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.github/workflows/merge-main-into-prs.yml

@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ jobs:
 
           g = Github(os.getenv('GITHUB_TOKEN'))
           repo = g.get_repo(os.getenv('GITHUB_REPOSITORY'))
-          
+
           # Fetch the default branch name
           default_branch_name = repo.default_branch
           default_branch = repo.get_branch(default_branch_name)
-          
+
           for pr in repo.get_pulls(state='open', sort='created'):
               try:
                   # Get full names for repositories and branches

README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <a href="https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov3/actions/workflows/ci-testing.yml"><img src="https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov3/actions/workflows/ci-testing.yml/badge.svg" alt="YOLOv3 CI"></a>
     <a href="https://zenodo.org/badge/latestdoi/264818686"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/264818686.svg" alt="YOLOv3 Citation"></a>
     <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/ultralytics/yolov3"><img src="https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/ultralytics/yolov3?logo=docker" alt="Docker Pulls"></a>
-    <a href="https://ultralytics.com/discord"><img alt="Discord" src="https://img.shields.io/discord/1089800235347353640?logo=discord&logoColor=white&label=Discord&color=blue"></a> <a href="https://community.ultralytics.com"><img alt="Ultralytics Forums" src="https://img.shields.io/discourse/users?server=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.ultralytics.com&logo=discourse&label=Forums&color=blue"></a>
+    <a href="https://ultralytics.com/discord"><img alt="Discord" src="https://img.shields.io/discord/1089800235347353640?logo=discord&logoColor=white&label=Discord&color=blue"></a> <a href="https://community.ultralytics.com"><img alt="Ultralytics Forums" src="https://img.shields.io/discourse/users?server=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.ultralytics.com&logo=discourse&label=Forums&color=blue"></a> <a href="https://reddit.com/r/ultralytics"><img alt="Ultralytics Reddit" src="https://img.shields.io/reddit/subreddit-subscribers/ultralytics?style=flat&logo=reddit&logoColor=white&label=Reddit&color=blue"></a>
     <br>
     <a href="https://bit.ly/yolov5-paperspace-notebook"><img src="https://assets.paperspace.io/img/gradient-badge.svg" alt="Run on Gradient"></a>
     <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/github/ultralytics/yolov5/blob/master/tutorial.ipynb"><img src="https://colab.research.google.com/assets/colab-badge.svg" alt="Open In Colab"></a>

export.py

@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
 
 
 class iOSModel(torch.nn.Module):
+    """Exports a PyTorch model to an iOS-compatible format with normalized input dimensions and class configurations."""
+
     def __init__(self, model, im):
         """
         Initializes an iOSModel with normalized input dimensions and number of classes from a PyTorch model.

models/common.py

@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ def autopad(k, p=None, d=1):  # kernel, padding, dilation
 
 
 class Conv(nn.Module):
-    # Standard convolution with args(ch_in, ch_out, kernel, stride, padding, groups, dilation, activation)
+    """A standard Conv2D layer with batch normalization and optional activation for neural networks."""
+
     default_act = nn.SiLU()  # default activation
 
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=1, s=1, p=None, g=1, d=1, act=True):
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ def forward_fuse(self, x):
 
 
 class DWConv(Conv):
-    # Depth-wise convolution
+    """Implements depth-wise convolution for efficient spatial feature extraction in neural networks."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=1, s=1, d=1, act=True):  # ch_in, ch_out, kernel, stride, dilation, activation
         """Initializes depth-wise convolution with optional activation; parameters are channel in/out, kernel, stride,
         dilation.
@@ -90,7 +92,8 @@ def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=1, s=1, d=1, act=True):  # ch_in, ch_out, kernel, s
 
