Loading Image Dataset
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Overview
In computer vision training tasks, it is often difficult to read the entire dataset directly into memory due to memory capacity. The mindspore.dataset
module provided by MindSpore enables users to customize their data fetching strategy from disk. At the same time, data processing and data augmentation operators are applied to the data. Pipelined data processing produces a continuous flow of data to the training network, improving overall performance.
In addition, MindSpore supports data loading in distributed scenarios. Users can define the number of shards while loading. For more details, see Loading the Dataset in Data Parallel Mode.
This tutorial uses the MNIST dataset [1] as an example to demonstrate how to load and process image data using MindSpore.
Preparations
Importing Module
This module provides APIs to load and process data sets.
[1]:
import mindspore.dataset as ds
Downloading Dataset
put the dataset in the path ./datasets/MNIST_Data
, the directory structure is as follows:
./datasets/MNIST_Data
├── test
│ ├── t10k-images-idx3-ubyte
│ └── t10k-labels-idx1-ubyte
└── train
├── train-images-idx3-ubyte
└── train-labels-idx1-ubyte
Run the following command in jupyter notebook to download the training images and labels of the MNIST dataset:
[2]:
!mkdir -p ./datasets/MNIST_Data/train ./datasets/MNIST_Data/test
!wget -NP ./datasets/MNIST_Data/train https://mindspore-website.obs.myhuaweicloud.com/notebook/datasets/mnist/train-labels-idx1-ubyte --no-check-certificate
!wget -NP ./datasets/MNIST_Data/train https://mindspore-website.obs.myhuaweicloud.com/notebook/datasets/mnist/train-images-idx3-ubyte --no-check-certificate
!wget -NP ./datasets/MNIST_Data/test https://mindspore-website.obs.myhuaweicloud.com/notebook/datasets/mnist/t10k-labels-idx1-ubyte --no-check-certificate
!wget -NP ./datasets/MNIST_Data/test https://mindspore-website.obs.myhuaweicloud.com/notebook/datasets/mnist/t10k-images-idx3-ubyte --no-check-certificate
./datasets/MNIST_Data
├── test
│ ├── t10k-images-idx3-ubyte
│ └── t10k-labels-idx1-ubyte
└── train
├── train-images-idx3-ubyte
└── train-labels-idx1-ubyte
2 directories, 4 files
Loading Dataset
MindSpore supports loading common datasets in the field of image processing that come in a variety of on-disk formats. Users can also implement custom dataset class to load customized data. For the detailed loading method of various datasets, please refer to the Loading Dataset in the programming guide.
The following tutorial shows how to load the MNIST dataset using the MnistDataset
in the mindspore.dataset
module.
Configure the dataset directory and create the
MnistDataset
.
[3]:
DATA_DIR = './datasets/MNIST_Data/train'
mnist_dataset = ds.MnistDataset(DATA_DIR, num_samples=6, shuffle=False)
Create an iterator then obtain data through the iterator.
[4]:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
mnist_it = mnist_dataset.create_dict_iterator()
data = next(mnist_it)
plt.imshow(data['image'].asnumpy().squeeze(), cmap=plt.cm.gray)
plt.title(data['label'].asnumpy(), fontsize=20)
plt.show()
In addition, users can pass in a sampler
parameter to specify the sampling process during dataset loading. For the data samplers supported by MindSpore and their detailed usage methods, please refer to the programming guide sampler.
Processing Data
For the data processing operators currently supported by MindSpore and their detailed usage methods, please refer to the Processing Data in the programming guide.
The following tutorial demonstrates how to construct a pipeline and perform operations such as shuffle
, batch
and repeat
on the MNIST dataset.
[5]:
for data in mnist_dataset.create_dict_iterator():
print(data['label'])
5
0
4
1
9
2
Shuffle the dataset.
[6]:
ds.config.set_seed(58)
ds1 = mnist_dataset.shuffle(buffer_size=6)
print('after shuffle: ')
for data in ds1.create_dict_iterator():
print(data['label'])
after shuffle:
4
2
1
0
5
9
Add
batch
aftershuffle
.
[7]:
ds2 = ds1.batch(batch_size=2)
print('after batch: ')
for data in ds2.create_dict_iterator():
print(data['label'])
after batch:
[4 2]
[1 0]
[5 9]
Add
repeat
afterbatch
.
[8]:
ds3 = ds2.repeat(count=2)
print('after repeat: ')
for data in ds3.create_dict_iterator():
print(data['label'])
after repeat:
[4 2]
[1 0]
[5 9]
[2 4]
[0 9]
[1 5]
The results show the dataset is repeated, and the order of the replica is different from that of the first copy. Having repeat
in the pipeline results in the execution of repeated operations defined in the entire pipeline, instead of simply copying the current dataset. So the order of the replica is different from that of the first copy after shuffle
.
In addition, you need to pay attention to the sequence of repeat and batch operations: 1) Usually the batch operation is performed before the repeat operation. 2) If the batch operation is performed after the repeat operation, the batch operation will batch the data between the two epochs together (in some cases, swapping the order of batch and repeat will cause the number of batches contained in the dataset to be inconsistent, because the batch operator initialization contains the
drop_reminder
parameter, which is set to False by default).
Augmentation
For the data augmentation operators supported by MindSpore and their detailed usage methods, please refer to the programming guide Data Augmentation.
The following tutorial demonstrates how to use the c_transforms
module to augment data in the MNIST dataset.
Import related modules and load the dataset.
[9]:
from mindspore.dataset.vision import Inter
import mindspore.dataset.vision.c_transforms as transforms
mnist_dataset = ds.MnistDataset(DATA_DIR, num_samples=6, shuffle=False)
Define augmentation operators and perform the
Resize
andRandomCrop
operations on images in the dataset.
[10]:
resize_op = transforms.Resize(size=(200,200), interpolation=Inter.LINEAR)
crop_op = transforms.RandomCrop(150)
transforms_list = [resize_op, crop_op]
ds4 = mnist_dataset.map(operations=transforms_list,input_columns='image')
Visualize the result of augmentation.
[11]:
mnist_it = ds4.create_dict_iterator()
data = next(mnist_it)
plt.imshow(data['image'].asnumpy().squeeze(), cmap=plt.cm.gray)
plt.title(data['label'].asnumpy(), fontsize=20)
plt.show()
The original image is scaled up then randomly cropped to 150 x 150.
References
[1] Y. LeCun, L. Bottou, Y. Bengio, and P. Haffner. Gradient-based learning applied to document recognition.