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Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect#
Detect(nc: int = 80, reg_max: int = 16, end2end: bool = False, ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = ())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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of classes. | 80 |
reg_max | int | Maximum number of DFL channels. | 16 |
end2end | bool | Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection. | False |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Channel sizes from backbone feature maps. | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
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. |
agnostic_nms | bool | Whether to select top-k detections class-agnostically in end-to-end mode. |
shape | tuple | Input shape. |
anchors | torch.Tensor | Anchor points. |
strides | torch.Tensor | Feature map strides. |
legacy | bool | Backward compatibility for v3/v5/v8/v9 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
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
one2many | Return the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility. |
one2one | Return the one-to-one head components. |
end2end | Select one-to-one inference when requested or when fusion has removed the one-to-many head. |
_gather | Select index (batch, k) rows of x (batch, n, channels) along dim 1. |
_get_decode_boxes | Get decoded boxes based on anchors and strides. |
_grouped_topk | Select exact top-k values through smaller grouped selections. |
_inference | Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities based on multiple-level feature maps. |
bias_init | Initialize Detect() biases, WARNING: requires stride availability. |
decode_bboxes | Decode bounding boxes from predictions, angle is only used by the OBB head. |
end2end | Select the inference head without changing dual-head training. |
forward | Run the detection head on multi-level feature maps. |
forward_head | Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities. |
fuse | Remove the unused detection branch for inference. |
get_topk_index | Get top-k indices from scores. |
postprocess | Post-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)ultralytics/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.
agnostic_nms (bool): Whether to select top-k detections class-agnostically in end-to-end mode.
shape (tuple): Input shape.
anchors (torch.Tensor): Anchor points.
strides (torch.Tensor): Feature map strides.
legacy (bool): Backward compatibility for v3/v5/v8/v9 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 _gather(self, x: torch.Tensor, index: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
"""Select index (batch, k) rows of x (batch, n, channels) along dim 1."""
return x.gather(1, index if x.ndim == 2 else index[..., None].expand(-1, -1, x.shape[-1]))
def __init__(self, nc: int = 80, reg_max: int = 16, end2end: bool = False, ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = ()):
"""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 (list[int] | tuple[int, ...]): 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)Return the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
"""Return 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)Return the one-to-one head components.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
"""Return 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)Select one-to-one inference when requested or when fusion has removed the one-to-many head.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def end2end(self):
"""Select one-to-one inference when requested or when fusion has removed the one-to-many head."""
return getattr(self, "one2one_cv2", None) is not None and (getattr(self, "_end2end", False) or self.cv2 is None)Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect._gather#
def _gather(self, x: torch.Tensor, index: torch.Tensor) -> torch.TensorSelect index (batch, k) rows of x (batch, n, channels) along dim 1.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | torch.Tensor | required | |
index | torch.Tensor | required |
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def _gather(self, x: torch.Tensor, index: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
"""Select index (batch, k) rows of x (batch, n, channels) along dim 1."""
return x.gather(1, index if x.ndim == 2 else index[..., None].expand(-1, -1, x.shape[-1]))Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect._get_decode_boxes#
def _get_decode_boxes(self, x: dict[str, torch.Tensor]) -> torch.TensorGet decoded boxes based on anchors and strides.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | dict[str, torch.Tensor] | required |
ultralytics/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), x.get("angle")) * self.strides
return dboxMethod 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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | torch.Tensor | required | |
k | int | required | |
groups | int | 8 |
ultralytics/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.TensorDecode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities based on multiple-level feature maps.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | dict[str, torch.Tensor] | Dictionary of predictions from detection layers. | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
torch.Tensor | Concatenated tensor of decoded bounding boxes and class probabilities. |
ultralytics/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.
ultralytics/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 getattr(self, "one2one_cv2", None) is not None:
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, angle: torch.Tensor | None = None) -> torch.TensorDecode bounding boxes from predictions, angle is only used by the OBB head.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
bboxes | torch.Tensor | required | |
anchors | torch.Tensor | required | |
angle | torch.Tensor | None | None |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def decode_bboxes(
self, bboxes: torch.Tensor, anchors: torch.Tensor, angle: torch.Tensor | None = None
) -> torch.Tensor:
"""Decode bounding boxes from predictions, angle is only used by the OBB head."""
return dist2bbox(bboxes, anchors, xywh=not self.end2end and not self.xyxy, dim=1)Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect.end2end#
def end2end(self, value)Select the inference head without changing dual-head training.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@end2end.setter
def end2end(self, value):
"""Select the inference head without changing dual-head training."""
if value and getattr(self, "one2one_cv2", None) is None:
LOGGER.warning("This model has no one-to-one head; using one-to-many outputs.")
elif not value and self.cv2 is None:
LOGGER.warning("The one-to-many head was removed by fusion; using the remaining one-to-one head.")
self._end2end = valueMethod 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]]Run the detection head on multi-level feature maps.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | Feature maps from each detection level. | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
dict | torch.Tensor | tuple | In training, the raw prediction dict (with "one2many" and "one2one" keys for end-to-end heads). In inference, decoded predictions of shape (B, 4 + nc, num_anchors), or (B, max_det, 6) with [x1, y1, x2, y2, score, class_index] when end-to-end; returned alone in export mode and otherwise as a (predictions, raw prediction dict) tuple. |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(
self, x: list[torch.Tensor]
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor | tuple[torch.Tensor, dict[str, torch.Tensor]]:
"""Run the detection head on multi-level feature maps.
Args:
x (list[torch.Tensor]): Feature maps from each detection level.
