Tensorrequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor], text: torch.Tensor) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor] | tuple:
    """Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities."""
    feats = list(x)  # snapshot references for anchor generation; the loop below reassigns x[i], never mutates
    for i in range(self.nl):
        x[i] = torch.cat((self.cv2[i](x[i]), self.cv4[i](self.cv3[i](x[i]), text)), 1)
    self.no = self.nc + self.reg_max * 4  # self.nc could be changed when inference with different texts
    bs = x[0].shape[0]
    x_cat = torch.cat([xi.view(bs, self.no, -1) for xi in x], 2)
    boxes, scores = x_cat.split((self.reg_max * 4, self.nc), 1)
    preds = {"boxes": boxes, "scores": scores, "feats": feats}
    if self.training:
        return preds
    y = self._inference(preds)
    return y if self.export else (y, preds)





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.LRPCHead#

LRPCHead(vocab: nn.Module, pf: nn.Module, loc: nn.Module, enabled: bool = True)

Bases: nn.Module

Lightweight Region Proposal and Classification Head for efficient object detection.

This head combines region proposal filtering with classification to enable efficient detection with dynamic vocabulary support.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
vocabnn.ModuleVocabulary/classification module.required
pfnn.ModuleProposal filter module.required
locnn.ModuleLocalization module.required
enabledboolWhether to enable the head functionality.True

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
vocabnn.ModuleVocabulary/classification layer.
pfnn.ModuleProposal filter module.
locnn.ModuleLocalization module.
enabledboolWhether the head is enabled.

Methods

NameDescription
conv2linearConvert a 1x1 convolutional layer to a linear layer.
forwardProcess classification and localization features to generate detection proposals.

Examples

Create an LRPC head

>>> vocab = nn.Conv2d(256, 80, 1)
>>> pf = nn.Conv2d(256, 1, 1)
>>> loc = nn.Conv2d(256, 4, 1)
>>> head = LRPCHead(vocab, pf, loc, enabled=True)
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class LRPCHead(nn.Module):
    """Lightweight Region Proposal and Classification Head for efficient object detection.

    This head combines region proposal filtering with classification to enable efficient detection with dynamic
    vocabulary support.

    Attributes:
        vocab (nn.Module): Vocabulary/classification layer.
        pf (nn.Module): Proposal filter module.
        loc (nn.Module): Localization module.
        enabled (bool): Whether the head is enabled.

    Methods:
        conv2linear: Convert a 1x1 convolutional layer to a linear layer.
        forward: Process classification and localization features to generate detection proposals.

    Examples:
        Create an LRPC head
        >>> vocab = nn.Conv2d(256, 80, 1)
        >>> pf = nn.Conv2d(256, 1, 1)
        >>> loc = nn.Conv2d(256, 4, 1)
        >>> head = LRPCHead(vocab, pf, loc, enabled=True)
    """

    def __init__(self, vocab: nn.Module, pf: nn.Module, loc: nn.Module, enabled: bool = True):
        """Initialize LRPCHead with vocabulary, proposal filter, and localization components.

        Args:
            vocab (nn.Module): Vocabulary/classification module.
            pf (nn.Module): Proposal filter module.
            loc (nn.Module): Localization module.
            enabled (bool): Whether to enable the head functionality.
        """
        super().__init__()
        self.vocab = self.conv2linear(vocab) if enabled else vocab
        self.pf = pf
        self.loc = loc
        self.enabled = enabled

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.LRPCHead.conv2linear#

def conv2linear(conv: nn.Conv2d) -> nn.Linear

Convert a 1x1 convolutional layer to a linear layer.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
convnn.Conv2drequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@staticmethod
def conv2linear(conv: nn.Conv2d) -> nn.Linear:
    """Convert a 1x1 convolutional layer to a linear layer."""
    assert isinstance(conv, nn.Conv2d) and conv.kernel_size == (1, 1)
    linear = nn.Linear(conv.in_channels, conv.out_channels).requires_grad_(conv.weight.requires_grad)
    linear.weight.data = conv.weight.view(conv.out_channels, -1).data
    linear.bias.data = conv.bias.data
    return linear

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.LRPCHead.forward#

def forward(self, cls_feat: torch.Tensor, loc_feat: torch.Tensor, conf: float) -> tuple[tuple, torch.Tensor]

Process classification and localization features to generate detection proposals.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
cls_feattorch.Tensorrequired
loc_feattorch.Tensorrequired
conffloatrequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, cls_feat: torch.Tensor, loc_feat: torch.Tensor, conf: float) -> tuple[tuple, torch.Tensor]:
    """Process classification and localization features to generate detection proposals."""
    if self.enabled:
        if not conf:  # static export, every anchor passes the proposal filter
            cls_feat = self.vocab(cls_feat.flatten(2).transpose(-1, -2))
            return self.loc(loc_feat), cls_feat.transpose(-1, -2), None
        pf_score = self.pf(cls_feat)[0, 0].flatten(0)
        mask = pf_score.sigmoid() > conf
        cls_feat = cls_feat.flatten(2).transpose(-1, -2)
        cls_feat = self.vocab(cls_feat[:, mask] if conf else cls_feat * mask.unsqueeze(-1).int())
        return self.loc(loc_feat), cls_feat.transpose(-1, -2), mask
    else:
        cls_feat = self.vocab(cls_feat)
        loc_feat = self.loc(loc_feat)
        return (
            loc_feat,
            cls_feat.flatten(2),
            torch.ones(cls_feat.shape[2] * cls_feat.shape[3], device=cls_feat.device, dtype=torch.bool),
        )





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect#

YOLOEDetect(nc: int = 80, embed: int = 512, with_bn: bool = False, reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ())

Bases: Detect

Head for integrating YOLO detection models with semantic understanding from text embeddings.

This class extends the standard Detect head to support text-guided detection with enhanced semantic understanding through text embeddings and visual prompt embeddings.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of classes.80
embedintEmbedding dimension.512
with_bnboolWhether to use batch normalization in contrastive head.False
reg_maxintMaximum number of DFL channels.16
end2endboolWhether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.False
chtupleTuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
is_fusedboolWhether the model is fused for inference.
cv3nn.ModuleListConvolution layers for embedding features.
cv4nn.ModuleListContrastive head layers for text-vision alignment.
reprtaResidualResidual block for text prompt embeddings.
savpeSAVPESpatial-aware visual prompt embeddings module.
embedintEmbedding dimension.

Methods

NameDescription
one2manyReturns the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility.
one2oneReturns the one-to-one head components.
_fuse_tpFuse text prompt embeddings with model weights for efficient inference.
_get_decode_boxesDecode predicted bounding boxes for inference.
bias_initInitialize Detect() biases, WARNING: requires stride availability.
forwardProcess features with class prompt embeddings to generate detections.
forward_headConcatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and contrastive scores.
forward_lrpcProcess features with fused text embeddings to generate detections for prompt-free model.
fuseFuse text features with model weights for efficient inference.
get_tpeGet text prompt embeddings with normalization.
get_vpeGet visual prompt embeddings with spatial awareness.

Examples

Create a YOLOEDetect head

>>> yoloe_detect = YOLOEDetect(nc=80, embed=512, with_bn=True, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
>>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
>>> cls_pe = torch.randn(1, 80, 512)
>>> outputs = yoloe_detect([*x, cls_pe])
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class YOLOEDetect(Detect):
    """Head for integrating YOLO detection models with semantic understanding from text embeddings.

    This class extends the standard Detect head to support text-guided detection with enhanced semantic understanding
    through text embeddings and visual prompt embeddings.

