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'''This example uses a convolutional stack followed by a recurrent stack
and a CTC logloss function to perform optical character recognition
of generated text images. I have no evidence of whether it actually
learns general shapes of text, or just is able to recognize all
the different fonts thrown at it...the purpose is more to demonstrate CTC
inside of Keras. Note that the font list may need to be updated
for the particular OS in use.
This starts off with 4 letter words. For the first 12 epochs, the
difficulty is gradually increased using the TextImageGenerator class
which is both a generator class for test/train data and a Keras
callback class. After 20 epochs, longer sequences are thrown at it
by recompiling the model to handle a wider image and rebuilding
the word list to include two words separated by a space.
The table below shows normalized edit distance values. Theano uses
a slightly different CTC implementation, hence the different results.
Norm. ED
Epoch | TF | TH
------------------------
10 0.027 0.064
15 0.038 0.035
20 0.043 0.045
25 0.014 0.019
This requires cairo and editdistance packages:
pip install cairocffi
pip install editdistance
Created by Mike Henry
https://github.com/mbhenry/
'''
import os
import itertools
import re
import datetime
import cairocffi as cairo
import editdistance
import numpy as np
from scipy import ndimage
import pylab
from keras import backend as K
from keras.layers.convolutional import Convolution2D, MaxPooling2D
from keras.layers import Input, Dense, Activation
from keras.layers import Reshape, Lambda, merge
from keras.models import Model
from keras.layers.recurrent import GRU
from keras.optimizers import SGD, Adam
from keras.utils.data_utils import get_file
from keras.preprocessing import image
import keras.callbacks
OUTPUT_DIR = 'image_ocr'
np.random.seed(55)
# this creates larger "blotches" of noise which look
# more realistic than just adding gaussian noise
# assumes greyscale with pixels ranging from 0 to 1
def speckle(img):
severity = np.random.uniform(0, 0.6)
blur = ndimage.gaussian_filter(np.random.randn(*img.shape) * severity, 1)
img_speck = (img + blur)
img_speck[img_speck > 1] = 1
img_speck[img_speck <= 0] = 0
return img_speck
# paints the string in a random location the bounding box
# also uses a random font, a slight random rotation,
# and a random amount of speckle noise
def paint_text(text, w, h, rotate=False, ud=False, multi_fonts=False):
surface = cairo.ImageSurface(cairo.FORMAT_RGB24, w, h)
with cairo.Context(surface) as context:
context.set_source_rgb(1, 1, 1) # White
context.paint()
# this font list works in Centos 7
if multi_fonts:
fonts = ['Century Schoolbook', 'Courier', 'STIX', 'URW Chancery L', 'FreeMono']
context.select_font_face(np.random.choice(fonts), cairo.FONT_SLANT_NORMAL,
np.random.choice([cairo.FONT_WEIGHT_BOLD, cairo.FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL]))
else:
context.select_font_face('Courier', cairo.FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, cairo.FONT_WEIGHT_BOLD)
context.set_font_size(25)
box = context.text_extents(text)
border_w_h = (4, 4)
if box[2] > (w - 2 * border_w_h[1]) or box[3] > (h - 2 * border_w_h[0]):
raise IOError('Could not fit string into image. Max char count is too large for given image width.')
