- UI and Visual Output
- JSON-UI Mapping
- JSON Output Format
- Keypoints in C++/Python
- Reading Saved Results
- Advanced
The visual GUI should show the original image with the poses blended on it, similarly to the pose of this gif:
The output of the JSON files consist of a set of keypoints, whose ordering is related with the UI output as follows:
There are 2 alternatives to save the OpenPose output. But both of them follow the keypoint ordering described in the section Keypoint Ordering in C++/Python section (which you should read next).
- The
--write_json
flag saves the people pose data into JSON files. Each file represents a frame, it has apeople
array of objects, where each object has:pose_keypoints_2d
: Body part locations (x
,y
) and detection confidence (c
) formatted asx0,y0,c0,x1,y1,c1,...
. The coordinatesx
andy
can be normalized to the range [0,1], [-1,1], [0, source size], [0, output size], etc. (see the flag--keypoint_scale
for more information), while the confidence score (c
) in the range [0,1]. Additionally, the number of keypoints output in this array will remain consistent between JSON files.face_keypoints_2d
,hand_left_keypoints_2d
, andhand_right_keypoints_2d
are analogous topose_keypoints_2d
but applied to the face and hand parts.body_keypoints_3d
,face_keypoints_3d
,hand_left_keypoints_2d
, andhand_right_keypoints_2d
are analogous but applied to the 3-D parts. They are empty if--3d
is not enabled. Their format isx0,y0,z0,c0,x1,y1,z1,c1,...
, wherec
is 1 or 0 depending on whether the 3-D reconstruction was successful or not.part_candidates
(optional and advanced): The body part candidates before being assembled into people. Empty if--part_candidates
is not enabled (see that flag for more details).
{
"version":1.1,
"people":[
{
"pose_keypoints_2d":[582.349,507.866,0.845918,746.975,631.307,0.587007,...],
"face_keypoints_2d":[468.725,715.636,0.189116,554.963,652.863,0.665039,...],
"hand_left_keypoints_2d":[746.975,631.307,0.587007,615.659,617.567,0.377899,...],
"hand_right_keypoints_2d":[617.581,472.65,0.797508,0,0,0,723.431,462.783,0.88765,...]
"pose_keypoints_3d":[582.349,507.866,507.866,0.845918,507.866,746.975,631.307,0.587007,...],
"face_keypoints_3d":[468.725,715.636,715.636,0.189116,715.636,554.963,652.863,0.665039,...],
"hand_left_keypoints_3d":[746.975,631.307,631.307,0.587007,631.307,615.659,617.567,0.377899,...],
"hand_right_keypoints_3d":[617.581,472.65,472.65,0.797508,472.65,0,0,0,723.431,462.783,0.88765,...]
}
],
// If `--part_candidates` enabled
"part_candidates":[
{
"0":[296.994,258.976,0.845918,238.996,365.027,0.189116],
"1":[381.024,321.984,0.587007],
"2":[313.996,314.97,0.377899],
"3":[238.996,365.027,0.189116],
"4":[283.015,332.986,0.665039],
"5":[457.987,324.003,0.430488,283.015,332.986,0.665039],
"6":[],
"7":[],
"8":[],
"9":[],
"10":[],
"11":[],
"12":[],
"13":[],
"14":[293.001,242.991,0.674305],
"15":[314.978,241,0.797508],
"16":[],
"17":[369.007,235.964,0.88765]
}
]
}
- (Deprecated)
--write_keypoint
uses the OpenCVcv::FileStorage
default formats, i.e., JSON (if OpenCV 3 or higher), XML, and YML. It only prints 2D body information (no 3D or face/hands).
(Low level details) If you wanted to change anything in this file format (e.g., the output file name), you could check and/or modify peopleJsonSaver.cpp.
The body part mapping order of any body model (e.g., BODY_25
, COCO
, MPI
) can be extracted from the C++ and Python APIs.