    Attributes:
        is_fused (bool): Whether the model is fused for inference.
        cv3 (nn.ModuleList): Convolution layers for embedding features.
        cv4 (nn.ModuleList): Contrastive head layers for text-vision alignment.
        reprta (Residual): Residual block for text prompt embeddings.
        savpe (SAVPE): Spatial-aware visual prompt embeddings module.
        embed (int): Embedding dimension.

    Methods:
        fuse: Fuse text features with model weights for efficient inference.
        get_tpe: Get text prompt embeddings with normalization.
        get_vpe: Get visual prompt embeddings with spatial awareness.
        forward_lrpc: Process features with fused text embeddings for prompt-free model.
        forward: Process features with class prompt embeddings to generate detections.
        bias_init: Initialize biases for detection heads.

    Examples:
        Create a YOLOEDetect head
        >>> yoloe_detect = YOLOEDetect(nc=80, embed=512, with_bn=True, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
        >>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
        >>> cls_pe = torch.randn(1, 80, 512)
        >>> outputs = yoloe_detect([*x, cls_pe])
    """

    is_fused = False

    def __init__(
        self, nc: int = 80, embed: int = 512, with_bn: bool = False, reg_max=16, end2end=False, ch: tuple = ()
    ):
        """Initialize YOLO detection layer with nc classes and layer channels ch.

        Args:
            nc (int): Number of classes.
            embed (int): Embedding dimension.
            with_bn (bool): Whether to use batch normalization in contrastive head.
            reg_max (int): Maximum number of DFL channels.
            end2end (bool): Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.
            ch (tuple): Tuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.
        """
        super().__init__(nc, reg_max, end2end, ch)
        c3 = max(ch[0], min(self.nc, 100))
        assert c3 <= embed
        assert with_bn
        self.cv3 = (
            nn.ModuleList(nn.Sequential(Conv(x, c3, 3), Conv(c3, c3, 3), nn.Conv2d(c3, embed, 1)) for x in ch)
            if self.legacy
            else nn.ModuleList(
                nn.Sequential(
                    nn.Sequential(DWConv(x, x, 3), Conv(x, c3, 1)),
                    nn.Sequential(DWConv(c3, c3, 3), Conv(c3, c3, 1)),
                    nn.Conv2d(c3, embed, 1),
                )
                for x in ch
            )
        )
        self.cv4 = nn.ModuleList(BNContrastiveHead(embed) if with_bn else ContrastiveHead() for _ in ch)
        if end2end:
            self.one2one_cv3 = copy.deepcopy(self.cv3)  # overwrite with new cv3
            self.one2one_cv4 = copy.deepcopy(self.cv4)

        self.reprta = Residual(SwiGLUFFN(embed, embed))
        self.savpe = SAVPE(ch, c3, embed)
        self.embed = embed

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect.one2many#

def one2many(self)

Returns the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
    """Returns the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility."""
    return {"box_head": self.cv2, "cls_head": self.cv3, "contrastive_head": self.cv4}

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect.one2one#

def one2one(self)

Returns the one-to-one head components.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
    """Returns the one-to-one head components."""
    return {"box_head": self.one2one_cv2, "cls_head": self.one2one_cv3, "contrastive_head": self.one2one_cv4}

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect._fuse_tp#

def _fuse_tp(self, txt_feats: torch.Tensor, cls_head: torch.nn.Module, bn_head: torch.nn.Module) -> None

Fuse text prompt embeddings with model weights for efficient inference.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
txt_featstorch.Tensorrequired
cls_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
bn_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def _fuse_tp(self, txt_feats: torch.Tensor, cls_head: torch.nn.Module, bn_head: torch.nn.Module) -> None:
    """Fuse text prompt embeddings with model weights for efficient inference."""
    for cls_h, bn_h in zip(cls_head, bn_head):
        assert isinstance(cls_h, nn.Sequential)
        assert isinstance(bn_h, BNContrastiveHead)
        conv = cls_h[-1]
        assert isinstance(conv, nn.Conv2d)
        logit_scale = bn_h.logit_scale
        bias = bn_h.bias
        norm = bn_h.norm

        t = txt_feats * logit_scale.exp()
        conv: nn.Conv2d = fuse_conv_and_bn(conv, norm)

        w = conv.weight.data.squeeze(-1).squeeze(-1)
        b = conv.bias.data

        w = t @ w
        b1 = (t @ b.reshape(-1).unsqueeze(-1)).squeeze(-1)
        b2 = torch.ones_like(b1) * bias

        conv = (
            nn.Conv2d(
                conv.in_channels,
                w.shape[0],
                kernel_size=1,
            )
            .requires_grad_(False)
            .to(conv.weight.device, conv.weight.dtype)
        )

        conv.weight.data.copy_(w.unsqueeze(-1).unsqueeze(-1))
        conv.bias.data.copy_(b1 + b2)
        cls_h[-1] = conv

        bn_h.fuse()

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect._get_decode_boxes#

def _get_decode_boxes(self, x)

Decode predicted bounding boxes for inference.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def _get_decode_boxes(self, x):
    """Decode predicted bounding boxes for inference."""
    dbox = super()._get_decode_boxes(x)
    if hasattr(self, "lrpc"):
        dbox = dbox if x["index"] is None else dbox[..., x["index"]]
    return dbox

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect.bias_init#

def bias_init(self)

Initialize Detect() biases, WARNING: requires stride availability.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def bias_init(self):
    """Initialize Detect() biases, WARNING: requires stride availability."""
    for i, (a, b, c) in enumerate(
        zip(self.one2many["box_head"], self.one2many["cls_head"], self.one2many["contrastive_head"])
    ):
        a[-1].bias.data[:] = 2.0  # box
        b[-1].bias.data[:] = 0.0
        c.bias.data[:] = math.log(5 / self.nc / (640 / self.stride[i]) ** 2)
    if self.end2end:
        for i, (a, b, c) in enumerate(
            zip(self.one2one["box_head"], self.one2one["cls_head"], self.one2one["contrastive_head"])
        ):
            a[-1].bias.data[:] = 2.0  # box
            b[-1].bias.data[:] = 0.0
            c.bias.data[:] = math.log(5 / self.nc / (640 / self.stride[i]) ** 2)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect.forward#

def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor | tuple

Process features with class prompt embeddings to generate detections.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor | tuple:
    """Process features with class prompt embeddings to generate detections."""
    if hasattr(self, "lrpc"):  # for prompt-free inference
        return self.forward_lrpc(x[:3])
    return super().forward(x)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect.forward_head#

def forward_head(self, x, box_head, cls_head, contrastive_head)

Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and contrastive scores.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_head(self, x, box_head, cls_head, contrastive_head):
    """Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and contrastive scores."""
    assert len(x) == 4, f"Expected 4 features including 3 feature maps and 1 text embeddings, but got {len(x)}."
    if box_head is None or cls_head is None:  # for fused inference
        return {}
    bs = x[0].shape[0]  # batch size
    boxes = torch.cat([box_head[i](x[i]).view(bs, 4 * self.reg_max, -1) for i in range(self.nl)], dim=-1)
    self.nc = x[-1].shape[1]
    scores = torch.cat(
        [contrastive_head[i](cls_head[i](x[i]), x[-1]).reshape(bs, self.nc, -1) for i in range(self.nl)], dim=-1
    )
    self.no = self.nc + self.reg_max * 4  # self.nc could be changed when inference with different texts
    return {"boxes": boxes, "scores": scores, "feats": x[:3]}