 
 class DWConvTranspose2d(nn.ConvTranspose2d):
-    # Depth-wise transpose convolution
+    """Implements a depth-wise transpose convolution layer with specified channels, kernel size, stride, and padding."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=1, s=1, p1=0, p2=0):  # ch_in, ch_out, kernel, stride, padding, padding_out
         """Initializes a depth-wise or transpose convolution layer with specified in/out channels, kernel size, stride,
         and padding.
@@ -99,7 +102,8 @@ def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=1, s=1, p1=0, p2=0):  # ch_in, ch_out, kernel, stri
 
 
 class TransformerLayer(nn.Module):
-    # Transformer layer https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11929 (LayerNorm layers removed for better performance)
+    """Transformer layer with multi-head attention and feed-forward network, optimized by removing LayerNorm."""
+
     def __init__(self, c, num_heads):
         """Initializes a Transformer layer as per https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11929, sans LayerNorm, with specified
         embedding dimension and number of heads.
@@ -122,7 +126,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class TransformerBlock(nn.Module):
-    # Vision Transformer https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11929
+    """Implements a Vision Transformer block with transformer layers; https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11929."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, num_heads, num_layers):
         """Initializes a Transformer block with optional convolution, linear, and transformer layers."""
         super().__init__()
@@ -143,7 +148,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class Bottleneck(nn.Module):
-    # Standard bottleneck
+    """Implements a bottleneck layer with optional shortcut for efficient feature extraction in neural networks."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, shortcut=True, g=1, e=0.5):  # ch_in, ch_out, shortcut, groups, expansion
         """Initializes a standard bottleneck layer with optional shortcut; args: input channels (c1), output channels
         (c2), shortcut (bool), groups (g), expansion factor (e).
@@ -162,7 +168,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class BottleneckCSP(nn.Module):
-    # CSP Bottleneck https://github.com/WongKinYiu/CrossStagePartialNetworks
+    """Implements a CSP Bottleneck layer for feature extraction."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, n=1, shortcut=True, g=1, e=0.5):  # ch_in, ch_out, number, shortcut, groups, expansion
         """Initializes CSP Bottleneck with channel in/out, optional shortcut, groups, expansion; see
         https://github.com/WongKinYiu/CrossStagePartialNetworks.
@@ -187,7 +194,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class CrossConv(nn.Module):
-    # Cross Convolution Downsample
+    """Implements Cross Convolution Downsample with 1D and 2D convolutions and optional shortcut."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=3, s=1, g=1, e=1.0, shortcut=False):
         """Initializes CrossConv with downsample options, combining 1D and 2D convolutions, optional shortcut if
         input/output channels match.
@@ -204,7 +212,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class C3(nn.Module):
-    # CSP Bottleneck with 3 convolutions
+    """Implements a CSP Bottleneck with 3 convolutions, optional shortcuts, group convolutions, and expansion factor."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, n=1, shortcut=True, g=1, e=0.5):  # ch_in, ch_out, number, shortcut, groups, expansion
         """Initializes CSP Bottleneck with 3 convolutions, optional shortcuts, group convolutions, and expansion
         factor.
@@ -222,7 +231,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class C3x(C3):
-    # C3 module with cross-convolutions
+    """Extends the C3 module with cross-convolutions for enhanced feature extraction and flexibility."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, n=1, shortcut=True, g=1, e=0.5):
         """Initializes a C3x module with cross-convolutions, extending the C3 module with customizable parameters."""
         super().__init__(c1, c2, n, shortcut, g, e)
@@ -231,7 +241,8 @@ def __init__(self, c1, c2, n=1, shortcut=True, g=1, e=0.5):
 
 
 class C3TR(C3):
-    # C3 module with TransformerBlock()
+    """C3 module with TransformerBlock for integrating attention mechanisms in CNNs."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, n=1, shortcut=True, g=1, e=0.5):
         """Initializes a C3 module with TransformerBlock, extending C3 for attention mechanisms."""
         super().__init__(c1, c2, n, shortcut, g, e)
@@ -240,7 +251,8 @@ def __init__(self, c1, c2, n=1, shortcut=True, g=1, e=0.5):
 