Returns:
(dict | torch.Tensor | tuple): In training, the raw prediction dict (with "one2many" and "one2one" keys for
end-to-end heads). In inference, decoded predictions of shape (B, 4 + nc, num_anchors), or (B, max_det,
6) with [x1, y1, x2, y2, score, class_index] when end-to-end; returned alone in export mode and
otherwise as a (predictions, raw prediction dict) tuple.
"""
preds = self.forward_head(x, **self.one2many)
if getattr(self, "one2one_cv2", None) is not None:
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 "one2many"] if "one2one" in preds 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: nn.Module | None = None, cls_head: nn.Module | None = None
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required | |
box_head | nn.Module | None | None | |
cls_head | nn.Module | None | None |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_head(
self, x: list[torch.Tensor], box_head: nn.Module | None = None, cls_head: nn.Module | None = None
) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
"""Concatenate and return 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) -> NoneRemove the unused detection branch for inference.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def fuse(self) -> None:
"""Remove the unused detection branch for inference."""
end2end = self.end2end
for name in tuple(self._modules):
if name.startswith("one2one_"):
setattr(self, name[8:] if end2end else name, 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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
scores | torch.Tensor | Scores tensor with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, num_classes). | required |
max_det | int | Maximum detections per image. | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
scores (torch.Tensor) | Top-k scores with shape (batch_size, k, 1). |
labels (torch.Tensor) | Class indices as float with shape (batch_size, k, 1). |
index (torch.Tensor) | Anchor indices of the top-k detections with shape (batch_size, k). |
ultralytics/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:
scores (torch.Tensor): Top-k scores with shape (batch_size, k, 1).
labels (torch.Tensor): Class indices as float with shape (batch_size, k, 1).
index (torch.Tensor): Anchor indices of the top-k detections with shape (batch_size, k).
"""
anchors, nc = scores.shape[1:] # i.e. shape(16,8400,80)
k = min(max_det, anchors)
if self.agnostic_nms:
scores, labels = scores.max(dim=-1)
scores, index = self._grouped_topk(scores, k, 1)
return scores[..., None], self._gather(labels[..., None].float(), index), index
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]
scores = self._gather(scores, ori_index)
scores, index = self._grouped_topk(scores.flatten(1), k, groups)
return scores[..., None], (index % nc)[..., None].float(), self._gather(ori_index, index // nc)Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Detect.postprocess#
def postprocess(self, preds: torch.Tensor) -> torch.TensorPost-processes YOLO model predictions.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
preds | torch.Tensor | Raw predictions with shape (batch_size, num_anchors, 4 + nc + extra) with last dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, class_probs, extra], where extra holds the mask coefficients, keypoints or angle of the Segment, Pose and OBB heads and is empty for Detect. | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
torch.Tensor | Processed predictions with shape (batch_size, min(max_det, num_anchors), 6 + extra) and last dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, score, class_index, extra]. |
ultralytics/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 + extra) with last
dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, class_probs, extra], where extra holds the mask coefficients,
keypoints or angle of the Segment, Pose and OBB heads and is empty for Detect.
Returns:
(torch.Tensor): Processed predictions with shape (batch_size, min(max_det, num_anchors), 6 + extra) and last
dimension format [x1, y1, x2, y2, score, class_index, extra].
"""
# Segment, Pose and OBB carry task channels after the class scores, Detect has none
boxes, scores, *extra = preds.split([s for s in (4, self.nc, preds.shape[-1] - 4 - self.nc) if s], dim=-1)
scores, conf, idx = self.get_topk_index(scores, self.max_det)
return torch.cat([self._gather(boxes, idx), scores, conf, *(self._gather(e, idx) for e in extra)], dim=-1)Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment#
Segment(
nc: int = 80,
nm: int = 32,
npr: int = 256,
reg_max: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
)Bases: Detect
YOLO Segment head for segmentation models.
This class extends the Detect head to include mask prediction capabilities for instance segmentation tasks.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of classes. | 80 |
nm | int | Number of masks. | 32 |
npr | int | Number of protos. | 256 |
reg_max | int | Maximum number of DFL channels. | 16 |
end2end | bool | Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection. | False |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Channel sizes from backbone feature maps. | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
nm | int | Number of masks. |
npr | int | Number of protos. |
proto | Proto | Prototype generation module. |
cv4 | nn.ModuleList | Convolution layers for mask coefficients. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
one2many | Return the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility. |
one2one | Return the one-to-one head components. |
_inference | Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with mask coefficients. |
forward | Return predictions with mask prototypes. |
forward_head | Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, 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)ultralytics/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: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
):
"""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 (list[int] | tuple[int, ...]): 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)Return the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
"""Return 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)Return the one-to-one head components.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
"""Return 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.TensorDecode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with mask coefficients.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | dict[str, torch.Tensor] | required |
ultralytics/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 predictions with mask prototypes.
Returns raw predictions with prototypes attached in training, (outputs, proto) in export mode, and ((outputs, proto), raw predictions) otherwise.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple | list[torch.Tensor] | dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
"""Return predictions with mask prototypes.
Returns raw predictions with prototypes attached in training, `(outputs, proto)` in export mode, and
`((outputs, proto), raw predictions)` otherwise.
"""
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 "one2one" in preds:
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]Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and mask coefficients.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required | |
box_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
cls_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
mask_head | torch.nn.Module | required |
ultralytics/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]:
"""Concatenate and return 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 predsClass ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment26#
Segment26(
nc: int = 80,
nm: int = 32,
npr: int = 256,
reg_max: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
)Bases: Segment
YOLO26 Segment head for segmentation models.