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect.forward_lrpc#

def forward_lrpc(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor | tuple

Process features with fused text embeddings to generate detections for prompt-free model.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_lrpc(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor | tuple:
    """Process features with fused text embeddings to generate detections for prompt-free model."""
    boxes, scores, index = [], [], []
    bs = x[0].shape[0]
    # Prompt-free fusion removes the one-to-many heads.
    cv2 = self.one2one_cv2 if self.end2end or self.cv2 is None else self.cv2
    cv3 = self.one2one_cv3 if self.end2end or self.cv3 is None else self.cv3
    conf = 0 if self.export and not self.dynamic else getattr(self, "conf", 0.001)
    for i in range(self.nl):
        cls_feat = cv3[i](x[i])
        loc_feat = cv2[i](x[i])
        assert isinstance(self.lrpc[i], LRPCHead)
        box, score, idx = self.lrpc[i](cls_feat, loc_feat, conf)
        boxes.append(box.view(bs, self.reg_max * 4, -1))
        scores.append(score)
        index.append(idx)
    preds = {
        "boxes": torch.cat(boxes, 2),
        "scores": torch.cat(scores, 2),
        "feats": x,
        "index": torch.cat(index) if conf else None,
    }
    y = self._inference(preds)
    if self.end2end:
        y = self.postprocess(y.permute(0, 2, 1))
    return y if self.export else (y, preds)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect.fuse#

def fuse(self, txt_feats: torch.Tensor = None)

Fuse text features with model weights for efficient inference.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
txt_featstorch.TensorNone
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@smart_inference_mode(False)  # fused layers stay in the model, so they must not be inference tensors
def fuse(self, txt_feats: torch.Tensor = None):
    """Fuse text features with model weights for efficient inference."""
    if txt_feats is None:  # means eliminate one2many branch
        self.cv2 = self.cv3 = self.cv4 = None
        return
    if self.is_fused:
        return

    assert not self.training
    txt_feats = txt_feats.to(next(self.parameters()).dtype).squeeze(0)
    if self.cv3 and self.cv4:
        self._fuse_tp(txt_feats, self.cv3, self.cv4)
    if self.end2end:
        self._fuse_tp(txt_feats, self.one2one_cv3, self.one2one_cv4)
    del self.reprta
    self.reprta = nn.Identity()
    self.is_fused = True

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect.get_tpe#

def get_tpe(self, tpe: torch.Tensor | None) -> torch.Tensor | None

Get text prompt embeddings with normalization.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
tpetorch.Tensor | Nonerequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def get_tpe(self, tpe: torch.Tensor | None) -> torch.Tensor | None:
    """Get text prompt embeddings with normalization."""
    return None if tpe is None else F.normalize(self.reprta(tpe), dim=-1, p=2)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect.get_vpe#

def get_vpe(self, x: list[torch.Tensor], vpe: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor

Get visual prompt embeddings with spatial awareness.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
vpetorch.Tensorrequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def get_vpe(self, x: list[torch.Tensor], vpe: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Get visual prompt embeddings with spatial awareness."""
    if vpe.shape[1] == 0:  # no visual prompt embeddings
        return torch.zeros(x[0].shape[0], 0, self.embed, device=x[0].device)
    if vpe.ndim == 4:  # (B, N, H, W)
        vpe = self.savpe(x, vpe)
    assert vpe.ndim == 3  # (B, N, D)
    return vpe





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment#

YOLOESegment(
    nc: int = 80,
    nm: int = 32,
    npr: int = 256,
    embed: int = 512,
    with_bn: bool = False,
    reg_max=16,
    end2end=False,
    ch: tuple = (),
)

Bases: YOLOEDetect

YOLO segmentation head with text embedding capabilities.

This class extends YOLOEDetect to include mask prediction capabilities for instance segmentation tasks with text-guided semantic understanding.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of classes.80
nmintNumber of masks.32
nprintNumber of protos.256
embedintEmbedding dimension.512
with_bnboolWhether to use batch normalization in contrastive head.False
reg_maxintMaximum number of DFL channels.16
end2endboolWhether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.False
chtupleTuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
nmintNumber of masks.
nprintNumber of protos.
protoProtoPrototype generation module.
cv5nn.ModuleListConvolution layers for mask coefficients.

Methods

NameDescription
one2manyReturns the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility.
one2oneReturns the one-to-one head components.
_inferenceDecode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with mask coefficients.
forwardReturn model outputs and mask coefficients if training, otherwise return outputs and mask coefficients.
forward_headConcatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and mask coefficients.
forward_lrpcProcess features with fused text embeddings to generate detections for prompt-free model.
fuseFuse text features with model weights for efficient inference.
postprocessPost-process YOLO model predictions.

Examples

Create a YOLOESegment head

>>> yoloe_segment = YOLOESegment(nc=80, nm=32, npr=256, embed=512, with_bn=True, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
>>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
>>> text = torch.randn(1, 80, 512)
>>> outputs = yoloe_segment([*x, text])
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class YOLOESegment(YOLOEDetect):
    """YOLO segmentation head with text embedding capabilities.

    This class extends YOLOEDetect to include mask prediction capabilities for instance segmentation tasks with
    text-guided semantic understanding.

    Attributes:
        nm (int): Number of masks.
        npr (int): Number of protos.
        proto (Proto): Prototype generation module.
        cv5 (nn.ModuleList): Convolution layers for mask coefficients.

    Methods:
        forward: Return model outputs and mask coefficients.

    Examples:
        Create a YOLOESegment head
        >>> yoloe_segment = YOLOESegment(nc=80, nm=32, npr=256, embed=512, with_bn=True, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
        >>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
        >>> text = torch.randn(1, 80, 512)
        >>> outputs = yoloe_segment([*x, text])
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        nc: int = 80,
        nm: int = 32,
        npr: int = 256,
        embed: int = 512,
        with_bn: bool = False,
        reg_max=16,
        end2end=False,
        ch: tuple = (),
    ):
        """Initialize YOLOESegment with class count, mask parameters, and embedding dimensions.

        Args:
            nc (int): Number of classes.
            nm (int): Number of masks.
            npr (int): Number of protos.
            embed (int): Embedding dimension.
            with_bn (bool): Whether to use batch normalization in contrastive head.
            reg_max (int): Maximum number of DFL channels.
            end2end (bool): Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.
            ch (tuple): Tuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.
        """
        super().__init__(nc, embed, with_bn, reg_max, end2end, ch)
        self.nm = nm
        self.npr = npr
        self.proto = Proto(ch[0], self.npr, self.nm)

        c5 = max(ch[0] // 4, self.nm)
        self.cv5 = nn.ModuleList(nn.Sequential(Conv(x, c5, 3), Conv(c5, c5, 3), nn.Conv2d(c5, self.nm, 1)) for x in ch)
        if end2end:
            self.one2one_cv5 = copy.deepcopy(self.cv5)

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment.one2many#

def one2many(self)

Returns the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
    """Returns the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility."""
    return {"box_head": self.cv2, "cls_head": self.cv3, "mask_head": self.cv5, "contrastive_head": self.cv4}

Property ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment.one2one#

def one2one(self)

Returns the one-to-one head components.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
    """Returns the one-to-one head components."""
    return {
        "box_head": self.one2one_cv2,
        "cls_head": self.one2one_cv3,
        "mask_head": self.one2one_cv5,
        "contrastive_head": self.one2one_cv4,
    }

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment._inference#

def _inference(self, x: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor

Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with mask coefficients.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xdict[str, torch.Tensor]required
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def _inference(self, x: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with mask coefficients."""
    preds = super()._inference(x)
    return torch.cat([preds, x["mask_coefficient"]], dim=1)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment.forward#

def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple | list[torch.Tensor] | dict[str, torch.Tensor]

