--- datasets: - cityscapes library_name: pytorch license: bsd-3-clause pipeline_tag: image-segmentation tags: - real_time - android --- ![](https://qaihub-public-assets.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/qai-hub-models/models/ffnet_78s_lowres/web-assets/model_demo.png) # FFNet-78S-LowRes: Optimized for Mobile Deployment ## Semantic segmentation for automotive street scenes FFNet-78S-LowRes is a "fuss-free network" that segments street scene images with per-pixel classes like road, sidewalk, and pedestrian. Trained on the Cityscapes dataset. This model is an implementation of FFNet-78S-LowRes found [here](https://github.com/Qualcomm-AI-research/FFNet). This repository provides scripts to run FFNet-78S-LowRes on Qualcomm® devices. More details on model performance across various devices, can be found [here](https://aihub.qualcomm.com/models/ffnet_78s_lowres). ### Model Details - **Model Type:** Semantic segmentation - **Model Stats:** - Model checkpoint: ffnet78S_BCC_cityscapes_state_dict_quarts_pre_down - Input resolution: 1024x512 - Number of parameters: 26.8M - Model size: 102 MB - Number of output classes: 19 | Model | Device | Chipset | Target Runtime | Inference Time (ms) | Peak Memory Range (MB) | Precision | Primary Compute Unit | Target Model |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | FFNet-78S-LowRes | Samsung Galaxy S23 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 | TFLITE | 8.33 ms | 1 - 3 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite) | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | Samsung Galaxy S23 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 | QNN | 8.398 ms | 6 - 28 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.so](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.so) | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | Samsung Galaxy S23 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 | ONNX | 8.025 ms | 6 - 9 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.onnx](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.onnx) | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | Samsung Galaxy S24 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 | TFLITE | 6.595 ms | 1 - 61 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite) | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | Samsung Galaxy S24 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 | QNN | 7.132 ms | 6 - 32 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.so](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.so) | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | Samsung Galaxy S24 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 | ONNX | 6.923 ms | 2 - 82 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.onnx](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.onnx) | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | QCS8550 (Proxy) | QCS8550 Proxy | TFLITE | 8.303 ms | 0 - 20 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite) | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | QCS8550 (Proxy) | QCS8550 Proxy | QNN | 7.635 ms | 6 - 7 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | SA8255 (Proxy) | SA8255P Proxy | TFLITE | 8.344 ms | 0 - 2 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite) | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | SA8255 (Proxy) | SA8255P Proxy | QNN | 7.638 ms | 6 - 8 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | SA8775 (Proxy) | SA8775P Proxy | TFLITE | 8.181 ms | 0 - 4 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite) | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | SA8775 (Proxy) | SA8775P Proxy | QNN | 7.735 ms | 6 - 7 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | SA8650 (Proxy) | SA8650P Proxy | TFLITE | 8.18 ms | 0 - 9 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite) | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | SA8650 (Proxy) | SA8650P Proxy | QNN | 7.747 ms | 6 - 7 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | QCS8450 (Proxy) | QCS8450 Proxy | TFLITE | 11.977 ms | 1 - 54 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite) | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | QCS8450 (Proxy) | QCS8450 Proxy | QNN | 12.509 ms | 6 - 25 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | Snapdragon 8 Elite QRD | Snapdragon® 8 Elite | TFLITE | 5.656 ms | 0 - 29 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.tflite) | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | Snapdragon 8 Elite QRD | Snapdragon® 8 Elite | QNN | 5.912 ms | 6 - 26 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | Snapdragon 8 Elite QRD | Snapdragon® 8 Elite | ONNX | 4.997 ms | 7 - 50 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.onnx](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.onnx) | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | Snapdragon X Elite CRD | Snapdragon® X Elite | QNN | 8.198 ms | 6 - 6 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script | | FFNet-78S-LowRes | Snapdragon X Elite CRD | Snapdragon® X Elite | ONNX | 8.793 ms | 48 - 48 MB | FP16 | NPU | [FFNet-78S-LowRes.onnx](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/FFNet-78S-LowRes/blob/main/FFNet-78S-LowRes.onnx) | ## Installation This model can be installed as a Python package via pip. ```bash pip install "qai-hub-models[ffnet_78s_lowres]" ``` ## Configure