 
 class C3SPP(C3):
-    # C3 module with SPP()
+    """Extends C3 with Spatial Pyramid Pooling (SPP) for enhanced feature extraction in CNNs."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=(5, 9, 13), n=1, shortcut=True, g=1, e=0.5):
         """Initializes C3SPP module, extending C3 with Spatial Pyramid Pooling for enhanced feature extraction."""
         super().__init__(c1, c2, n, shortcut, g, e)
@@ -249,7 +261,8 @@ def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=(5, 9, 13), n=1, shortcut=True, g=1, e=0.5):
 
 
 class C3Ghost(C3):
-    # C3 module with GhostBottleneck()
+    """Implements a C3 module with Ghost Bottlenecks for efficient feature extraction in neural networks."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, n=1, shortcut=True, g=1, e=0.5):
         """Initializes C3Ghost module with Ghost Bottlenecks for efficient feature extraction."""
         super().__init__(c1, c2, n, shortcut, g, e)
@@ -258,7 +271,8 @@ def __init__(self, c1, c2, n=1, shortcut=True, g=1, e=0.5):
 
 
 class SPP(nn.Module):
-    # Spatial Pyramid Pooling (SPP) layer https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.4729
+    """Implements Spatial Pyramid Pooling (SPP) for enhanced feature extraction; see https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.4729."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=(5, 9, 13)):
         """
         Initializes SPP layer with specified channels and kernels.
@@ -284,7 +298,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class SPPF(nn.Module):
-    # Spatial Pyramid Pooling - Fast (SPPF) layer for YOLOv3 by Glenn Jocher
+    """Implements a fast Spatial Pyramid Pooling (SPPF) layer for efficient feature extraction in YOLOv3 models."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=5):  # equivalent to SPP(k=(5, 9, 13))
         """Initializes the SPPF layer with specified input/output channels and kernel size for YOLOv3."""
         super().__init__()
@@ -306,7 +321,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class Focus(nn.Module):
-    # Focus wh information into c-space
+    """Focuses spatial information into channel space using configurable convolution."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=1, s=1, p=None, g=1, act=True):  # ch_in, ch_out, kernel, stride, padding, groups
         """Initializes Focus module to focus width and height information into channel space with configurable
         convolution parameters.
@@ -322,7 +338,8 @@ def forward(self, x):  # x(b,c,w,h) -> y(b,4c,w/2,h/2)
 
 
 class GhostConv(nn.Module):
-    # Ghost Convolution https://github.com/huawei-noah/ghostnet
+    """Implements Ghost Convolution for efficient feature extraction; see github.com/huawei-noah/ghostnet."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=1, s=1, g=1, act=True):  # ch_in, ch_out, kernel, stride, groups
         """Initializes GhostConv with in/out channels, kernel size, stride, groups; see
         https://github.com/huawei-noah/ghostnet.
@@ -339,7 +356,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class GhostBottleneck(nn.Module):
-    # Ghost Bottleneck https://github.com/huawei-noah/ghostnet
+    """Implements a Ghost Bottleneck layer for efficient feature extraction from GhostNet."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=3, s=1):  # ch_in, ch_out, kernel, stride
         """Initializes GhostBottleneck module with in/out channels, kernel size, and stride; see
         https://github.com/huawei-noah/ghostnet.
@@ -361,7 +379,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class Contract(nn.Module):
-    # Contract width-height into channels, i.e. x(1,64,80,80) to x(1,256,40,40)
+    """Contracts spatial dimensions into channels, e.g., (1,64,80,80) to (1,256,40,40) with a specified gain."""
+
     def __init__(self, gain=2):
         """Initializes Contract module to refine input dimensions, e.g., from (1,64,80,80) to (1,256,40,40) with a
         default gain of 2.
@@ -381,7 +400,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class Expand(nn.Module):
-    # Expand channels into width-height, i.e. x(1,64,80,80) to x(1,16,160,160)
+    """Expands spatial dimensions of input tensor by a factor while reducing channels correspondingly."""
+
     def __init__(self, gain=2):
         """Initializes Expand module to increase spatial dimensions by factor `gain` while reducing channels
         correspondingly.
@@ -401,7 +421,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class Concat(nn.Module):
-    # Concatenate a list of tensors along dimension
+    """Concatenates a list of tensors along a specified dimension for efficient feature aggregation."""
+
     def __init__(self, dimension=1):
         """Initializes a module to concatenate tensors along a specified dimension."""
         super().__init__()
@@ -415,7 +436,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class DetectMultiBackend(nn.Module):
-    # YOLOv3 MultiBackend class for python inference on various backends
+    """YOLOv3 multi-backend class for inference on frameworks like PyTorch, ONNX, TensorRT, and more."""
+
     def __init__(self, weights="yolov5s.pt", device=torch.device("cpu"), dnn=False, data=None, fp16=False, fuse=True):
         """Initializes multi-backend detection with options for various frameworks and devices, also handles model
         download.
@@ -749,7 +771,8 @@ def _load_metadata(f=Path("path/to/meta.yaml")):
 