Return model outputs and mask coefficients if training, otherwise return outputs and mask coefficients.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple | list[torch.Tensor] | dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
    """Return model outputs and mask coefficients if training, otherwise return outputs and mask coefficients."""
    outputs = super().forward(x)
    preds = outputs[1] if isinstance(outputs, tuple) else outputs
    proto = self.proto(x[0])  # mask protos
    if isinstance(preds, dict):  # training and validating during training
        if self.end2end:
            preds["one2many"]["proto"] = proto
            preds["one2one"]["proto"] = proto.detach()
        else:
            preds["proto"] = proto
    if self.training:
        return preds
    return (outputs, proto) if self.export else ((outputs[0], proto), preds)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment.forward_head#

def forward_head(
    self,
    x: list[torch.Tensor],
    box_head: torch.nn.Module,
    cls_head: torch.nn.Module,
    mask_head: torch.nn.Module,
    contrastive_head: torch.nn.Module,
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]

Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and mask coefficients.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
box_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
cls_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
mask_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
contrastive_headtorch.nn.Modulerequired
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_head(
    self,
    x: list[torch.Tensor],
    box_head: torch.nn.Module,
    cls_head: torch.nn.Module,
    mask_head: torch.nn.Module,
    contrastive_head: torch.nn.Module,
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
    """Concatenates and returns predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and mask coefficients."""
    preds = super().forward_head(x, box_head, cls_head, contrastive_head)
    if mask_head is not None:
        bs = x[0].shape[0]  # batch size
        preds["mask_coefficient"] = torch.cat([mask_head[i](x[i]).view(bs, self.nm, -1) for i in range(self.nl)], 2)
    return preds

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment.forward_lrpc#

def forward_lrpc(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor | tuple

Process features with fused text embeddings to generate detections for prompt-free model.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_lrpc(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor | tuple:
    """Process features with fused text embeddings to generate detections for prompt-free model."""
    boxes, scores, index = [], [], []
    bs = x[0].shape[0]
    cv2 = self.one2one_cv2 if self.end2end or self.cv2 is None else self.cv2
    cv3 = self.one2one_cv3 if self.end2end or self.cv3 is None else self.cv3
    cv5 = self.one2one_cv5 if self.end2end or self.cv5 is None else self.cv5
    conf = 0 if self.export and not self.dynamic else getattr(self, "conf", 0.001)
    for i in range(self.nl):
        cls_feat = cv3[i](x[i])
        loc_feat = cv2[i](x[i])
        assert isinstance(self.lrpc[i], LRPCHead)
        box, score, idx = self.lrpc[i](cls_feat, loc_feat, conf)
        boxes.append(box.view(bs, self.reg_max * 4, -1))
        scores.append(score)
        index.append(idx)
    mc = torch.cat([cv5[i](x[i]).view(bs, self.nm, -1) for i in range(self.nl)], 2)
    index = torch.cat(index) if conf else None
    preds = {
        "boxes": torch.cat(boxes, 2),
        "scores": torch.cat(scores, 2),
        "feats": x,
        "index": index,
        "mask_coefficient": mc if index is None else mc[..., index],
    }
    y = self._inference(preds)
    if self.end2end:
        y = self.postprocess(y.permute(0, 2, 1))
    return y if self.export else (y, preds)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment.fuse#

def fuse(self, txt_feats: torch.Tensor = None)

Fuse text features with model weights for efficient inference.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
txt_featstorch.TensorNone
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def fuse(self, txt_feats: torch.Tensor = None):
    """Fuse text features with model weights for efficient inference."""
    super().fuse(txt_feats)
    if txt_feats is None:  # means eliminate one2many branch
        self.cv5 = None
        if hasattr(self.proto, "fuse"):
            self.proto.fuse()
        return

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment.postprocess#

def postprocess(self, preds: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor

Post-process YOLO model predictions.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
predstorch.TensorRaw predictions with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, 4 + nc + nm) with last dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, class_probs, mask_coefficient].required

Returns

TypeDescription
torch.TensorProcessed predictions with shape (batch_size, min(max_det, num_anchors), 6 + nm) and last dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, max_class_prob, class_index, mask_coefficient].
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def postprocess(self, preds: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Post-process YOLO model predictions.

    Args:
        preds (torch.Tensor): Raw predictions with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, 4 + nc + nm) with last dimension
            format [x1, y1, x2, y2, class_probs, mask_coefficient].

    Returns:
        (torch.Tensor): Processed predictions with shape (batch_size, min(max_det, num_anchors), 6 + nm) and last
            dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, max_class_prob, class_index, mask_coefficient].
    """
    boxes, scores, mask_coefficient = preds.split([4, self.nc, self.nm], dim=-1)
    scores, conf, idx = self.get_topk_index(scores, self.max_det)
    boxes = boxes.gather(dim=1, index=idx.expand(-1, -1, 4))
    mask_coefficient = mask_coefficient.gather(dim=1, index=idx.expand(-1, -1, self.nm))
    return torch.cat([boxes, scores, conf, mask_coefficient], dim=-1)





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment26#

YOLOESegment26(
    nc: int = 80,
    nm: int = 32,
    npr: int = 256,
    embed: int = 512,
    with_bn: bool = False,
    reg_max=16,
    end2end=False,
    ch: tuple = (),
)

Bases: YOLOESegment

YOLOE-style segmentation head module using Proto26 for mask generation.

This class extends the YOLOESegment functionality to include segmentation capabilities by integrating a Proto26 generation module and convolutional layers to predict mask coefficients.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of classes. Defaults to 80.80
nmintNumber of masks. Defaults to 32.32
nprintNumber of prototype channels. Defaults to 256.256
embedintEmbedding dimensionality. Defaults to 512.512
with_bnboolWhether to use Batch Normalization. Defaults to False.False
reg_maxintMaximum number of DFL channels. Defaults to 16.16
end2endboolWhether to use end-to-end detection mode. Defaults to False.False
chtuple[int, ...]Input channels for each scale.()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
nmintNumber of segmentation masks.
nprintNumber of prototype channels.
protoProto26Prototype generation module for segmentation.
cv5nn.ModuleListConvolutional layers for generating mask coefficients from features.
one2one_cv5nn.ModuleList, optionalDeep copy of cv5 for end-to-end detection branches.

Methods

NameDescription
forwardReturn model outputs and mask coefficients if training, otherwise return outputs and mask coefficients.
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class YOLOESegment26(YOLOESegment):
    """YOLOE-style segmentation head module using Proto26 for mask generation.

    This class extends the YOLOESegment functionality to include segmentation capabilities by integrating a Proto26
    generation module and convolutional layers to predict mask coefficients.

    Args:
        nc (int): Number of classes. Defaults to 80.
        nm (int): Number of masks. Defaults to 32.
        npr (int): Number of prototype channels. Defaults to 256.
        embed (int): Embedding dimensionality. Defaults to 512.
        with_bn (bool): Whether to use Batch Normalization. Defaults to False.
        reg_max (int): Maximum number of DFL channels. Defaults to 16.
        end2end (bool): Whether to use end-to-end detection mode. Defaults to False.
        ch (tuple[int, ...]): Input channels for each scale.

