How to Develop A Pose Estimation Application

In our last Blog of 3 Edge-AI Metaverse Interaction Solutions for Potential Killer Applications using OpenNCC, we introduce a POSE ESTIMATION application using OpenNCCand OpenVINO. This blog will show how to develop this application.

Here we go!

Part 1: Configure the PC

The following commands are operated on the PC. Currently, we support Ubuntu versions greater than 16.04.

Install libusb and ffmpeg

• Install libusb and ffmpeg

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev -y

$ sudo apt-get install unixodbc -y

$ sudo apt-get install libpq-dev -y

$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg -y

$ sudo apt-get install libusb-dev -y

$ sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0.0-dev -y

Install OpenVINO

• Install OpenVINO

Download the Intel Distribution of OpenVINO Toolkit from the Intel website：

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/openvino-toolkit-download.html

Version：2020.3LTS

Installation procedure reference:

https://docs.openvino.ai/latest/openvino_docs_install_guides_installing_openvino_linux.html#

The installation path: /opt/intel/openvino_<version>

After the installation is successful, open a terminal and see that the OpenVINO environment is initialized.

Clone OpenNCC repo

• Clone OpenNCC repo

$ git clone https://github.com/EyecloudAi/openncc.git

Update File

• Update File

1. Clear the original folder ‘human_pose_estimation_demo‘

$ sudo rm -r /opt/intel/ openvino_<version>/inference_engine/demos/human_pose_estimation_demo/

2. Copy the human_pose_estimation_demo folder in openncc_cdk folder

$ sudo cp -r ~/openncc_cdk/SDK/Example/Linkage_demo/work_with_OpenVINO/human_pose_estimation_demo/ /opt/intel/ openvino_<version>/inference_engine/demos/

Part 2: Compilate

Enter this path:

• Enter this path:

$ cd /opt/intel/ openvino_<version>/inference_engine/demos/

Edit the “build_samples.sh” script file

• Edit the “build_samples.sh” script file

Change “cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release” to “cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug”

$ sudo vim build_samples.sh

//cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug

Exit after saving

• Exit after saving

$ :wq!

Execute compile command

• Execute compile command

$ sudo./build_samples, sh

Compilation result

• Compilation result

$cd ~/omz_demos_build/intel64/Debug/

$ ls

If you can see the human_pose_estimation_demo file, the compilation is successful, otherwise, you will have to rule out the failure for the cause and recompile it.

Part 3: Deployment the configuration

Copy the module folder in openncc_cdk/SDK/Example/Linkage_demo/work_with_OpenVINO/Debug folder to omz_demos_build/intel64 folder

• Copy the module folder in openncc_cdk/SDK/Example/Linkage_demo/work_with_OpenVINO/Debug folder to omz_demos_build/intel64 folder

$ sudo cp -r ~/openncc_cdk/SDK/Example/Linkage_demo/work_with_OpenVINO/Debug/module/ ~/ omz_demos_build/intel64/

Copy the moviUsbBoot file in openncc_cdk/SDK/Example/Linkage_demo/work_with_OpenVINO/Debug folder to omz_demos_build/intel64/Debug folder

• Copy the moviUsbBoot file in openncc_cdk/SDK/Example/Linkage_demo/work_with_OpenVINO/Debug folder to omz_demos_build/intel64/Debug folder

$ sudo cp ~/openncc_cdk/SDK/Example/Linkage_demo/work_with_OpenVINO/Debug/moviUsbBoot ~/ omz_demos_build/intel64/Debug/

Copy the fw folder in openncc_cdk/SDK/Example/Linkage_demo/work_with_OpenVINO/Debug to /omz_demos_build/intel64 folder

• Copy the fw folder in openncc_cdk/SDK/Example/Linkage_demo/work_with_OpenVINO/Debug to /omz_demos_build/intel64 folder

$ sudo cp -r ~/openncc_cdk/SDK/Example/Linkage_demo/work_with_OpenVINO/Debug/fw ~/ omz_demos_build/intel64/

Enter ~/openncc_cdk/SDK/Tools/deployment folder，Obtain the permission to access a USB device

• Enter ~/openncc_cdk/SDK/Tools/deployment folder，Obtain the permission to access a USB device

$ cd ~/openncc_cdk/SDK/Tools/deployment

$ sudo./install_NCC_udev_rules.sh

Reboot the PC

• Reboot the PC

Part 4: Run Program

Go to the ‘omz_demos_build/intel64/Debug’ folder

• Go to the ‘omz_demos_build/intel64/Debug’ folder

$ cd ~/ omz_demos_build/intel64/Debug

Execute the script to run the model

• Execute the script to run the model

$./human_pose_estimation_demo -i cam -m../module/human-pose-estimation-0001.xml -d CPU

Recommended SKU for this Application: OpenNCC UB4

Refer to our blogsfor more OpenNCC Applications.