This class extends the Segment head with Proto26 for mask prediction in instance segmentation tasks.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of classes. | 80 |
nm | int | Number of masks. | 32 |
npr | int | Number of protos. | 256 |
reg_max | int | Maximum number of DFL channels. | 16 |
end2end | bool | Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection. | False |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Channel sizes from backbone feature maps. | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
nm | int | Number of masks. |
npr | int | Number of protos. |
proto | Proto26 | Prototype generation module. |
cv4 | nn.ModuleList | Convolution layers for mask coefficients. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
forward | Return predictions with mask prototypes. |
fuse | Remove the unused detection branch and training-only prototype layers for inference. |
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)ultralytics/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: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
):
"""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 (list[int] | tuple[int, ...]): Channel sizes from backbone feature maps.
"""
super().__init__(nc, nm, npr, reg_max, end2end, ch)
self.proto = Proto26(ch, self.npr, self.nm, nc) # protosMethod ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Segment26.forward#
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple | list[torch.Tensor] | dict[str, torch.Tensor]Return predictions with mask prototypes.
Returns raw predictions with prototypes attached in training, (outputs, proto) in export mode, and ((outputs, proto), raw predictions) otherwise.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple | list[torch.Tensor] | dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
"""Return predictions with mask prototypes.
Returns raw predictions with prototypes attached in training, `(outputs, proto)` in export mode, and
`((outputs, proto), raw predictions)` otherwise.
"""
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 "one2one" in preds:
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) -> NoneRemove the unused detection branch and training-only prototype layers for inference.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def fuse(self) -> None:
"""Remove the unused detection branch and training-only prototype layers for inference."""
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: int = 16, end2end: bool = False, ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = ())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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of classes. | 80 |
ne | int | Number of extra parameters. | 1 |
reg_max | int | Maximum number of DFL channels. | 16 |
end2end | bool | Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection. | False |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Channel sizes from backbone feature maps. | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
ne | int | Number of extra parameters. |
cv4 | nn.ModuleList | Convolution layers for angle prediction. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
one2many | Return the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility. |
one2one | Return the one-to-one head components. |
_inference | Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with rotation angles. |
decode_bboxes | Decode rotated bounding boxes. |
forward_head | Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and angles. |
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)ultralytics/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.
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: int = 16, end2end: bool = False, ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = ()
):
"""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 (list[int] | tuple[int, ...]): 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)Return the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
"""Return 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)Return the one-to-one head components.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
"""Return 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.TensorDecode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with rotation angles.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | dict[str, torch.Tensor] | required |
ultralytics/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."""
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, angle: torch.Tensor) -> torch.TensorDecode rotated bounding boxes.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
bboxes | torch.Tensor | required | |
anchors | torch.Tensor | required | |
angle | torch.Tensor | required |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def decode_bboxes(self, bboxes: torch.Tensor, anchors: torch.Tensor, angle: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
"""Decode rotated bounding boxes."""
return dist2rbox(bboxes, 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]Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and angles.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required | |
box_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
cls_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
angle_head | torch.nn.Module | required |
ultralytics/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]:
"""Concatenate and return 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 predsClass ultralytics.nn.modules.head.OBB26#
OBB26(nc: int = 80, ne: int = 1, reg_max: int = 16, end2end: bool = False, ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = ())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 the sigmoid transformation used by the original OBB class.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of classes. | 80 |
ne | int | Number of extra parameters. | 1 |
reg_max | int | Maximum number of DFL channels. | 16 |
end2end | bool | Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection. | False |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Channel sizes from backbone feature maps. | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
ne | int | Number of extra parameters. |
cv4 | nn.ModuleList | Convolution layers for angle prediction. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
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)ultralytics/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 the
sigmoid transformation used by the original OBB class.
Attributes:
ne (int): Number of extra parameters.
cv4 (nn.ModuleList): Convolution layers for angle prediction.
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]Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and raw angles.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required | |
box_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
cls_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
angle_head | torch.nn.Module | required |
ultralytics/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]:
"""Concatenate and return 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 predsClass ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose#
Pose(
nc: int = 80,
kpt_shape: tuple = (17, 3),
reg_max: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
)Bases: Detect
YOLO Pose head for keypoints models.
This class extends the Detect head to include keypoint prediction capabilities for pose estimation tasks.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of classes. | 80 |
kpt_shape | tuple | Number of keypoints, number of dims (2 for x,y or 3 for x,y,visible). | (17, 3) |
reg_max | int | Maximum number of DFL channels. | 16 |
end2end | bool | Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection. | False |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Channel sizes from backbone feature maps. | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
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
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
one2many | Return the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility. |
one2one | Return the one-to-one head components. |
_inference | Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with keypoints. |
forward_head | Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and keypoints. |
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)ultralytics/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: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
):
"""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 (list[int] | tuple[int, ...]): 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)Return the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
"""Return 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)Return the one-to-one head components.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
"""Return 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.TensorDecode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with keypoints.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | dict[str, torch.Tensor] | required |
ultralytics/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]Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and keypoints.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required | |
box_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
cls_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
pose_head | torch.nn.Module | required |
ultralytics/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]:
"""Concatenate and return 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 predsMethod ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose.kpts_decode#
def kpts_decode(self, kpts: torch.Tensor) -> torch.TensorDecode keypoints from predictions.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
kpts | torch.Tensor | required |
ultralytics/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 yClass ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose26#
Pose26(
nc: int = 80,
kpt_shape: tuple = (17, 3),
reg_max: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
)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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of classes. | 80 |
kpt_shape | tuple | Number of keypoints, number of dims (2 for x,y or 3 for x,y,visible). | (17, 3) |
reg_max | int | Maximum number of DFL channels. | 16 |
end2end | bool | Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection. | False |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Channel sizes from backbone feature maps. | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
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
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
one2many | Return the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility. |
one2one | Return the one-to-one head components. |
forward_head | Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and keypoints. |
fuse | Remove the unused detection branch and training-only layers for inference. |
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)ultralytics/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: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
):
"""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 (list[int] | tuple[int, ...]): 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)Return the one-to-many head components, here for backward compatibility.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
"""Return 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)Return the one-to-one head components.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
"""Return 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]Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and keypoints.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required | |
box_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
cls_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
pose_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
kpts_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
kpts_sigma_head | torch.nn.Module | required |
ultralytics/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]:
"""Concatenate and return 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 predsMethod ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose26.fuse#
def fuse(self) -> NoneRemove the unused detection branch and training-only layers for inference.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def fuse(self) -> None:
"""Remove the unused detection branch and training-only layers for inference."""