    Attributes:
        nm (int): Number of segmentation masks.
        npr (int): Number of prototype channels.
        proto (Proto26): Prototype generation module for segmentation.
        cv5 (nn.ModuleList): Convolutional layers for generating mask coefficients from features.
        one2one_cv5 (nn.ModuleList, optional): Deep copy of cv5 for end-to-end detection branches.
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        nc: int = 80,
        nm: int = 32,
        npr: int = 256,
        embed: int = 512,
        with_bn: bool = False,
        reg_max=16,
        end2end=False,
        ch: tuple = (),
    ):
        """Initialize YOLOESegment26 with class count, mask parameters, and embedding dimensions."""
        YOLOEDetect.__init__(self, nc, embed, with_bn, reg_max, end2end, ch)
        self.nm = nm
        self.npr = npr
        self.proto = Proto26(ch, self.npr, self.nm, nc)  # protos

        c5 = max(ch[0] // 4, self.nm)
        self.cv5 = nn.ModuleList(nn.Sequential(Conv(x, c5, 3), Conv(c5, c5, 3), nn.Conv2d(c5, self.nm, 1)) for x in ch)
        if end2end:
            self.one2one_cv5 = copy.deepcopy(self.cv5)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment26.forward#

def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple | list[torch.Tensor] | dict[str, torch.Tensor]

Return model outputs and mask coefficients if training, otherwise return outputs and mask coefficients.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]required
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple | list[torch.Tensor] | dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
    """Return model outputs and mask coefficients if training, otherwise return outputs and mask coefficients."""
    outputs = YOLOEDetect.forward(self, x)
    preds = outputs[1] if isinstance(outputs, tuple) else outputs
    proto = self.proto([xi.detach() for xi in x], return_semantic=False)  # mask protos

    if isinstance(preds, dict):  # training and validating during training
        if self.end2end and not hasattr(self, "lrpc"):  # not prompt-free
            preds["one2many"]["proto"] = proto
            preds["one2one"]["proto"] = proto.detach()
        else:
            preds["proto"] = proto
    if self.training:
        return preds
    return (outputs, proto) if self.export else ((outputs[0], proto), preds)





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.RTDETRDecoder#

RTDETRDecoder(
    nc: int = 80,
    ch: tuple = (512, 1024, 2048),
    hd: int = 256,
    nq: int = 300,
    ndp: int = 4,
    nh: int = 8,
    ndl: int = 6,
    d_ffn: int = 1024,
    dropout: float = 0.0,
    act: nn.Module | None = None,
    eval_idx: int = -1,
    nd: int = 100,
    label_noise_ratio: float = 0.5,
    box_noise_scale: float = 1.0,
    learnt_init_query: bool = False,
)

Bases: nn.Module

Real-Time Deformable Transformer Decoder (RTDETRDecoder) module for object detection.

This decoder module utilizes Transformer architecture along with deformable convolutions to predict bounding boxes and class labels for objects in an image. It integrates features from multiple layers and runs through a series of Transformer decoder layers to output the final predictions.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of classes.80
chtupleChannels in the backbone feature maps.(512, 1024, 2048)
hdintDimension of hidden layers.256
nqintNumber of query points.300
ndpintNumber of decoder points.4
nhintNumber of heads in multi-head attention.8
ndlintNumber of decoder layers.6
d_ffnintDimension of the feed-forward networks.1024
dropoutfloatDropout rate.0.0
actnn.ModuleActivation function.None
eval_idxintEvaluation index.-1
ndintNumber of denoising.100
label_noise_ratiofloatLabel noise ratio.0.5
box_noise_scalefloatBox noise scale.1.0
learnt_init_queryboolWhether to learn initial query embeddings.False

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
exportboolExport mode flag.
hidden_dimintDimension of hidden layers.
nheadintNumber of heads in multi-head attention.
nlintNumber of feature levels.
ncintNumber of classes.
num_queriesintNumber of query points.
num_decoder_layersintNumber of decoder layers.
input_projnn.ModuleListInput projection layers for backbone features.
decoderDeformableTransformerDecoderTransformer decoder module.
denoising_class_embednn.EmbeddingClass embeddings for denoising.
num_denoisingintNumber of denoising queries.
label_noise_ratiofloatLabel noise ratio for training.
box_noise_scalefloatBox noise scale for training.
learnt_init_queryboolWhether to learn initial query embeddings.
tgt_embednn.EmbeddingTarget embeddings for queries.
query_pos_headMLPQuery position head.
enc_outputnn.SequentialEncoder output layers.
enc_score_headnn.LinearEncoder score prediction head.
enc_bbox_headMLPEncoder bbox prediction head.
dec_score_headnn.ModuleListDecoder score prediction heads.
dec_bbox_headnn.ModuleListDecoder bbox prediction heads.

Methods

NameDescription
_generate_anchorsGenerate anchor bounding boxes for given shapes with specific grid size and validate them.
_get_decoder_inputGenerate and prepare the input required for the decoder from the provided features and shapes.
_get_encoder_inputProcess and return encoder inputs by getting projection features from input and concatenating them.
_reset_parametersInitialize or reset the parameters of the model's various components with predefined weights and biases.
forwardRun the forward pass of the module, returning bounding box and classification scores for the input.
postprocessPost-process predictions to select top-k detections.

Examples

Create an RTDETRDecoder

>>> decoder = RTDETRDecoder(nc=80, ch=(512, 1024, 2048), hd=256, nq=300)
>>> x = [torch.randn(1, 512, 64, 64), torch.randn(1, 1024, 32, 32), torch.randn(1, 2048, 16, 16)]
>>> outputs = decoder(x)
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class RTDETRDecoder(nn.Module):
    """Real-Time Deformable Transformer Decoder (RTDETRDecoder) module for object detection.

    This decoder module utilizes Transformer architecture along with deformable convolutions to predict bounding boxes
    and class labels for objects in an image. It integrates features from multiple layers and runs through a series of
    Transformer decoder layers to output the final predictions.

    Attributes:
        export (bool): Export mode flag.
        hidden_dim (int): Dimension of hidden layers.
        nhead (int): Number of heads in multi-head attention.
        nl (int): Number of feature levels.
        nc (int): Number of classes.
        num_queries (int): Number of query points.
        num_decoder_layers (int): Number of decoder layers.
        input_proj (nn.ModuleList): Input projection layers for backbone features.
        decoder (DeformableTransformerDecoder): Transformer decoder module.
        denoising_class_embed (nn.Embedding): Class embeddings for denoising.
        num_denoising (int): Number of denoising queries.
        label_noise_ratio (float): Label noise ratio for training.
        box_noise_scale (float): Box noise scale for training.
        learnt_init_query (bool): Whether to learn initial query embeddings.
        tgt_embed (nn.Embedding): Target embeddings for queries.
        query_pos_head (MLP): Query position head.
        enc_output (nn.Sequential): Encoder output layers.
        enc_score_head (nn.Linear): Encoder score prediction head.
        enc_bbox_head (MLP): Encoder bbox prediction head.
        dec_score_head (nn.ModuleList): Decoder score prediction heads.
        dec_bbox_head (nn.ModuleList): Decoder bbox prediction heads.

    Methods:
        forward: Run forward pass and return bounding box and classification scores.

    Examples:
        Create an RTDETRDecoder
        >>> decoder = RTDETRDecoder(nc=80, ch=(512, 1024, 2048), hd=256, nq=300)
        >>> x = [torch.randn(1, 512, 64, 64), torch.randn(1, 1024, 32, 32), torch.randn(1, 2048, 16, 16)]
        >>> outputs = decoder(x)
    """

    export = False  # export mode
    max_det = 300  # max detections per image
    shapes = []
    anchors = torch.empty(0)
    valid_mask = torch.empty(0)
    dynamic = False

    def __init__(
        self,
        nc: int = 80,
        ch: tuple = (512, 1024, 2048),
        hd: int = 256,  # hidden dim
        nq: int = 300,  # num queries
        ndp: int = 4,  # num decoder points
        nh: int = 8,  # num head
        ndl: int = 6,  # num decoder layers
        d_ffn: int = 1024,  # dim of feedforward
        dropout: float = 0.0,
        act: nn.Module | None = None,
        eval_idx: int = -1,
        # Training args
        nd: int = 100,  # num denoising
        label_noise_ratio: float = 0.5,
        box_noise_scale: float = 1.0,
        learnt_init_query: bool = False,
    ):
        """Initialize the RTDETRDecoder module with the given parameters.