- In C++,
getPoseBodyPartMapping(const PoseModel poseModel)
is available in poseParameters.hpp:
// C++ API call
#include <openpose/pose/poseParameters.hpp>
const auto& poseBodyPartMappingBody25 = getPoseBodyPartMapping(PoseModel::BODY_25);
const auto& poseBodyPartMappingCoco = getPoseBodyPartMapping(PoseModel::COCO_18);
const auto& poseBodyPartMappingMpi = getPoseBodyPartMapping(PoseModel::MPI_15);
const auto& poseBodyPartMappingBody25B = getPoseBodyPartMapping(PoseModel::BODY_25B);
const auto& poseBodyPartMappingBody135 = getPoseBodyPartMapping(PoseModel::BODY_135);
// Result for BODY_25 (25 body parts consisting of COCO + foot)
// const std::map<unsigned int, std::string> POSE_BODY_25_BODY_PARTS {
// {0, "Nose"},
// {1, "Neck"},
// {2, "RShoulder"},
// {3, "RElbow"},
// {4, "RWrist"},
// {5, "LShoulder"},
// {6, "LElbow"},
// {7, "LWrist"},
// {8, "MidHip"},
// {9, "RHip"},
// {10, "RKnee"},
// {11, "RAnkle"},
// {12, "LHip"},
// {13, "LKnee"},
// {14, "LAnkle"},
// {15, "REye"},
// {16, "LEye"},
// {17, "REar"},
// {18, "LEar"},
// {19, "LBigToe"},
// {20, "LSmallToe"},
// {21, "LHeel"},
// {22, "RBigToe"},
// {23, "RSmallToe"},
// {24, "RHeel"},
// {25, "Background"}
// };
- You can also check them on Python:
poseModel = op.PoseModel.BODY_25
print(op.getPoseBodyPartMapping(poseModel))
print(op.getPoseNumberBodyParts(poseModel))
print(op.getPosePartPairs(poseModel))
print(op.getPoseMapIndex(poseModel))
This section is only for advance users that plan to use the C++ API. Not needed for the OpenPose demo and/or Python API.
There are 3 different keypoint Array<float>
elements in the Datum
class:
- Array poseKeypoints: In order to access person
person
and body partpart
(where the index matchesPOSE_COCO_BODY_PARTS
orPOSE_MPI_BODY_PARTS
), you can simply output:
// Common parameters needed
const auto numberPeopleDetected = poseKeypoints.getSize(0);
const auto numberBodyParts = poseKeypoints.getSize(1);
// Easy version
const auto x = poseKeypoints[{person, part, 0}];
const auto y = poseKeypoints[{person, part, 1}];
const auto score = poseKeypoints[{person, part, 2}];
// Slightly more efficient version
// If you want to access these elements on a huge loop, you can get the index
// by your own, but it is usually not faster enough to be worthy
const auto baseIndex = poseKeypoints.getSize(2)*(person*numberBodyParts + part);
const auto x = poseKeypoints[baseIndex];
const auto y = poseKeypoints[baseIndex + 1];
const auto score = poseKeypoints[baseIndex + 2];
- Array faceKeypoints: It is completely analogous to poseKeypoints.
// Common parameters needed
const auto numberPeopleDetected = faceKeypoints.getSize(0);
const auto numberFaceParts = faceKeypoints.getSize(1);
// Easy version
const auto x = faceKeypoints[{person, part, 0}];
const auto y = faceKeypoints[{person, part, 1}];
const auto score = faceKeypoints[{person, part, 2}];
// Slightly more efficient version
const auto baseIndex = faceKeypoints.getSize(2)*(person*numberFaceParts + part);
const auto x = faceKeypoints[baseIndex];
const auto y = faceKeypoints[baseIndex + 1];
const auto score = faceKeypoints[baseIndex + 2];
- std::array<Array, 2> handKeypoints, where handKeypoints[0] corresponds to the left hand and handKeypoints[1] to the right one. Each handKeypoints[i] is analogous to poseKeypoints and faceKeypoints:
// Common parameters needed
const auto numberPeopleDetected = handKeypoints[0].getSize(0); // = handKeypoints[1].getSize(0)
const auto numberHandParts = handKeypoints[0].getSize(1); // = handKeypoints[1].getSize(1)
// Easy version
// Left Hand
const auto xL = handKeypoints[0][{person, part, 0}];
const auto yL = handKeypoints[0][{person, part, 1}];
const auto scoreL = handKeypoints[0][{person, part, 2}];
// Right Hand
const auto xR = handKeypoints[1][{person, part, 0}];
const auto yR = handKeypoints[1][{person, part, 1}];
const auto scoreR = handKeypoints[1][{person, part, 2}];
// Slightly more efficient version
const auto baseIndex = handKeypoints[0].getSize(2)*(person*numberHandParts + part);
// Left Hand
const auto xL = handKeypoints[0][baseIndex];
const auto yL = handKeypoints[0][baseIndex + 1];
const auto scoreL = handKeypoints[0][baseIndex + 2];
// Right Hand
const auto xR = handKeypoints[1][baseIndex];
const auto yR = handKeypoints[1][baseIndex + 1];
const auto scoreR = handKeypoints[1][baseIndex + 2];
We use the standard formats (JSON, PNG, JPG, ...) to save our results, so there are many open-source libraries to read them in most programming languages (especially Python). For C++, you might want to check include/openpose/filestream/fileStream.hpp. In particular, loadData
(for JSON, XML and YML files) and loadImage
(for image formats such as PNG or JPG) to load the data into cv::Mat format.
If you need to use the camera calibration or 3D modules, the camera matrix output format is detailed in doc/advanced/calibration_module.md#camera-matrix-output-format.
If you need to use heatmaps, check doc/advanced/heatmap_output.md.