Add support to split random erasing blocks into randomly selected number with --recount arg. Fix random selection of aspect ratios.

timm/data/loader.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class PrefetchLoader:
             loader,
             rand_erase_prob=0.,
             rand_erase_mode='const',
+            rand_erase_count=1,
             mean=IMAGENET_DEFAULT_MEAN,
             std=IMAGENET_DEFAULT_STD,
             fp16=False):
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class PrefetchLoader:
             self.std = self.std.half()
         if rand_erase_prob > 0.:
             self.random_erasing = RandomErasing(
-                probability=rand_erase_prob, mode=rand_erase_mode)
+                probability=rand_erase_prob, mode=rand_erase_mode, max_count=rand_erase_count)
         else:
             self.random_erasing = None
 
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ def create_loader(
         use_prefetcher=True,
         rand_erase_prob=0.,
         rand_erase_mode='const',
+        rand_erase_count=1,
         color_jitter=0.4,
         interpolation='bilinear',
         mean=IMAGENET_DEFAULT_MEAN,
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ def create_loader(
             loader,
             rand_erase_prob=rand_erase_prob if is_training else 0.,
             rand_erase_mode=rand_erase_mode,
+            rand_erase_count=rand_erase_count,
             mean=mean,
             std=std,
             fp16=fp16)

timm/data/random_erasing.py

@@ -33,17 +33,20 @@ class RandomErasing:
             'const' - erase block is constant color of 0 for all channels
             'rand'  - erase block is same per-cannel random (normal) color
             'pixel' - erase block is per-pixel random (normal) color
+        max_count: maximum number of erasing blocks per image, area per box is scaled by count.
+            per-image count is randomly chosen between 1 and this value.
     """
 
     def __init__(
             self,
             probability=0.5, sl=0.02, sh=1/3, min_aspect=0.3,
-            mode='const', device='cuda'):
+            mode='const', max_count=1, device='cuda'):
         self.probability = probability
         self.sl = sl
         self.sh = sh
         self.min_aspect = min_aspect
-        self.max_count = 8
+        self.min_count = 1
+        self.max_count = max_count
         mode = mode.lower()
         self.rand_color = False
         self.per_pixel = False
@@ -59,11 +62,13 @@ class RandomErasing:
         if random.random() > self.probability:
             return
         area = img_h * img_w
-        count = random.randint(1, self.max_count)
+        count = self.min_count if self.min_count == self.max_count else \
+            random.randint(self.min_count, self.max_count)
         for _ in range(count):
             for attempt in range(10):
-                target_area = random.uniform(self.sl / count, self.sh / count) * area
+                target_area = random.uniform(self.sl, self.sh) * area / count
-                aspect_ratio = random.uniform(self.min_aspect, 1 / self.min_aspect)
+                log_ratio = (math.log(self.min_aspect), math.log(1 / self.min_aspect))
+                aspect_ratio = math.exp(random.uniform(*log_ratio))
                 h = int(round(math.sqrt(target_area * aspect_ratio)))
                 w = int(round(math.sqrt(target_area / aspect_ratio)))
                 if w < img_w and h < img_h:

timm/data/transforms.py

@@ -107,24 +107,31 @@ class RandomResizedCropAndInterpolation(object):
 
         for attempt in range(10):
             target_area = random.uniform(*scale) * area
-            aspect_ratio = random.uniform(*ratio)
+            log_ratio = (math.log(ratio[0]), math.log(ratio[1]))
+            aspect_ratio = math.exp(random.uniform(*log_ratio))
 
             w = int(round(math.sqrt(target_area * aspect_ratio)))
             h = int(round(math.sqrt(target_area / aspect_ratio)))
 
-            if random.random() < 0.5 and min(ratio) <= (h / w) <= max(ratio):
-                w, h = h, w
-
             if w <= img.size[0] and h <= img.size[1]:
                 i = random.randint(0, img.size[1] - h)
                 j = random.randint(0, img.size[0] - w)
                 return i, j, h, w
 
-        # Fallback
+        # Fallback to central crop
-        w = min(img.size[0], img.size[1])
+        in_ratio = img.size[0] / img.size[1]
-        i = (img.size[1] - w) // 2
+        if in_ratio < min(ratio):
+            w = img.size[0]
+            h = int(round(w / min(ratio)))
+        elif in_ratio > max(ratio):
+            h = img.size[1]
+            w = int(round(h * max(ratio)))
+        else:  # whole image
+            w = img.size[0]
+            h = img.size[1]
+        i = (img.size[1] - h) // 2
         j = (img.size[0] - w) // 2
-        return i, j, w, w
+        return i, j, h, w
 
     def __call__(self, img):
         """

train.py

@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ parser.add_argument('--reprob', type=float, default=0., metavar='PCT',
                     help='Random erase prob (default: 0.)')
 parser.add_argument('--remode', type=str, default='const',
                     help='Random erase mode (default: "const")')
+parser.add_argument('--recount', type=int, default=1,
+                    help='Random erase count (default: 1)')
 parser.add_argument('--mixup', type=float, default=0.0,
                     help='mixup alpha, mixup enabled if > 0. (default: 0.)')
 parser.add_argument('--mixup-off-epoch', default=0, type=int, metavar='N',
@@ -273,6 +275,7 @@ def main():
         use_prefetcher=args.prefetcher,
         rand_erase_prob=args.reprob,
         rand_erase_mode=args.remode,
+        rand_erase_count=args.recount,
         color_jitter=args.color_jitter,
         interpolation='random',  # FIXME cleanly resolve this? data_config['interpolation'],
         mean=data_config['mean'],