        Args:
            nc (int): Number of classes.
            ch (tuple): Channels in the backbone feature maps.
            hd (int): Dimension of hidden layers.
            nq (int): Number of query points.
            ndp (int): Number of decoder points.
            nh (int): Number of heads in multi-head attention.
            ndl (int): Number of decoder layers.
            d_ffn (int): Dimension of the feed-forward networks.
            dropout (float): Dropout rate.
            act (nn.Module): Activation function.
            eval_idx (int): Evaluation index.
            nd (int): Number of denoising.
            label_noise_ratio (float): Label noise ratio.
            box_noise_scale (float): Box noise scale.
            learnt_init_query (bool): Whether to learn initial query embeddings.
        """
        super().__init__()
        act = nn.ReLU() if act is None else act
        self.hidden_dim = hd
        self.nhead = nh
        self.nl = len(ch)  # num level
        self.nc = nc
        self.num_queries = nq
        self.num_decoder_layers = ndl

        # Backbone feature projection
        self.input_proj = nn.ModuleList(nn.Sequential(nn.Conv2d(x, hd, 1, bias=False), nn.BatchNorm2d(hd)) for x in ch)
        # NOTE: simplified version but it's not consistent with .pt weights.
        # self.input_proj = nn.ModuleList(Conv(x, hd, act=False) for x in ch)

        # Transformer module
        decoder_layer = DeformableTransformerDecoderLayer(hd, nh, d_ffn, dropout, act, self.nl, ndp)
        self.decoder = DeformableTransformerDecoder(hd, decoder_layer, ndl, eval_idx)

        # Denoising part
        self.denoising_class_embed = nn.Embedding(nc, hd)
        self.num_denoising = nd
        self.label_noise_ratio = label_noise_ratio
        self.box_noise_scale = box_noise_scale

        # Decoder embedding
        self.learnt_init_query = learnt_init_query
        if learnt_init_query:
            self.tgt_embed = nn.Embedding(nq, hd)
        self.query_pos_head = MLP(4, 2 * hd, hd, num_layers=2)

        # Encoder head
        self.enc_output = nn.Sequential(nn.Linear(hd, hd), nn.LayerNorm(hd))
        self.enc_score_head = nn.Linear(hd, nc)
        self.enc_bbox_head = MLP(hd, hd, 4, num_layers=3)

        # Decoder head
        self.dec_score_head = nn.ModuleList([nn.Linear(hd, nc) for _ in range(ndl)])
        self.dec_bbox_head = nn.ModuleList([MLP(hd, hd, 4, num_layers=3) for _ in range(ndl)])

        self._reset_parameters()

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.RTDETRDecoder._generate_anchors#

def _generate_anchors(
    shapes: list[list[int]],
    grid_size: float = 0.05,
    dtype: torch.dtype = torch.float32,
    device: str = "cpu",
    eps: float = 1e-2,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]

Generate anchor bounding boxes for given shapes with specific grid size and validate them.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
shapeslistList of feature map shapes.required
grid_sizefloat, optionalBase size of grid cells.0.05
dtypetorch.dtype, optionalData type for tensors.torch.float32
devicestr, optionalDevice to create tensors on."cpu"
epsfloat, optionalSmall value for numerical stability.1e-2

Returns

TypeDescription
anchors (torch.Tensor)Generated anchor boxes.
valid_mask (torch.Tensor)Valid mask for anchors.
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@staticmethod
def _generate_anchors(
    shapes: list[list[int]],
    grid_size: float = 0.05,
    dtype: torch.dtype = torch.float32,
    device: str = "cpu",
    eps: float = 1e-2,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    """Generate anchor bounding boxes for given shapes with specific grid size and validate them.

    Args:
        shapes (list): List of feature map shapes.
        grid_size (float, optional): Base size of grid cells.
        dtype (torch.dtype, optional): Data type for tensors.
        device (str, optional): Device to create tensors on.
        eps (float, optional): Small value for numerical stability.

    Returns:
        anchors (torch.Tensor): Generated anchor boxes.
        valid_mask (torch.Tensor): Valid mask for anchors.
    """
    anchors = []
    for i, (h, w) in enumerate(shapes):
        sy = torch.arange(end=h, dtype=dtype, device=device)
        sx = torch.arange(end=w, dtype=dtype, device=device)
        grid_y, grid_x = torch.meshgrid(sy, sx, indexing="ij") if TORCH_1_11 else torch.meshgrid(sy, sx)
        grid_xy = torch.stack([grid_x, grid_y], -1)  # (h, w, 2)

        valid_WH = torch.tensor([w, h], dtype=dtype, device=device)
        grid_xy = (grid_xy.unsqueeze(0) + 0.5) / valid_WH  # (1, h, w, 2)
        wh = torch.ones_like(grid_xy, dtype=dtype, device=device) * grid_size * (2.0**i)
        anchors.append(torch.cat([grid_xy, wh], -1).view(-1, h * w, 4))  # (1, h*w, 4)

    anchors = torch.cat(anchors, 1)  # (1, h*w*nl, 4)
    valid_mask = ((anchors > eps) & (anchors < 1 - eps)).all(-1, keepdim=True)  # 1, h*w*nl, 1
    anchors = torch.log(anchors / (1 - anchors))
    anchors = anchors.masked_fill(~valid_mask, float("inf"))
    return anchors, valid_mask

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.RTDETRDecoder._get_decoder_input#

def _get_decoder_input(
    self,
    feats: torch.Tensor,
    shapes: list[list[int]],
    dn_embed: torch.Tensor | None = None,
    dn_bbox: torch.Tensor | None = None,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]

Generate and prepare the input required for the decoder from the provided features and shapes.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
featstorch.TensorProcessed features from encoder.required
shapeslistList of feature map shapes.required
dn_embedtorch.Tensor, optionalDenoising embeddings.None
dn_bboxtorch.Tensor, optionalDenoising bounding boxes.None

Returns

TypeDescription
embeddings (torch.Tensor)Query embeddings for decoder.
refer_bbox (torch.Tensor)Reference bounding boxes.
enc_bboxes (torch.Tensor)Encoded bounding boxes.
enc_scores (torch.Tensor)Encoded scores.
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def _get_decoder_input(
    self,
    feats: torch.Tensor,
    shapes: list[list[int]],
    dn_embed: torch.Tensor | None = None,
    dn_bbox: torch.Tensor | None = None,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    """Generate and prepare the input required for the decoder from the provided features and shapes.

    Args:
        feats (torch.Tensor): Processed features from encoder.
        shapes (list): List of feature map shapes.
        dn_embed (torch.Tensor, optional): Denoising embeddings.
        dn_bbox (torch.Tensor, optional): Denoising bounding boxes.

