get_board_dicts.py

import json
from detectron2.structures import BoxMode
def get_board_dicts(imgdir):
    json_file = imgdir+"/dataset.json" #Fetch the json file
    with open(json_file) as f:
        dataset_dicts = json.load(f)
    for i in dataset_dicts:
        filename = i["file_name"] 
        i["file_name"] = imgdir+"/"+filename 
        for j in i["annotations"]:
            j["bbox_mode"] = BoxMode.XYWH_ABS #Setting the required Box Mode
            j["category_id"] = int(j["category_id"])
    return dataset_dicts
from detectron2.data import DatasetCatalog, MetadataCatalog
#Registering the Dataset
for d in ["train", "val"]:
    DatasetCatalog.register("boardetect_" + d, lambda d=d: get_board_dicts("Text_Detection_Dataset_COCO_Format/" + d))
    MetadataCatalog.get("boardetect_" + d).set(thing_classes=["HINDI","ENGLISH","OTHER"])
board_metadata = MetadataCatalog.get("boardetect_train")