super().fuse()
self.flow_model = None
setattr(self, "one2one_cv4_sigma" if self.end2end else "cv4_sigma", None)Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Pose26.kpts_decode#
def kpts_decode(self, kpts: torch.Tensor) -> torch.TensorDecode keypoints from predictions.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
kpts | torch.Tensor | required |
ultralytics/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 yClass ultralytics.nn.modules.head.Depth#
Depth(c_mid: int = 256, ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = ())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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
c_mid | int | Number of intermediate channels for the fusion decoder. | 256 |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Input channel sizes from backbone feature maps (P3, P4, P5). | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
export | bool | Export mode flag. |
nl | int | Number of pyramid levels. |
proj | nn.ModuleList | 1x1 projections of each pyramid level to c_mid channels. |
refine | nn.ModuleList | Refinement blocks applied after each top-down fusion step. |
head | nn.Sequential | Output head that upsamples 2x and predicts a single-channel log-depth map. |
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. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
forward | Fuse 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)ultralytics/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:
export (bool): Export mode flag.
nl (int): Number of pyramid levels.
proj (nn.ModuleList): 1x1 projections of each pyramid level to c_mid channels.
refine (nn.ModuleList): Refinement blocks applied after each top-down fusion step.
head (nn.Sequential): Output head that upsamples 2x and predicts a single-channel log-depth map.
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: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = ()):
"""Initialize Depth head.
Args:
c_mid (int): Number of intermediate channels for the fusion decoder.
ch (list[int] | tuple[int, ...]): 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.TensorFuse multi-scale features and predict depth.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | Feature tensors [P3, P4, P5] from the backbone/neck. | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
dict[str, torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor | In training, a dict {"depth": (B, 1, H/4, W/4)} with the raw head output the loss supervises. In eval, a (B, 1, H/4, W/4) tensor with calibration applied; the predictor/validator resize it to image/GT size. In export mode, a (B, 1, H, W) tensor upsampled 4x to the input size. Depth values are positive (exp of the clamped head output). |
ultralytics/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[torch.Tensor]): Feature tensors [P3, P4, P5] from the backbone/neck.
Returns:
(dict[str, torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor): In training, a dict {"depth": (B, 1, H/4, W/4)} with the raw head
output the loss supervises. In eval, a (B, 1, H/4, W/4) tensor with calibration applied; the
predictor/validator resize it to image/GT size. In export mode, a (B, 1, H, W) tensor upsampled 4x to
the input size. Depth values are positive (exp of the clamped head output).
"""
# 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: # same align_corners=True resize as the depth loss, calibration and validator
depth = F.interpolate(depth, scale_factor=4.0, mode="bilinear", align_corners=True)
return depthClass 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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
c1 | int | Number of input channels. | required |
c2 | int | Number of output classes. | required |
k | int | Kernel size. | 1 |
s | int | Stride. | 1 |
p | int, optional | Padding. | None |
g | int | Groups. | 1 |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
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
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
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)ultralytics/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 | tuplePerform forward pass on input feature maps.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor | Input feature map, or a list of feature maps concatenated along the channel dimension. | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
torch.Tensor | tuple | Logits of shape (B, c2) in training; softmax probabilities in export mode; otherwise a (probabilities, logits) tuple. |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor | tuple:
"""Perform forward pass on input feature maps.
Args:
x (list[torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor): Input feature map, or a list of feature maps concatenated along the
channel dimension.
Returns:
(torch.Tensor | tuple): Logits of shape (B, c2) in training; softmax probabilities in export mode; otherwise
a (probabilities, logits) tuple.
"""
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: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
)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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of classes. | 80 |
embed | int | Embedding dimension. | 512 |
with_bn | bool | Whether to use batch normalization in contrastive head. | False |
reg_max | int | Maximum number of DFL channels. | 16 |
end2end | bool | Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection. | False |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Channel sizes from backbone feature maps. | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
cv3 | nn.ModuleList | Convolution layers for embedding features. |
cv4 | nn.ModuleList | Contrastive head layers for text-vision alignment. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
bias_init | Initialize box biases; class scores come from text-embedding similarity, so cv3 keeps its defaults. |
forward | Concatenate 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)ultralytics/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: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
):
"""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 (list[int] | tuple[int, ...]): 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 box biases; class scores come from text-embedding similarity, so cv3 keeps its defaults.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def bias_init(self):
"""Initialize box biases; class scores come from text-embedding similarity, so cv3 keeps its defaults."""
for a in self.cv2:
a[-1].bias.data[:] = 1.0 # boxMethod ultralytics.nn.modules.head.WorldDetect.forward#
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor], text: torch.Tensor) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor] | tupleConcatenate and return predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | Feature maps from each detection level. | required |
text | torch.Tensor | Text embeddings with shape (B, nc, embed). | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
dict[str, torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor | tuple | Raw prediction dict in training, decoded predictions of shape (B, 4 + nc, num_anchors) in export mode, otherwise a (predictions, raw prediction dict) tuple. |
ultralytics/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.