# teach the RNN translational invariance by
# fitting text box randomly on canvas, with some room to rotate
max_shift_x = w - box[2] - border_w_h[0]
max_shift_y = h - box[3] - border_w_h[1]
top_left_x = np.random.randint(0, int(max_shift_x))
if ud:
top_left_y = np.random.randint(0, int(max_shift_y))
else:
top_left_y = h // 2
context.move_to(top_left_x - int(box[0]), top_left_y - int(box[1]))
context.set_source_rgb(0, 0, 0)
context.show_text(text)
buf = surface.get_data()
a = np.frombuffer(buf, np.uint8)
a.shape = (h, w, 4)
a = a[:, :, 0] # grab single channel
a = a.astype(np.float32) / 255
a = np.expand_dims(a, 0)
if rotate:
a = image.random_rotation(a, 3 * (w - top_left_x) / w + 1)
a = speckle(a)
return a
def shuffle_mats_or_lists(matrix_list, stop_ind=None):
ret = []
assert all([len(i) == len(matrix_list[0]) for i in matrix_list])
len_val = len(matrix_list[0])
if stop_ind is None:
stop_ind = len_val
assert stop_ind <= len_val
a = range(stop_ind)
np.random.shuffle(a)
a += range(stop_ind, len_val)
for mat in matrix_list:
if isinstance(mat, np.ndarray):
ret.append(mat[a])
elif isinstance(mat, list):
ret.append([mat[i] for i in a])
else:
raise TypeError('shuffle_mats_or_lists only supports '
'numpy.array and list objects')
return ret
def text_to_labels(text, num_classes):
ret = []
for char in text:
if char >= 'a' and char <= 'z':
ret.append(ord(char) - ord('a'))
elif char == ' ':
ret.append(26)
return ret
# only a-z and space..probably not to difficult
# to expand to uppercase and symbols
def is_valid_str(in_str):
search = re.compile(r'[^a-z\ ]').search
return not bool(search(in_str))
# Uses generator functions to supply train/test with
# data. Image renderings are text are created on the fly
# each time with random perturbations
class TextImageGenerator(keras.callbacks.Callback):
def __init__(self, monogram_file, bigram_file, minibatch_size,
img_w, img_h, downsample_factor, val_split,
absolute_max_string_len=16):
self.minibatch_size = minibatch_size
self.img_w = img_w
self.img_h = img_h
self.monogram_file = monogram_file
self.bigram_file = bigram_file
self.downsample_factor = downsample_factor
self.val_split = val_split
self.blank_label = self.get_output_size() - 1
self.absolute_max_string_len = absolute_max_string_len
def get_output_size(self):
return 28
# num_words can be independent of the epoch size due to the use of generators
# as max_string_len grows, num_words can grow
def build_word_list(self, num_words, max_string_len=None, mono_fraction=0.5):
assert max_string_len <= self.absolute_max_string_len
assert num_words % self.minibatch_size == 0
assert (self.val_split * num_words) % self.minibatch_size == 0
self.num_words = num_words
self.string_list = [''] * self.num_words
tmp_string_list = []
self.max_string_len = max_string_len
self.Y_data = np.ones([self.num_words, self.absolute_max_string_len]) * -1
self.X_text = []
self.Y_len = [0] * self.num_words
# monogram file is sorted by frequency in english speech
with open(self.monogram_file, 'rt') as f:
for line in f:
if len(tmp_string_list) == int(self.num_words * mono_fraction):
break
word = line.rstrip()
if max_string_len == -1 or max_string_len is None or len(word) <= max_string_len:
tmp_string_list.append(word)
# bigram file contains common word pairings in english speech
with open(self.bigram_file, 'rt') as f:
lines = f.readlines()
for line in lines:
if len(tmp_string_list) == self.num_words:
break
columns = line.lower().split()
word = columns[0] + ' ' + columns[1]
if is_valid_str(word) and \
(max_string_len == -1 or max_string_len is None or len(word) <= max_string_len):
tmp_string_list.append(word)
if len(tmp_string_list) != self.num_words:
raise IOError('Could not pull enough words from supplied monogram and bigram files. ')
# interlace to mix up the easy and hard words
self.string_list[::2] = tmp_string_list[:self.num_words // 2]
self.string_list[1::2] = tmp_string_list[self.num_words // 2:]
