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# Configuration
## 1. Optional Parameter List
The following list can be viewed through `--help`
| FLAG | Supported script | Use | Defaults | Note |
| :----------------------: | :------------: | :---------------: | :--------------: | :-----------------: |
| -c | ALL | Specify configuration file to use | None | **Please refer to the parameter introduction for configuration file usage** |
| -o | ALL | set configuration options | None | Configuration using -o has higher priority than the configuration file selected with -c. E.g: -o Global.use_gpu=false |
## 2. Introduction to Global Parameters of Configuration File
Take rec_chinese_lite_train_v2.0.yml as an example
### Global
| Parameter | Use | Defaults | Note |
| :----------------------: | :---------------------: | :--------------: | :--------------------: |
| use_gpu | Set using GPU or not | true | \ |
| epoch_num | Maximum training epoch number | 500 | \ |
| log_smooth_window | Log queue length, the median value in the queue each time will be printed | 20 | \ |
| print_batch_step | Set print log interval | 10 | \ |
| save_model_dir | Set model save path | output/{算法名称} | \ |
| save_epoch_step | Set model save interval | 3 | \ |
| eval_batch_step | Set the model evaluation interval | 2000 or [1000, 2000] | running evaluation every 2000 iters or evaluation is run every 2000 iterations after the 1000th iteration |
| cal_metric_during_train | Set whether to evaluate the metric during the training process. At this time, the metric of the model under the current batch is evaluated | true | \ |
| load_static_weights | Set whether the pre-training model is saved in static graph mode (currently only required by the detection algorithm) | true | \ |
| pretrained_model | Set the path of the pre-trained model | ./pretrain_models/CRNN/best_accuracy | \ |
| checkpoints | set model parameter path | None | Used to load parameters after interruption to continue training|
| use_visualdl | Set whether to enable visualdl for visual log display | False | [Tutorial](https://www.paddlepaddle.org.cn/paddle/visualdl) |
| use_wandb | Set whether to enable W&B for visual log display | False | [Documentation](https://docs.wandb.ai/)
| infer_img | Set inference image path or folder path | ./infer_img | \||
| character_dict_path | Set dictionary path | ./ppocr/utils/ppocr_keys_v1.txt | If the character_dict_path is None, model can only recognize number and lower letters |
| max_text_length | Set the maximum length of text | 25 | \ |
| use_space_char | Set whether to recognize spaces | True | \| |
| label_list | Set the angle supported by the direction classifier | ['0','180'] | Only valid in angle classifier model |
| save_res_path | Set the save address of the test model results | ./output/det_db/predicts_db.txt | Only valid in the text detection model |
### Optimizer ([ppocr/optimizer](../../ppocr/optimizer))
| Parameter | Use | Defaults | Note |
| :---------------------: | :---------------------: | :--------------: | :--------------------: |
| name | Optimizer class name | Adam | Currently supports`Momentum`,`Adam`,`RMSProp`, see [ppocr/optimizer/optimizer.py](../../ppocr/optimizer/optimizer.py) |
| beta1 | Set the exponential decay rate for the 1st moment estimates | 0.9 | \ |
| beta2 | Set the exponential decay rate for the 2nd moment estimates | 0.999 | \ |
| clip_norm | The maximum norm value | - | \ |
| **lr** | Set the learning rate decay method | - | \ |
| name | Learning rate decay class name | Cosine | Currently supports`Linear`,`Cosine`,`Step`,`Piecewise`, see[ppocr/optimizer/learning_rate.py](../../ppocr/optimizer/learning_rate.py) |
| learning_rate | Set the base learning rate | 0.001 | \ |
| **regularizer** | Set network regularization method | - | \ |
| name | Regularizer class name | L2 | Currently support`L1`,`L2`, see[ppocr/optimizer/regularizer.py](../../ppocr/optimizer/regularizer.py) |
| factor | Regularizer coefficient | 0.00001 | \ |
### Architecture ([ppocr/modeling](../../ppocr/modeling))
In PaddleOCR, the network is divided into four stages: Transform, Backbone, Neck and Head
| Parameter | Use | Defaults | Note |
| :---------------------: | :---------------------: | :--------------: | :--------------------: |
| model_type | Network Type | rec | Currently support`rec`,`det`,`cls` |
| algorithm | Model name | CRNN | See [algorithm_overview](./algorithm_overview_en.md) for the support list |
| **Transform** | Set the transformation method | - | Currently only recognition algorithms are supported, see [ppocr/modeling/transform](../../ppocr/modeling/transforms) for details |
| name | Transformation class name | TPS | Currently supports `TPS` |
| num_fiducial | Number of TPS control points | 20 | Ten on the top and bottom |
| loc_lr | Localization network learning rate | 0.1 | \ |
| model_name | Localization network size | small | Currently support`small`,`large` |
| **Backbone** | Set the network backbone class name | - | see [ppocr/modeling/backbones](../../ppocr/modeling/backbones) |
| name | backbone class name | ResNet | Currently support`MobileNetV3`,`ResNet` |
| layers | resnet layers | 34 | Currently support18,34,50,101,152,200 |
| model_name | MobileNetV3 network size | small | Currently support`small`,`large` |