Args:
x (list[torch.Tensor]): Feature maps from each detection level.
text (torch.Tensor): Text embeddings with shape (B, nc, embed).
Returns:
(dict[str, torch.Tensor] | torch.Tensor | tuple): Raw prediction dict in training, decoded predictions of
shape (B, 4 + nc, num_anchors) in export mode, otherwise a (predictions, raw prediction dict) tuple.
"""
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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
vocab | nn.Module | Vocabulary/classification module. | required |
pf | nn.Module | Proposal filter module. | required |
loc | nn.Module | Localization module. | required |
enabled | bool | Whether to enable the head functionality. | True |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
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
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
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)ultralytics/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 = enabledMethod ultralytics.nn.modules.head.LRPCHead.conv2linear#
def conv2linear(conv: nn.Conv2d) -> nn.LinearConvert a 1x1 convolutional layer to a linear layer.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
conv | nn.Conv2d | required |
ultralytics/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 linearMethod 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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
cls_feat | torch.Tensor | Classification features with shape (B, C, H, W). | required |
loc_feat | torch.Tensor | Localization features with shape (B, C, H, W). | required |
conf | float | Proposal filter confidence threshold; 0 keeps every anchor (static export). | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
loc (torch.Tensor) | Box regression output of the localization module. |
cls (torch.Tensor) | Class scores with shape (B, num_classes, N) for the N kept anchors. |
mask (torch.Tensor | None) | Boolean mask of anchors kept by any image, or None when conf is 0 and the head is enabled. |
ultralytics/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.
Args:
cls_feat (torch.Tensor): Classification features with shape (B, C, H, W).
loc_feat (torch.Tensor): Localization features with shape (B, C, H, W).
conf (float): Proposal filter confidence threshold; 0 keeps every anchor (static export).
Returns:
loc (torch.Tensor): Box regression output of the localization module.
cls (torch.Tensor): Class scores with shape (B, num_classes, N) for the N kept anchors.
mask (torch.Tensor | None): Boolean mask of anchors kept by any image, or None when `conf` is 0 and the head
is enabled.
"""
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
keep = self.pf(cls_feat)[:, 0].flatten(1).sigmoid() > conf # (B, N) per-image proposals
mask = keep.any(0) # batch union, then suppress anchors each image's own filter rejected
cls_feat = self.vocab(cls_feat.flatten(2).transpose(-1, -2)[:, mask])
cls_feat = cls_feat.masked_fill(~keep[:, mask, None], float("-inf"))
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),
cls_feat.new_ones(cls_feat.shape[2] * cls_feat.shape[3], dtype=torch.bool),
)Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect#
YOLOEDetect(
nc: int = 80,
embed: int = 512,
with_bn: bool = True,
reg_max: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
)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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of classes. | 80 |
embed | int | Embedding dimension. | 512 |
with_bn | bool | Whether to use batch normalization in contrastive head. Must be True. | True |
reg_max | int | Maximum number of DFL channels. | 16 |
end2end | bool | Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection. | False |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Channel sizes from backbone feature maps. | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
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
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
one2many | Return the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility. |
one2one | Return the one-to-one head components. |
_fuse_tp | Fuse text prompt embeddings with model weights for efficient inference. |
_get_decode_boxes | Decode predicted bounding boxes for inference. |
bias_init | Initialize Detect() biases, WARNING: requires stride availability. |
forward | Process features with class prompt embeddings to generate detections. |
forward_head | Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and contrastive scores. |
forward_lrpc | Process features with fused text embeddings to generate detections for prompt-free model. |
forward_mask | Return the prompt-free mask coefficients, which the detection head does not produce. |
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. |
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])ultralytics/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 = True,
reg_max: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
):
"""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. Must be True.
reg_max (int): Maximum number of DFL channels.
end2end (bool): Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.
ch (list[int] | tuple[int, ...]): 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) 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 = embedProperty ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect.one2many#
def one2many(self)Return the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
"""Return 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)Return the one-to-one head components.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
"""Return 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) -> NoneFuse text prompt embeddings with model weights for efficient inference.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
txt_feats | torch.Tensor | required | |
cls_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
bn_head | torch.nn.Module | required |
ultralytics/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.
ultralytics/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 dboxMethod ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect.bias_init#
def bias_init(self)Initialize Detect() biases, WARNING: requires stride availability.
ultralytics/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 getattr(self, "one2one_cv2", None) is not None:
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 | tupleProcess features with class prompt embeddings to generate detections.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | Feature maps from each detection level followed by class prompt embeddings with shape (B, nc, embed). | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
dict | torch.Tensor | tuple | Same outputs as Detect.forward. |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> torch.Tensor | tuple:
"""Process features with class prompt embeddings to generate detections.
Args:
x (list[torch.Tensor]): Feature maps from each detection level followed by class prompt embeddings with
shape (B, nc, embed).
Returns:
(dict | torch.Tensor | tuple): Same outputs as `Detect.forward`.