for i, word in enumerate(self.string_list):
self.Y_len[i] = len(word)
self.Y_data[i, 0:len(word)] = text_to_labels(word, self.get_output_size())
self.X_text.append(word)
self.Y_len = np.expand_dims(np.array(self.Y_len), 1)
self.cur_val_index = self.val_split
self.cur_train_index = 0
# each time an image is requested from train/val/test, a new random
# painting of the text is performed
def get_batch(self, index, size, train):
# width and height are backwards from typical Keras convention
# because width is the time dimension when it gets fed into the RNN
if K.image_dim_ordering() == 'th':
X_data = np.ones([size, 1, self.img_w, self.img_h])
else:
X_data = np.ones([size, self.img_w, self.img_h, 1])
labels = np.ones([size, self.absolute_max_string_len])
input_length = np.zeros([size, 1])
label_length = np.zeros([size, 1])
source_str = []
for i in range(0, size):
# Mix in some blank inputs. This seems to be important for
# achieving translational invariance
if train and i > size - 4:
if K.image_dim_ordering() == 'th':
X_data[i, 0, 0:self.img_w, :] = self.paint_func('')[0, :, :].T
else:
X_data[i, 0:self.img_w, :, 0] = self.paint_func('')[0, :, :].T
labels[i, 0] = self.blank_label
input_length[i] = self.img_w // self.downsample_factor - 2
label_length[i] = 1
source_str.append('')
else:
if K.image_dim_ordering() == 'th':
X_data[i, 0, 0:self.img_w, :] = self.paint_func(self.X_text[index + i])[0, :, :].T
else:
X_data[i, 0:self.img_w, :, 0] = self.paint_func(self.X_text[index + i])[0, :, :].T
labels[i, :] = self.Y_data[index + i] # One hot encoded total data
input_length[i] = self.img_w // self.downsample_factor - 2 # il=30 df=4
label_length[i] = self.Y_len[index + i]
source_str.append(self.X_text[index + i])
# print("X_data")
# print(X_data)
# print("labels")
# print(labels)
# print("input_length")
# print(input_length)
# print("label_length")
# print(label_length)
# print("source_str")
# print(source_str)
inputs = {'the_input': X_data,
'the_labels': labels,
'input_length': input_length,
'label_length': label_length,
'source_str': source_str # used for visualization only
}
outputs = {'ctc': np.zeros([size])} # dummy data for dummy loss function
return (inputs, outputs)
def next_train(self):
while 1:
ret = self.get_batch(self.cur_train_index, self.minibatch_size, train=True)
self.cur_train_index += self.minibatch_size
if self.cur_train_index >= self.val_split:
self.cur_train_index = self.cur_train_index % 32
(self.X_text, self.Y_data, self.Y_len) = shuffle_mats_or_lists(
[self.X_text, self.Y_data, self.Y_len], self.val_split)
yield ret
def next_val(self):
while 1:
ret = self.get_batch(self.cur_val_index, self.minibatch_size, train=False)
self.cur_val_index += self.minibatch_size
if self.cur_val_index >= self.num_words:
self.cur_val_index = self.val_split + self.cur_val_index % 32
yield ret
def on_train_begin(self, logs={}):
self.build_word_list(16000, 4, 1)
self.paint_func = lambda text: paint_text(text, self.img_w, self.img_h,
rotate=False, ud=False, multi_fonts=False)
def on_epoch_begin(self, epoch, logs={}):
# rebind the paint function to implement curriculum learning
if epoch >= 3 and epoch < 6:
self.paint_func = lambda text: paint_text(text, self.img_w, self.img_h,
rotate=False, ud=True, multi_fonts=False)
elif epoch >= 6 and epoch < 9:
self.paint_func = lambda text: paint_text(text, self.img_w, self.img_h,
rotate=False, ud=True, multi_fonts=True)
elif epoch >= 9:
self.paint_func = lambda text: paint_text(text, self.img_w, self.img_h,
rotate=True, ud=True, multi_fonts=True)
if epoch >= 21 and self.max_string_len < 12:
self.build_word_list(32000, 12, 0.5)
# the actual loss calc occurs here despite it not being
# an internal Keras loss function
def ctc_lambda_func(args):
y_pred, labels, input_length, label_length = args
# the 2 is critical here since the first couple outputs of the RNN
# tend to be garbage:
y_pred = y_pred[:, 2:, :]
return K.ctc_batch_cost(labels, y_pred, input_length, label_length)