| **Neck** | Set network neck | - | see[ppocr/modeling/necks](../../ppocr/modeling/necks) |
| name | neck class name | SequenceEncoder | Currently support`SequenceEncoder`,`DBFPN` |
| encoder_type | SequenceEncoder encoder type | rnn | Currently support`reshape`,`fc`,`rnn` |
| hidden_size | rnn number of internal units | 48 | \ |
| out_channels | Number of DBFPN output channels | 256 | \ |
| **Head** | Set the network head | - | see[ppocr/modeling/heads](../../ppocr/modeling/heads) |
| name | head class name | CTCHead | Currently support`CTCHead`,`DBHead`,`ClsHead` |
| fc_decay | CTCHead regularization coefficient | 0.0004 | \ |
| k | DBHead binarization coefficient | 50 | \ |
| class_dim | ClsHead output category number | 2 | \ |
### Loss ([ppocr/losses](../../ppocr/losses))
| Parameter | Use | Defaults | Note |
| :---------------------: | :---------------------: | :--------------: | :--------------------: |
| name | loss class name | CTCLoss | Currently support`CTCLoss`,`DBLoss`,`ClsLoss` |
| balance_loss | Whether to balance the number of positive and negative samples in DBLossloss (using OHEM) | True | \ |
| ohem_ratio | The negative and positive sample ratio of OHEM in DBLossloss | 3 | \ |
| main_loss_type | The loss used by shrink_map in DBLossloss | DiceLoss | Currently support`DiceLoss`,`BCELoss` |
| alpha | The coefficient of shrink_map_loss in DBLossloss | 5 | \ |
| beta | The coefficient of threshold_map_loss in DBLossloss | 10 | \ |
### PostProcess ([ppocr/postprocess](../../ppocr/postprocess))
| Parameter | Use | Defaults | Note |
| :---------------------: | :---------------------: | :--------------: | :--------------------: |
| name | Post-processing class name | CTCLabelDecode | Currently support`CTCLoss`,`AttnLabelDecode`,`DBPostProcess`,`ClsPostProcess` |
| thresh | The threshold for binarization of the segmentation map in DBPostProcess | 0.3 | \ |
| box_thresh | The threshold for filtering output boxes in DBPostProcess. Boxes below this threshold will not be output | 0.7 | \ |
| max_candidates | The maximum number of text boxes output in DBPostProcess | 1000 | |
| unclip_ratio | The unclip ratio of the text box in DBPostProcess | 2.0 | \ |
### Metric ([ppocr/metrics](../../ppocr/metrics))
| Parameter | Use | Defaults | Note |
| :---------------------: | :---------------------: | :--------------: | :--------------------: |
| name | Metric method name | CTCLabelDecode | Currently support`DetMetric`,`RecMetric`,`ClsMetric` |
| main_indicator | Main indicators, used to select the best model | acc | For the detection method is hmean, the recognition and classification method is acc |
### Dataset ([ppocr/data](../../ppocr/data))
| Parameter | Use | Defaults | Note |
| :---------------------: | :---------------------: | :--------------: | :--------------------: |
| **dataset** | Return one sample per iteration | - | - |
| name | dataset class name | SimpleDataSet | Currently support`SimpleDataSet`,`LMDBDataSet` |
| data_dir | Image folder path | ./train_data | \ |
| label_file_list | Groundtruth file path | ["./train_data/train_list.txt"] | This parameter is not required when dataset is LMDBDataSet |
| ratio_list | Ratio of data set | [1.0] | If there are two train_lists in label_file_list and ratio_list is [0.4,0.6], 40% will be sampled from train_list1, and 60% will be sampled from train_list2 to combine the entire dataset |
| transforms | List of methods to transform images and labels | [DecodeImage,CTCLabelEncode,RecResizeImg,KeepKeys] | see[ppocr/data/imaug](../../ppocr/data/imaug) |
| **loader** | dataloader related | - | |
| shuffle | Does each epoch disrupt the order of the data set | True | \ |
| batch_size_per_card | Single card batch size during training | 256 | \ |
| drop_last | Whether to discard the last incomplete mini-batch because the number of samples in the data set cannot be divisible by batch_size | True | \ |
| num_workers | The number of sub-processes used to load data, if it is 0, the sub-process is not started, and the data is loaded in the main process | 8 | \ |
### Weights & Biases ([W&B](../../ppocr/utils/loggers/wandb_logger.py))
| Parameter | Use | Defaults | Note |
| :---------------------: | :---------------------: | :--------------: | :--------------------: |
| project | Project to which the run is to be logged | uncategorized | \
| name | Alias/Name of the run | Randomly generated by wandb | \
| id | ID of the run | Randomly generated by wandb | \
| entity | User or team to which the run is being logged | The logged in user | \
| save_dir | local directory in which all the models and other data is saved | wandb | \
| config | model configuration | None | \
## 3. Multilingual Config File Generation
PaddleOCR currently supports recognition for 80 languages (besides Chinese). A multi-language configuration file template is
provided under the path `configs/rec/multi_languages`: [rec_multi_language_lite_train.yml](../../configs/rec/multi_language/rec_multi_language_lite_train.yml)。
There are two ways to create the required configuration file:
1. Automatically generated by script
Script [generate_multi_language_configs.py](../../configs/rec/multi_language/generate_multi_language_configs.py) can help you generate configuration files for multi-language models.