"""
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)Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and contrastive scores.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_head(self, x, box_head, cls_head, contrastive_head):
"""Concatenate and return 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 = int(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 | tupleProcess features with fused text embeddings to generate detections for prompt-free model.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required |
ultralytics/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 else self.cv2
cv3 = self.one2one_cv3 if self.end2end else self.cv3
lrpc = self.one2one_lrpc if self.end2end and hasattr(self, "one2one_lrpc") else self.lrpc
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(lrpc[i], LRPCHead)
box, score, idx = lrpc[i](cls_feat, loc_feat, conf)
boxes.append(box.view(bs, self.reg_max * 4, -1))
scores.append(score)
index.append(idx)
index = torch.cat(index) if conf else None
preds = {
"boxes": torch.cat(boxes, 2),
"scores": torch.cat(scores, 2),
"feats": x,
"index": index,
**self.forward_mask(x, 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.YOLOEDetect.forward_mask#
def forward_mask(self, x: list[torch.Tensor], index: torch.Tensor | None) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]Return the prompt-free mask coefficients, which the detection head does not produce.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required | |
index | torch.Tensor | None | required |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_mask(self, x: list[torch.Tensor], index: torch.Tensor | None) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
"""Return the prompt-free mask coefficients, which the detection head does not produce."""
return {}Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect.fuse#
def fuse(self, txt_feats: torch.Tensor | None = None)Fuse text features with model weights for efficient inference.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
txt_feats | torch.Tensor, optional | Text prompt embeddings to fuse into the classification heads. If None, only the unused detection branch is removed. | None |
ultralytics/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 = None):
"""Fuse text features with model weights for efficient inference.
Args:
txt_feats (torch.Tensor, optional): Text prompt embeddings to fuse into the classification heads. If None,
only the unused detection branch is removed.
"""
if txt_feats is None: # remove the unused detection branch
super().fuse()
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 getattr(self, "one2one_cv2", None) is not None:
self._fuse_tp(txt_feats, self.one2one_cv3, self.one2one_cv4)
del self.reprta
self.reprta = nn.Identity()
self.is_fused = TrueMethod ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOEDetect.get_tpe#
def get_tpe(self, tpe: torch.Tensor | None) -> torch.Tensor | NoneGet text prompt embeddings with normalization.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
tpe | torch.Tensor | None | required |
ultralytics/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.TensorGet visual prompt embeddings with spatial awareness.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required | |
vpe | torch.Tensor | required |
ultralytics/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 vpeClass ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment#
YOLOESegment(
nc: int = 80,
nm: int = 32,
npr: int = 256,
embed: int = 512,
with_bn: bool = True,
reg_max: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
)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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of classes. | 80 |
nm | int | Number of masks. | 32 |
npr | int | Number of protos. | 256 |
embed | int | Embedding dimension. | 512 |
with_bn | bool | Whether to use batch normalization in contrastive head. Must be True. | True |
reg_max | int | Maximum number of DFL channels. | 16 |
end2end | bool | Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection. | False |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Channel sizes from backbone feature maps. | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
nm | int | Number of masks. |
npr | int | Number of protos. |
proto | Proto | Prototype generation module. |
cv5 | nn.ModuleList | Convolution layers for mask coefficients. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
one2many | Return the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility. |
one2one | Return the one-to-one head components. |
_inference | Decode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with mask coefficients. |
forward | Return predictions with mask prototypes. |
forward_head | Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and mask coefficients. |
forward_mask | Return the prompt-free mask coefficients of the anchors the proposal filter kept. |
fuse | Fuse text features with model weights for efficient inference. |
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])ultralytics/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 = True,
reg_max: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
):
"""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. Must be True.
reg_max (int): Maximum number of DFL channels.
end2end (bool): Whether to use end-to-end NMS-free detection.
ch (list[int] | tuple[int, ...]): 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)Return the one-to-many head components, here for v3/v5/v8/v9/v11 backward compatibility.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2many(self):
"""Return 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)Return the one-to-one head components.
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@property
def one2one(self):
"""Return 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.TensorDecode predicted bounding boxes and class probabilities, concatenated with mask coefficients.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | dict[str, torch.Tensor] | required |
ultralytics/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 predictions with mask prototypes.
Returns raw predictions with prototypes attached in training, (outputs, proto) in export mode, and ((outputs, proto), raw predictions) otherwise.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple | list[torch.Tensor] | dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
"""Return predictions with mask prototypes.
Returns raw predictions with prototypes attached in training, `(outputs, proto)` in export mode, and
`((outputs, proto), raw predictions)` otherwise.
"""
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 "one2one" in preds:
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]Concatenate and return predicted bounding boxes, class probabilities, and mask coefficients.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required | |
box_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
cls_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
mask_head | torch.nn.Module | required | |
contrastive_head | torch.nn.Module | required |
ultralytics/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]:
"""Concatenate and return 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 predsMethod ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment.forward_mask#
def forward_mask(self, x: list[torch.Tensor], index: torch.Tensor | None) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]Return the prompt-free mask coefficients of the anchors the proposal filter kept.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required | |
index | torch.Tensor | None | required |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward_mask(self, x: list[torch.Tensor], index: torch.Tensor | None) -> dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
"""Return the prompt-free mask coefficients of the anchors the proposal filter kept."""
cv5 = self.one2one_cv5 if self.end2end else self.cv5
mc = torch.cat([cv5[i](x[i]).view(x[0].shape[0], self.nm, -1) for i in range(self.nl)], 2)
return {"mask_coefficient": mc if index is None else mc[..., index]}Method ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment.fuse#
def fuse(self, txt_feats: torch.Tensor | None = None)Fuse text features with model weights for efficient inference.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
txt_feats | torch.Tensor | None | None |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def fuse(self, txt_feats: torch.Tensor | None = None):
"""Fuse text features with model weights for efficient inference."""