# For a real OCR application, this should be beam search with a dictionary
# and language model. For this example, best path is sufficient.
def decode_batch(test_func, word_batch):
out = test_func([word_batch])[0]
ret = []
for j in range(out.shape[0]):
out_best = list(np.argmax(out[j, 2:], 1))
out_best = [k for k, g in itertools.groupby(out_best)]
# 26 is space, 27 is CTC blank char
outstr = ''
for c in out_best:
if c >= 0 and c < 26:
outstr += chr(c + ord('a'))
elif c == 26:
outstr += ' '
ret.append(outstr)
return ret
class VizCallback(keras.callbacks.Callback):
def __init__(self, run_name, test_func, text_img_gen, num_display_words=6):
self.test_func = test_func
self.output_dir = os.path.join(
OUTPUT_DIR, run_name)
self.text_img_gen = text_img_gen
self.num_display_words = num_display_words
if not os.path.exists(self.output_dir):
os.makedirs(self.output_dir)
def show_edit_distance(self, num):
num_left = num
mean_norm_ed = 0.0
mean_ed = 0.0
while num_left > 0:
word_batch = next(self.text_img_gen)[0]
num_proc = min(word_batch['the_input'].shape[0], num_left)
decoded_res = decode_batch(self.test_func, word_batch['the_input'][0:num_proc])
for j in range(0, num_proc):
edit_dist = editdistance.eval(decoded_res[j], word_batch['source_str'][j])
mean_ed += float(edit_dist)
mean_norm_ed += float(edit_dist) / len(word_batch['source_str'][j])
num_left -= num_proc
mean_norm_ed = mean_norm_ed / num
mean_ed = mean_ed / num
print('\nOut of %d samples: Mean edit distance: %.3f Mean normalized edit distance: %0.3f'
% (num, mean_ed, mean_norm_ed))
def on_epoch_end(self, epoch, logs={}):
self.model.save_weights(os.path.join(self.output_dir, 'weights%02d.h5' % (epoch)))
self.show_edit_distance(256)
word_batch = next(self.text_img_gen)[0]
res = decode_batch(self.test_func, word_batch['the_input'][0:self.num_display_words])
if word_batch['the_input'][0].shape[0] < 256:
cols = 2
else:
cols = 1
for i in range(self.num_display_words):
pylab.subplot(self.num_display_words // cols, cols, i + 1)
if K.image_dim_ordering() == 'th':
the_input = word_batch['the_input'][i, 0, :, :]
else:
the_input = word_batch['the_input'][i, :, :, 0]
pylab.imshow(the_input.T, cmap='Greys_r')
pylab.xlabel('Truth = \'%s\'\nDecoded = \'%s\'' % (word_batch['source_str'][i], res[i]))
fig = pylab.gcf()
fig.set_size_inches(10, 13)
pylab.savefig(os.path.join(self.output_dir, 'e%02d.png' % (epoch)))
pylab.close()
def build_model(img_h, img_w, nb_classes, max_string_len):
# Network parameters
conv_num_filters = 16
filter_size = 3
pool_size = 2
time_dense_size = 128
rnn_size = 512
act = 'relu'
if K.image_dim_ordering() == 'th':
input_shape = (1, img_w, img_h)
else:
input_shape = (img_w, img_h, 1)
input_data = Input(name='the_input', shape=input_shape, dtype='float32')
inner = Convolution2D(conv_num_filters, filter_size, filter_size, border_mode='same', activation=act, init='he_normal', name='conv1')(input_data)
inner = MaxPooling2D(pool_size=(pool_size, pool_size), name='max1')(inner)
inner = Convolution2D(conv_num_filters, filter_size, filter_size, border_mode='same', activation=act, init='he_normal', name='conv2')(inner)
inner = MaxPooling2D(pool_size=(pool_size, pool_size), name='max2')(inner)
conv_to_rnn_dims = (img_w // (pool_size ** 2), (img_h // (pool_size ** 2)) * conv_num_filters)
inner = Reshape(target_shape=conv_to_rnn_dims, name='reshape')(inner)
# cuts down input size going into RNN:
inner = Dense(time_dense_size, activation=act, name='dense1')(inner)