Qualcomm® AI Hub to run this model on a cloud-hosted device Sign-in to [Qualcomm® AI Hub](https://app.aihub.qualcomm.com/) with your Qualcomm® ID. Once signed in navigate to `Account -> Settings -> API Token`. With this API token, you can configure your client to run models on the cloud hosted devices. ```bash qai-hub configure --api_token API_TOKEN ``` Navigate to [docs](https://app.aihub.qualcomm.com/docs/) for more information. ## Demo off target The package contains a simple end-to-end demo that downloads pre-trained weights and runs this model on a sample input. ```bash python -m qai_hub_models.models.ffnet_78s_lowres.demo ``` The above demo runs a reference implementation of pre-processing, model inference, and post processing. **NOTE**: If you want running in a Jupyter Notebook or Google Colab like environment, please add the following to your cell (instead of the above). ``` %run -m qai_hub_models.models.ffnet_78s_lowres.demo ``` ### Run model on a cloud-hosted device In addition to the demo, you can also run the model on a cloud-hosted Qualcomm® device. This script does the following: * Performance check on-device on a cloud-hosted device * Downloads compiled assets that can be deployed on-device for Android. * Accuracy check between PyTorch and on-device outputs. ```bash python -m qai_hub_models.models.ffnet_78s_lowres.export ``` ``` Profiling Results ------------------------------------------------------------ FFNet-78S-LowRes Device : Samsung Galaxy S23 (13) Runtime : TFLITE Estimated inference time (ms) : 8.3 Estimated peak memory usage (MB): [1, 3] Total # Ops : 149 Compute Unit(s) : NPU (149 ops) ``` ## How does this work? This [export script](https://aihub.qualcomm.com/models/ffnet_78s_lowres/qai_hub_models/models/FFNet-78S-LowRes/export.py) leverages [Qualcomm® AI Hub](https://aihub.qualcomm.com/) to optimize, validate, and deploy this model on-device. Lets go through each step below in detail: Step 1: **Compile model for on-device deployment** To compile a PyTorch model for on-device deployment, we first trace the model in memory using the `jit.trace` and then call the `submit_compile_job` API. ```python import torch import qai_hub as hub from qai_hub_models.models.ffnet_78s_lowres import # Load the model # Device device = hub.Device("Samsung Galaxy S23") ``` Step 2: **Performance profiling on cloud-hosted device** After compiling models from step 1. Models can be profiled model on-device using the `target_model`. Note that this scripts runs the model on a device automatically provisioned in the cloud. Once the job is submitted, you can navigate to a provided job URL to view a variety of on-device performance metrics. ```python profile_job = hub.submit_profile_job( model=target_model, device=device, ) ``` Step 3: **Verify on-device accuracy** To verify the accuracy of the model on-device, you can run on-device inference on sample input data on the same cloud hosted device. ```python input_data = torch_model.sample_inputs() inference_job = hub.submit_inference_job( model=target_model, device=device, inputs=input_data, ) on_device_output = inference_job.download_output_data() ``` With the output of the model, you can compute like PSNR, relative errors or spot check the output with expected output. **Note**: This on-device profiling and inference requires access to Qualcomm® AI Hub. [Sign up for access](https://myaccount.qualcomm.com/signup). ## Run demo on a cloud-hosted device You can also run the demo on-device. ```bash python -m qai_hub_models.models.ffnet_78s_lowres.demo --on-device ``` **NOTE**: If you want running in a Jupyter Notebook or Google Colab like environment, please add the following to your cell (instead of the above). ``` %run -m qai_hub_models.models.ffnet_78s_lowres.demo -- --on-device ``` ## Deploying compiled model to Android The models can be deployed using multiple runtimes: - TensorFlow Lite (`.tflite` export): [This tutorial](https://www.tensorflow.org/lite/android/quickstart) provides a guide to deploy the .tflite model in an Android application. - QNN (`.so` export ): This [sample app](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-63442-50/sample_app.html) provides instructions on how to use the `.so` shared library in an Android application. ## View on Qualcomm® AI Hub Get more details on FFNet-78S-LowRes's performance across various devices [here](https://aihub.qualcomm.com/models/ffnet_78s_lowres). Explore all available models on [Qualcomm® AI Hub](https://aihub.qualcomm.com/) ## License * The license for the original implementation of FFNet-78S-LowRes can be found [here](https://github.com/Qualcomm-AI-research/FFNet/blob/master/LICENSE). * The license for the compiled assets for on-device deployment can be found [here](https://qaihub-public-assets.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/qai-hub-models/Qualcomm+AI+Hub+Proprietary+License.pdf) ## References * [Simple and Efficient Architectures for Semantic Segmentation](https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.08236) * [Source Model Implementation](https://github.com/Qualcomm-AI-research/FFNet) ## Community * Join [our AI Hub Slack community](https://aihub.qualcomm.com/community/slack) to collaborate, post questions and learn more about on-device AI. * For questions or feedback please [reach out to us](mailto:ai-hub-support@qti.qualcomm.com).