super().fuse(txt_feats)
if txt_feats is None and hasattr(self.proto, "fuse"): # remove training-only prototype layers
self.proto.fuse()Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.YOLOESegment26#
YOLOESegment26(
nc: int = 80,
nm: int = 32,
npr: int = 256,
embed: int = 512,
with_bn: bool = True,
reg_max: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
)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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of classes. Defaults to 80. | 80 |
nm | int | Number of masks. Defaults to 32. | 32 |
npr | int | Number of prototype channels. Defaults to 256. | 256 |
embed | int | Embedding dimensionality. Defaults to 512. | 512 |
with_bn | bool | Whether to use Batch Normalization. Must be True. | True |
reg_max | int | Maximum number of DFL channels. Defaults to 16. | 16 |
end2end | bool | Whether to use end-to-end detection mode. Defaults to False. | False |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Input channels for each scale. | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
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. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
forward | Return predictions with mask prototypes. |
ultralytics/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. Must be True.
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 (list[int] | 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 = True,
reg_max: int = 16,
end2end: bool = False,
ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (),
):
"""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 predictions with mask prototypes.
Returns raw predictions with prototypes attached in training, (outputs, proto) in export mode, and ((outputs, proto), raw predictions) otherwise.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | required |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
def forward(self, x: list[torch.Tensor]) -> tuple | list[torch.Tensor] | dict[str, torch.Tensor]:
"""Return predictions with mask prototypes.
Returns raw predictions with prototypes attached in training, `(outputs, proto)` in export mode, and
`((outputs, proto), raw predictions)` otherwise.
"""
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 "one2one" in preds: # dual-head outputs, 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: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of classes. | 80 |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Channels in the backbone feature maps. | (512, 1024, 2048) |
hd | int | Dimension of hidden layers. | 256 |
nq | int | Number of query points. | 300 |
ndp | int | Number of sampling points per attention head per feature level in the decoder. | 4 |
nh | int | Number of heads in multi-head attention. | 8 |
ndl | int | Number of decoder layers. | 6 |
d_ffn | int | Dimension of the feed-forward networks. | 1024 |
dropout | float | Dropout rate. | 0.0 |
act | nn.Module, optional | Activation function. Defaults to nn.ReLU() if None. | None |
eval_idx | int | Index of the decoder layer used for inference; negative values count from the end. | -1 |
nd | int | Number of denoising queries. | 100 |
label_noise_ratio | float | Label noise ratio. | 0.5 |
box_noise_scale | float | Box noise scale. | 1.0 |
learnt_init_query | bool | Whether to learn initial query embeddings. | False |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
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
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
_generate_anchors | Generate anchor bounding boxes for given shapes with specific grid size and validate them. |
_get_decoder_input | Generate and prepare the input required for the decoder from the provided features and shapes. |
_get_encoder_input | Process and return encoder inputs by getting projection features from input and concatenating them. |
_reset_parameters | Initialize or reset the parameters of the model's various components with predefined weights and biases. |
forward | Run the forward pass of the module, returning bounding box and classification scores for the input. |
postprocess | Post-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)ultralytics/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
format = None # export format
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: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = (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 (list[int] | tuple[int, ...]): Channels in the backbone feature maps.
hd (int): Dimension of hidden layers.
nq (int): Number of query points.
ndp (int): Number of sampling points per attention head per feature level in the decoder.
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, optional): Activation function. Defaults to nn.ReLU() if None.
eval_idx (int): Index of the decoder layer used for inference; negative values count from the end.
nd (int): Number of denoising queries.
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]],
feats: torch.Tensor,
grid_size: float = 0.05,
eps: float = 1e-2,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]Generate anchor bounding boxes for given shapes with specific grid size and validate them.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
shapes | list | List of feature map shapes. | required |
feats | torch.Tensor | Tensor whose dtype and device the anchors inherit. | required |
grid_size | float, optional | Base size of grid cells. | 0.05 |
eps | float, optional | Small value for numerical stability. | 1e-2 |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
anchors (torch.Tensor) | Anchor boxes in inverse-sigmoid (logit) space with shape (1, sum(h * w), 4), set to inf where invalid. |
valid_mask (torch.Tensor) | Boolean mask of valid anchors with shape (1, sum(h * w), 1). |
ultralytics/nn/modules/head.py
@staticmethod
def _generate_anchors(
shapes: list[list[int]],
feats: torch.Tensor,
grid_size: float = 0.05,
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.
feats (torch.Tensor): Tensor whose dtype and device the anchors inherit.
grid_size (float, optional): Base size of grid cells.
eps (float, optional): Small value for numerical stability.
Returns:
anchors (torch.Tensor): Anchor boxes in inverse-sigmoid (logit) space with shape (1, sum(h * w), 4), set to
inf where invalid.
valid_mask (torch.Tensor): Boolean mask of valid anchors with shape (1, sum(h * w), 1).