 
 class AutoShape(nn.Module):
-    # YOLOv3 input-robust model wrapper for passing cv2/np/PIL/torch inputs. Includes preprocessing, inference and NMS
+    """A wrapper for YOLOv3 models to handle diverse input types with preprocessing, inference, and NMS."""
+
     conf = 0.25  # NMS confidence threshold
     iou = 0.45  # NMS IoU threshold
     agnostic = False  # NMS class-agnostic
@@ -857,7 +880,8 @@ def forward(self, ims, size=640, augment=False, profile=False):
 
 
 class Detections:
-    # YOLOv3 detections class for inference results
+    """Handles YOLOv3 detection results with methods for visualization, saving, cropping, and format conversion."""
+
     def __init__(self, ims, pred, files, times=(0, 0, 0), names=None, shape=None):
         """Initializes YOLOv3 detections with image data, predictions, filenames, profiling times, class names, and
         shapes.
@@ -1011,7 +1035,8 @@ def __repr__(self):
 
 
 class Proto(nn.Module):
-    # YOLOv3 mask Proto module for segmentation models
+    """Implements the YOLOv3 mask Proto module for segmentation, including convolutional layers and upsampling."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c_=256, c2=32):  # ch_in, number of protos, number of masks
         """Initializes the Proto module for YOLOv3 segmentation, setting up convolutional layers and upsampling."""
         super().__init__()
@@ -1026,7 +1051,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class Classify(nn.Module):
-    # YOLOv3 classification head, i.e. x(b,c1,20,20) to x(b,c2)
+    """Performs image classification using YOLOv3-based architecture with convolutional, pooling, and dropout layers."""
+
     def __init__(
         self, c1, c2, k=1, s=1, p=None, g=1, dropout_p=0.0
     ):  # ch_in, ch_out, kernel, stride, padding, groups, dropout probability

models/experimental.py

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 
 
 class Sum(nn.Module):
-    # Weighted sum of 2 or more layers https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.09070
+    """Computes the weighted or unweighted sum of multiple input layers per https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.09070."""
+
     def __init__(self, n, weight=False):  # n: number of inputs
         """
         Initializes a module to compute weighted/unweighted sum of n inputs, with optional learning weights.
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class MixConv2d(nn.Module):
-    # Mixed Depth-wise Conv https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.09595
+    """Implements mixed depth-wise convolutions for efficient neural networks; see https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.09595."""
+
     def __init__(self, c1, c2, k=(1, 3), s=1, equal_ch=True):  # ch_in, ch_out, kernel, stride, ch_strategy
         """Initializes MixConv2d with mixed depth-wise convolution layers; details at
         https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.09595.
@@ -72,7 +74,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 
 
 class Ensemble(nn.ModuleList):
-    # Ensemble of models
+    """Combines outputs from multiple models to improve inference results."""
+
     def __init__(self):
         """Initializes an ensemble of models to combine their outputs."""
         super().__init__()