# Two layers of bidirecitonal GRUs
# GRU seems to work as well, if not better than LSTM:
gru_1 = GRU(rnn_size, return_sequences=True, init='he_normal', name='gru1')(inner)
gru_1b = GRU(rnn_size, return_sequences=True, go_backwards=True, init='he_normal', name='gru1_b')(inner)
gru1_merged = merge([gru_1, gru_1b], mode='sum')
gru_2 = GRU(rnn_size, return_sequences=True, init='he_normal', name='gru2')(gru1_merged)
gru_2b = GRU(rnn_size, return_sequences=True, go_backwards=True, init='he_normal', name='gru2_b')(gru1_merged)
# transforms RNN output to character activations:
inner = Dense(nb_classes, init='he_normal', name='dense2')(merge([gru_2, gru_2b], mode='concat'))
y_pred = Activation('softmax', name='softmax')(inner)
Model(input=[input_data], output=y_pred).summary()
labels = Input(name='the_labels', shape=[max_string_len], dtype='float32')
input_length = Input(name='input_length', shape=[1], dtype='int64')
label_length = Input(name='label_length', shape=[1], dtype='int64')
# Keras doesn't currently support loss funcs with extra parameters so CTC loss is implemented in a lambda layer
loss_out = Lambda(ctc_lambda_func, output_shape=(1,), name='ctc')([y_pred, labels, input_length, label_length])
# clipnorm seems to speeds up convergence
sgd = SGD(lr=0.02, decay=1e-6, momentum=0.9, nesterov=True, clipnorm=5)
adam = Adam(lr=0.002, beta_1=0.9, beta_2=0.999, epsilon=1e-08, clipnorm=5, decay=1e-6)
model = Model(input=[input_data, labels, input_length, label_length], output=[loss_out])
# the loss calc occurs elsewhere, so use a dummy lambda func for the loss
model.compile(loss={'ctc': lambda y_true, y_pred: y_pred}, optimizer=adam)
return model, input_data, y_pred
def train(run_name, start_epoch, stop_epoch, img_w):
# Input Parameters
img_h = 64
words_per_epoch = 16000
val_split = 0.2
val_words = int(words_per_epoch * (val_split))
pool_size = 2
if K.image_dim_ordering() == 'th':
input_shape = (1, img_w, img_h)
else:
input_shape = (img_w, img_h, 1)
fdir = os.path.dirname(get_file('wordlists.tgz', origin='http://www.isosemi.com/datasets/wordlists.tgz', untar=True))
img_gen = TextImageGenerator(monogram_file=os.path.join(fdir, 'wordlist_mono_clean.txt'),
bigram_file=os.path.join(fdir, 'wordlist_bi_clean.txt'),
minibatch_size=32,
img_w=img_w,
img_h=img_h,
downsample_factor=(pool_size ** 2),
val_split=words_per_epoch - val_words
)
# Building model
model, input_data, y_pred = build_model(img_h, img_w, img_gen.get_output_size(), img_gen.absolute_max_string_len)
if start_epoch > 0:
weight_file = os.path.join(OUTPUT_DIR, os.path.join(run_name, 'weights%02d.h5' % (start_epoch - 1)))
model.load_weights(weight_file)
# captures output of softmax so we can decode the output during visualization
test_func = K.function([input_data], [y_pred])
viz_cb = VizCallback(run_name, test_func, img_gen.next_val())
model.fit_generator(generator=img_gen.next_train(), samples_per_epoch=(words_per_epoch - val_words),
nb_epoch=stop_epoch, validation_data=img_gen.next_val(), nb_val_samples=val_words,
callbacks=[viz_cb, img_gen], initial_epoch=start_epoch)
if __name__ == '__main__':
run_name = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y:%m:%d:%H:%M:%S')
train(run_name, 0, 20, 128)
# increase to wider images and start at epoch 20. The learned weights are reloaded
train(run_name, 20, 25, 512)
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