    Returns:
        embeddings (torch.Tensor): Query embeddings for decoder.
        refer_bbox (torch.Tensor): Reference bounding boxes.
        enc_bboxes (torch.Tensor): Encoded bounding boxes.
        enc_scores (torch.Tensor): Encoded scores.
    """
    bs = feats.shape[0]
    if self.dynamic or self.shapes != shapes:
        self.anchors, self.valid_mask = self._generate_anchors(shapes, dtype=feats.dtype, device=feats.device)
        self.shapes = shapes

    # Prepare input for decoder
    features = self.enc_output(self.valid_mask * feats)  # bs, h*w, 256
    enc_outputs_scores = self.enc_score_head(features)  # (bs, h*w, nc)

    # Query selection
    # (bs*num_queries,)
    topk_ind = torch.topk(enc_outputs_scores.max(-1).values, self.num_queries, dim=1).indices.view(-1)
    # (bs*num_queries,)
    batch_ind = torch.arange(end=bs, dtype=topk_ind.dtype).unsqueeze(-1).repeat(1, self.num_queries).view(-1)

    # (bs, num_queries, 256)
    top_k_features = features[batch_ind, topk_ind].view(bs, self.num_queries, -1)
    # (bs, num_queries, 4)
    top_k_anchors = self.anchors[:, topk_ind].view(bs, self.num_queries, -1)

    # Dynamic anchors + static content
    refer_bbox = self.enc_bbox_head(top_k_features) + top_k_anchors

    enc_bboxes = refer_bbox.sigmoid()
    if dn_bbox is not None:
        refer_bbox = torch.cat([dn_bbox, refer_bbox], 1)
    enc_scores = enc_outputs_scores[batch_ind, topk_ind].view(bs, self.num_queries, -1)

    embeddings = self.tgt_embed.weight.unsqueeze(0).repeat(bs, 1, 1) if self.learnt_init_query else top_k_features
    if self.training:
        refer_bbox = refer_bbox.detach()
        if not self.learnt_init_query:
            embeddings = embeddings.detach()
    if dn_embed is not None:
        embeddings = torch.cat([dn_embed, embeddings], 1)

    return embeddings, refer_bbox, enc_bboxes, enc_scores

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.RTDETRDecoder._get_encoder_input#

def _get_encoder_input(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, list[list[int]]]

Process and return encoder inputs by getting projection features from input and concatenating them.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]List of feature maps from the backbone.required

Returns

TypeDescription
feats (torch.Tensor)Processed features.
shapes (list)List of feature map shapes.
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def _get_encoder_input(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, list[list[int]]]:
    """Process and return encoder inputs by getting projection features from input and concatenating them.

    Args:
        x (list[torch.Tensor]): List of feature maps from the backbone.

    Returns:
        feats (torch.Tensor): Processed features.
        shapes (list): List of feature map shapes.
    """
    # Get projection features
    x = [self.input_proj[i](feat) for i, feat in enumerate(x)]
    # Get encoder inputs
    feats = []
    shapes = []
    for feat in x:
        h, w = feat.shape[2:]
        # [b, c, h, w] -> [b, h*w, c]
        feats.append(feat.flatten(2).permute(0, 2, 1))
        # [nl, 2]
        shapes.append([h, w])

    # [b, h*w, c]
    feats = torch.cat(feats, 1)
    return feats, shapes

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.RTDETRDecoder._reset_parameters#

def _reset_parameters(self)

Initialize or reset the parameters of the model's various components with predefined weights and biases.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def _reset_parameters(self):
    """Initialize or reset the parameters of the model's various components with predefined weights and biases."""
    # Class and bbox head init
    bias_cls = bias_init_with_prob(0.01) / 80 * self.nc
    # NOTE: the weight initialization in `linear_init` would cause NaN when training with custom datasets.
    # linear_init(self.enc_score_head)
    constant_(self.enc_score_head.bias, bias_cls)
    constant_(self.enc_bbox_head.layers[-1].weight, 0.0)
    constant_(self.enc_bbox_head.layers[-1].bias, 0.0)
    for cls_, reg_ in zip(self.dec_score_head, self.dec_bbox_head):
        # linear_init(cls_)
        constant_(cls_.bias, bias_cls)
        constant_(reg_.layers[-1].weight, 0.0)
        constant_(reg_.layers[-1].bias, 0.0)

    linear_init(self.enc_output[0])
    xavier_uniform_(self.enc_output[0].weight)
    if self.learnt_init_query:
        xavier_uniform_(self.tgt_embed.weight)
    xavier_uniform_(self.query_pos_head.layers[0].weight)
    xavier_uniform_(self.query_pos_head.layers[1].weight)
    for layer in self.input_proj:
        xavier_uniform_(layer[0].weight)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.RTDETRDecoder.forward#

def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor], batch: dict | None = None) -> tuple | torch.Tensor

Run the forward pass of the module, returning bounding box and classification scores for the input.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]List of feature maps from the backbone.required
batchdict, optionalBatch information for training.None

Returns

TypeDescription
outputs (tuple | torch.Tensor)During training, returns a tuple of bounding boxes, scores, and other metadata. During inference, returns a tensor of shape (bs, num_queries, 6) containing bounding boxes, confidence scores, and class labels.
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor], batch: dict | None = None) -> tuple | torch.Tensor:
    """Run the forward pass of the module, returning bounding box and classification scores for the input.

    Args:
        x (list[torch.Tensor]): List of feature maps from the backbone.
        batch (dict, optional): Batch information for training.

    Returns:
        outputs (tuple | torch.Tensor): During training, returns a tuple of bounding boxes, scores, and other
            metadata. During inference, returns a tensor of shape (bs, num_queries, 6) containing bounding boxes,
            confidence scores, and class labels.
    """
    from ultralytics.models.utils.ops import get_cdn_group

    # Input projection and embedding
    feats, shapes = self._get_encoder_input(x)

    # Prepare denoising training
    dn_embed, dn_bbox, attn_mask, dn_meta = get_cdn_group(
        batch,
        self.nc,
        self.num_queries,
        self.denoising_class_embed.weight,
        self.num_denoising,
        self.label_noise_ratio,
        self.box_noise_scale,
        self.training,
    )

    embed, refer_bbox, enc_bboxes, enc_scores = self._get_decoder_input(feats, shapes, dn_embed, dn_bbox)

    # Decoder
    dec_bboxes, dec_scores = self.decoder(
        embed,
        refer_bbox,
        feats,
        shapes,
        self.dec_bbox_head,
        self.dec_score_head,
        self.query_pos_head,
        attn_mask=attn_mask,
    )
    if self.training and dn_meta is None:
        # Touch denoising_class_embed so DDP sees it as used when batch has zero GTs.
        dec_bboxes = dec_bboxes + 0 * self.denoising_class_embed.weight.sum()
    x = dec_bboxes, dec_scores, enc_bboxes, enc_scores, dn_meta
    if self.training:
        return x
    # (bs, num_queries, 4), (bs, num_queries, nc)
    y = self.postprocess(dec_bboxes.squeeze(0), dec_scores.squeeze(0).sigmoid())
    return y if self.export else (y, x)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.RTDETRDecoder.postprocess#

def postprocess(self, boxes: torch.Tensor, scores: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor

Post-process predictions to select top-k detections.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
boxestorch.TensorPredicted bounding boxes with shape (batch_size, num_queries, 4) in xywh format.required
scorestorch.TensorClass scores with shape (batch_size, num_queries, nc).required

Returns

TypeDescription
torch.TensorProcessed predictions with shape (batch_size, num_queries, 6), limited to max_det during export, and last dimension format [cx, cy, w, h, max_class_prob, class_index].
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def postprocess(self, boxes: torch.Tensor, scores: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
    """Post-process predictions to select top-k detections.

    Args:
        boxes (torch.Tensor): Predicted bounding boxes with shape (batch_size, num_queries, 4) in xywh format.
        scores (torch.Tensor): Class scores with shape (batch_size, num_queries, nc).

    Returns:
        (torch.Tensor): Processed predictions with shape (batch_size, num_queries, 6), limited to max_det during
            export, and last dimension format [cx, cy, w, h, max_class_prob, class_index].
    """
    k = min(self.num_queries, self.max_det) if self.export else self.num_queries
    scores, index = scores.flatten(1).topk(k)
    # CoreML MIL lacks integer floor-div and mod lowering: use torch.div(rounding_mode="floor") and (index - q*nc).
    query_idx = torch.div(index, self.nc, rounding_mode="floor")
    boxes = boxes.gather(dim=1, index=query_idx.unsqueeze(-1).expand(-1, -1, 4).long())
    return torch.cat([boxes, scores[..., None], (index - query_idx * self.nc)[..., None].float()], dim=-1)





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.v10Detect#

v10Detect(nc: int = 80, ch: tuple = ())

Bases: Detect

v10 Detection head from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.14458.