"""
anchors = []
for i, (h, w) in enumerate(shapes):
sy = torch.arange(h).type_as(feats) # type_as inherits the runtime device in traces, unlike device=
sx = torch.arange(w).type_as(feats)
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 + 0.5) / w, (grid_y + 0.5) / h], -1)[None] # (1, h, w, 2)
wh = torch.full_like(grid_xy, 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_maskMethod 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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
feats | torch.Tensor | Processed features from encoder. | required |
shapes | list | List of feature map shapes. | required |
dn_embed | torch.Tensor, optional | Denoising embeddings. | None |
dn_bbox | torch.Tensor, optional | Denoising bounding boxes. | None |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
embeddings (torch.Tensor) | Query embeddings for decoder. |
refer_bbox (torch.Tensor) | Reference bounding boxes as unnormalized logits. |
enc_bboxes (torch.Tensor) | Encoder top-k bounding boxes, sigmoid-normalized. |
enc_scores (torch.Tensor) | Encoder top-k class logits. |
ultralytics/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 as unnormalized logits.
enc_bboxes (torch.Tensor): Encoder top-k bounding boxes, sigmoid-normalized.
enc_scores (torch.Tensor): Encoder top-k class logits.
"""
bs = feats.shape[0]
if self.dynamic or self.shapes != shapes:
self.anchors, self.valid_mask = self._generate_anchors(shapes, feats)
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,)
groups = 8 if self.export and self.format == "engine" and not self.dynamic else 1
k = (
torch._shape_as_tensor(enc_outputs_scores)[1].clamp(max=self.num_queries)
if self.dynamic
else min(self.num_queries, enc_outputs_scores.shape[1])
)
topk_ind = Detect._grouped_topk(enc_outputs_scores.max(-1).values, k, groups)[1].view(-1)
# (bs*num_queries,)
batch_ind = torch.arange(end=bs, dtype=topk_ind.dtype).unsqueeze(-1).repeat(1, k).view(-1)
# (bs, num_queries, 256)
top_k_features = features[batch_ind, topk_ind].view(bs, k, -1)
# (bs, num_queries, 4)
top_k_anchors = self.anchors[:, topk_ind].view(bs, k, -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, k, -1)
embeddings = (
self.tgt_embed.weight[:k].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_scoresMethod 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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | List of feature maps from the backbone. | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
feats (torch.Tensor) | Processed features. |
shapes (list) | List of feature map shapes. |
ultralytics/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, shapesMethod 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.
ultralytics/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
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):
constant_(cls_.bias, bias_cls)
constant_(reg_.layers[-1].weight, 0.0)
constant_(reg_.layers[-1].bias, 0.0)
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.TensorRun the forward pass of the module, returning bounding box and classification scores for the input.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | List of feature maps from the backbone. | required |
batch | dict, optional | Batch information for training. | None |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
tuple | torch.Tensor | During training, a tuple of (dec_bboxes, dec_scores, enc_bboxes, enc_scores, dn_meta). During inference, a tensor of shape (bs, k, 6) with [cx, cy, w, h, score, class_index] (see postprocess), returned alone in export mode and otherwise as a (predictions, raw outputs) tuple. |
ultralytics/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:
(tuple | torch.Tensor): During training, a tuple of (dec_bboxes, dec_scores, enc_bboxes, enc_scores,
dn_meta). During inference, a tensor of shape (bs, k, 6) with [cx, cy, w, h, score, class_index] (see
`postprocess`), returned alone in export mode and otherwise as a (predictions, raw outputs) tuple.
"""
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,
min(self.num_queries, feats.shape[1]),
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.TensorPost-process predictions to select top-k detections.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
boxes | torch.Tensor | Predicted bounding boxes with shape (batch_size, num_queries, 4) in xywh format. | required |
scores | torch.Tensor | Class scores with shape (batch_size, num_queries, nc). | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
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, score, class_index]. |
ultralytics/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, score, class_index].
"""
k = min(self.num_queries, self.max_det) if self.export else self.num_queries
k = (
(torch._shape_as_tensor(scores)[1] * self.nc).clamp(max=k)
if self.dynamic
else min(k, scores.shape[1] * self.nc)
)
groups = 8 if self.export and self.format == "engine" and not self.dynamic else 1
scores, index = Detect._grouped_topk(scores.flatten(1), k, groups)
# 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: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = ())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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of classes. | 80 |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Channel sizes from backbone feature maps. | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
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. |
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)ultralytics/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 unused detection branch for inference.
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)
"""
def __init__(self, nc: int = 80, ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = ()):
"""Initialize the v10Detect object with the specified number of classes and input channels.
Args:
nc (int): Number of classes.
ch (list[int] | tuple[int, ...]): 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)Class ultralytics.nn.modules.head.SemanticSegment#
SemanticSegment(nc: int = 19, ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = ())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
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
nc | int | Number of semantic classes. | 19 |
ch | list[int] | tuple[int, ...] | Channel sizes from neck feature maps (P3, P4). | () |
Attributes
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
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. |
bake_argmax | bool | Whether TensorRT or Hailo exports bake the argmax class map into the output. |
classifier | nn.Sequential | Final convolutional classifier head. |
aux_head | nn.Sequential | None | Auxiliary classifier on P4 for deep supervision. |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
forward | Forward pass: fuse multi-scale features and predict per-pixel classes. |
ultralytics/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.
bake_argmax (bool): Whether TensorRT or Hailo exports bake the argmax class map into the output.
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: int = 19, ch: list[int] | tuple[int, ...] = ()):
"""Initialize the semantic segmentation head.
Args:
nc (int): Number of semantic classes.
ch (list[int] | tuple[int, ...]): 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 NoneMethod ultralytics.nn.modules.head.SemanticSegment.forward#
def forward(self, x)Forward pass: fuse multi-scale features and predict per-pixel classes.
Args
| Name | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
x | list[torch.Tensor] | List of feature maps [P3, P4]. | required |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
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]. |
ultralytics/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