- Take Italian as an example, if your data is prepared in the following format:
```text linenums="1"
|-train_data
|- it_train.txt # train_set label
|- it_val.txt # val_set label
|- data
|- word_001.jpg
|- word_002.jpg
|- word_003.jpg
| ...
```
You can use the default parameters to generate a configuration file:
```bash linenums="1"
# The code needs to be run in the specified directory
cd PaddleOCR/configs/rec/multi_language/
# Set the configuration file of the language to be generated through the -l or --language parameter.
# This command will write the default parameters into the configuration file
python3 generate_multi_language_configs.py -l it
```
- If your data is placed in another location, or you want to use your own dictionary, you can generate the configuration file by specifying the relevant parameters:
```bash linenums="1"
# -l or --language field is required
# --train to modify the training set
# --val to modify the validation set
# --data_dir to modify the data set directory
# --dict to modify the dict path
# -o to modify the corresponding default parameters
cd PaddleOCR/configs/rec/multi_language/
python3 generate_multi_language_configs.py -l it \ # language
--train {path/of/train_label.txt} \ # path of train_label
--val {path/of/val_label.txt} \ # path of val_label
--data_dir {train_data/path} \ # root directory of training data
--dict {path/of/dict} \ # path of dict
-o Global.use_gpu=False # whether to use gpu
...
```
Italian is made up of Latin letters, so after executing the command, you will get the rec_latin_lite_train.yml.
2. Manually modify the configuration file
You can also manually modify the following fields in the template:
```yaml linenums="1"
Global:
use_gpu: True
epoch_num: 500
...
character_dict_path: {path/of/dict} # path of dict
Train:
dataset:
name: SimpleDataSet
data_dir: train_data/ # root directory of training data
label_file_list: ["./train_data/train_list.txt"] # train label path
...
Eval:
dataset:
name: SimpleDataSet
data_dir: train_data/ # root directory of val data
label_file_list: ["./train_data/val_list.txt"] # val label path
...
```
Currently, the multi-language algorithms supported by PaddleOCR are:
| Configuration file | Algorithm name | backbone | trans | seq | pred | language |
| :--------: | :-------: | :-------: | :-------: | :-----: | :-----: | :-----: |
| rec_chinese_cht_lite_train.yml | CRNN | Mobilenet_v3 small 0.5 | None | BiLSTM | ctc | chinese traditional |
| rec_en_lite_train.yml | CRNN | Mobilenet_v3 small 0.5 | None | BiLSTM | ctc | English(Case sensitive) |
| rec_french_lite_train.yml | CRNN | Mobilenet_v3 small 0.5 | None | BiLSTM | ctc | French |
| rec_ger_lite_train.yml | CRNN | Mobilenet_v3 small 0.5 | None | BiLSTM | ctc | German |
| rec_japan_lite_train.yml | CRNN | Mobilenet_v3 small 0.5 | None | BiLSTM | ctc | Japanese |
| rec_korean_lite_train.yml | CRNN | Mobilenet_v3 small 0.5 | None | BiLSTM | ctc | Korean |
| rec_latin_lite_train.yml | CRNN | Mobilenet_v3 small 0.5 | None | BiLSTM | ctc | Latin |
| rec_arabic_lite_train.yml | CRNN | Mobilenet_v3 small 0.5 | None | BiLSTM | ctc | arabic |
| rec_cyrillic_lite_train.yml | CRNN | Mobilenet_v3 small 0.5 | None | BiLSTM | ctc | cyrillic |
| rec_devanagari_lite_train.yml | CRNN | Mobilenet_v3 small 0.5 | None | BiLSTM | ctc | devanagari |
For more supported languages, please refer to : [Multi-language model](./multi_languages.en.md)
The multi-language model training method is the same as the Chinese model. The training data set is 100w synthetic data. A small amount of fonts and test data can be downloaded using the following two methods.
- [Baidu Netdisk](https://pan.baidu.com/s/1bS_u207Rm7YbY33wOECKDA),Extraction code:frgi.
- [Google drive](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18cSWX7wXSy4G0tbKJ0d9PuIaiwRLHpjA/view)