This class implements the YOLOv10 detection head with dual-assignment training and consistent dual predictions for improved efficiency and performance.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of classes.80
chtupleTuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
end2endboolEnd-to-end detection mode.
max_detintMaximum number of detections.
cv3nn.ModuleListLight classification head layers.
one2one_cv3nn.ModuleListOne-to-one classification head layers.

Methods

NameDescription
fuseRemove the one2many head for inference optimization.

Examples

Create a v10Detect head

>>> v10_detect = v10Detect(nc=80, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
>>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
>>> outputs = v10_detect(x)
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class v10Detect(Detect):
    """v10 Detection head from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.14458.

    This class implements the YOLOv10 detection head with dual-assignment training and consistent dual predictions for
    improved efficiency and performance.

    Attributes:
        end2end (bool): End-to-end detection mode.
        max_det (int): Maximum number of detections.
        cv3 (nn.ModuleList): Light classification head layers.
        one2one_cv3 (nn.ModuleList): One-to-one classification head layers.

    Methods:
        __init__: Initialize the v10Detect object with specified number of classes and input channels.
        forward: Perform forward pass of the v10Detect module.
        bias_init: Initialize biases of the Detect module.
        fuse: Remove the one2many head for inference optimization.

    Examples:
        Create a v10Detect head
        >>> v10_detect = v10Detect(nc=80, ch=(256, 512, 1024))
        >>> x = [torch.randn(1, 256, 80, 80), torch.randn(1, 512, 40, 40), torch.randn(1, 1024, 20, 20)]
        >>> outputs = v10_detect(x)
    """

    end2end = True

    def __init__(self, nc: int = 80, ch: tuple = ()):
        """Initialize the v10Detect object with the specified number of classes and input channels.

        Args:
            nc (int): Number of classes.
            ch (tuple): Tuple of channel sizes from backbone feature maps.
        """
        super().__init__(nc, end2end=True, ch=ch)
        c3 = max(ch[0], min(self.nc, 100))  # channels
        # Light cls head
        self.cv3 = nn.ModuleList(
            nn.Sequential(
                nn.Sequential(Conv(x, x, 3, g=x), Conv(x, c3, 1)),
                nn.Sequential(Conv(c3, c3, 3, g=c3), Conv(c3, c3, 1)),
                nn.Conv2d(c3, self.nc, 1),
            )
            for x in ch
        )
        self.one2one_cv3 = copy.deepcopy(self.cv3)

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.v10Detect.fuse#

def fuse(self)

Remove the one2many head for inference optimization.

GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def fuse(self):
    """Remove the one2many head for inference optimization."""
    self.cv2 = self.cv3 = None





Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.SemanticSegment#

SemanticSegment(nc=19, ch=())

Bases: nn.Module

YOLO semantic segmentation head for per-pixel classification.

This head produces dense per-pixel class predictions. Unlike instance segmentation, no bounding boxes or instance masks are produced.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
ncintNumber of semantic classes.19
chtupleTuple of channel sizes from neck feature maps (P3, P4).()

Attributes

NameTypeDescription
ncintNumber of semantic classes.
nlintNumber of input feature levels.
stridetorch.TensorFeature map strides.
exportboolExport mode flag.
formatstrExport format.
classifiernn.SequentialFinal convolutional classifier head.
aux_headnn.Sequential | NoneAuxiliary classifier on P4 for deep supervision.

Methods

NameDescription
forwardForward pass: fuse multi-scale features and predict per-pixel classes.
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
class SemanticSegment(nn.Module):
    """YOLO semantic segmentation head for per-pixel classification.

    This head produces dense per-pixel class predictions. Unlike instance segmentation, no bounding boxes or instance
    masks are produced.

    Attributes:
        nc (int): Number of semantic classes.
        nl (int): Number of input feature levels.
        stride (torch.Tensor): Feature map strides.
        export (bool): Export mode flag.
        format (str): Export format.
        classifier (nn.Sequential): Final convolutional classifier head.
        aux_head (nn.Sequential | None): Auxiliary classifier on P4 for deep supervision.
    """

    export = False  # export mode
    format = None  # export format
    bake_argmax = False  # export: emit [B, H, W] class map (TensorRT>=10 and multi-class Hailo-10/15)

    def __init__(self, nc=19, ch=()):
        """Initialize the semantic segmentation head.

        Args:
            nc (int): Number of semantic classes.
            ch (tuple): Tuple of channel sizes from neck feature maps (P3, P4).
        """
        super().__init__()
        self.nc = nc
        self.nl = len(ch)
        self.stride = torch.zeros(self.nl)

        c_mid = ch[0]  # use P3 channel width as intermediate dimension
        # Final classifier
        self.classifier = nn.Sequential(Conv(c_mid, c_mid, 3), nn.Conv2d(c_mid, nc, 1))
        # Auxiliary head on P4 (index 1) for training
        self.aux_head = nn.Sequential(Conv(ch[1], c_mid, 3), nn.Conv2d(c_mid, nc, 1)) if len(ch) > 1 else None

Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.SemanticSegment.forward#

def forward(self, x)

Forward pass: fuse multi-scale features and predict per-pixel classes.

Args

NameTypeDescriptionDefault
xlist[torch.Tensor]List of feature maps [P3, P4].required

Returns

TypeDescription
torch.Tensor | tupleLogits of shape [B, nc, H/8, W/8] during training (or a (main, aux) tuple when aux_head is present) and inference. ONNX, MNN, OpenVINO, TensorRT>=10, and multi-class Hailo-10/15 export bake in the class reduction and return a compact map of shape [B, H, W] (uint8 when nc <= 256, else int32). Other export formats return upsampled logits of shape [B, nc, H, W].
GitHubultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x):
    """Forward pass: fuse multi-scale features and predict per-pixel classes.

    Args:
        x (list[torch.Tensor]): List of feature maps [P3, P4].

    Returns:
        (torch.Tensor | tuple): Logits of shape [B, nc, H/8, W/8] during training (or a (main, aux) tuple when
            aux_head is present) and inference. ONNX, MNN, OpenVINO, TensorRT>=10, and multi-class Hailo-10/15
            export bake in the class reduction and return a compact map of shape [B, H, W] (uint8 when nc <= 256,
            else int32). Other export formats return upsampled logits of shape [B, nc, H, W].
    """
    # Classify
    logits = self.classifier(x[0])  # [B, nc, H/8, W/8]
    if self.training:
        if self.aux_head is not None:
            return logits, self.aux_head(x[1])  # main + aux (P4)
        return logits
    if self.export:
        y = F.interpolate(logits, scale_factor=8, mode="bilinear", align_corners=False)  # [B, nc, H, W]
        # Bake class reduction: emit [B, H, W] map, shrinking the D2H copy ~80x. ONNX/MNN/OpenVINO and
        # multi-class Hailo-10/15 preserve the integer output; TensorRT supports uint8 graph outputs only on
        # TRT>=10, so engine and Hailo baking are gated by the exporter.
        if self.format in {"onnx", "mnn", "openvino"} or (self.format in {"engine", "hailo"} and self.bake_argmax):
            cls = y.argmax(1) if self.nc > 1 else y.squeeze(1) > 0
            return cls.to(torch.uint8 if self.nc <= 256 else torch.int32)
        return y
    return logits