keras-team/keras · error · ValueError

start_points and end_points must have the same shape. Receiv

Error message

start_points and end_points must have the same shape. Received start_points.shape={start_points.shape}, end_points.shape={end_points.shape}

What it means

Error "start_points and end_points must have the same shape. Received start_points.shape={start_points.shape}, end_points.shape={end_points.shape}" thrown in keras-team/keras.

Source

Thrown at keras/src/backend/tensorflow/image.py:441

            "or rank 4 (batch of images). Received input with shape: "
            f"images.shape={images.shape}"
        )

    if start_points.shape.rank not in (2, 3) or start_points.shape[-2:] != (
        4,
        2,
    ):
        raise ValueError(
            "Invalid start_points shape: expected (4,2) for a single image"
            f" or (N,4,2) for a batch. Received shape: {start_points.shape}"
        )
    if end_points.shape.rank not in (2, 3) or end_points.shape[-2:] != (4, 2):
        raise ValueError(
            "Invalid end_points shape: expected (4,2) for a single image"
            f" or (N,4,2) for a batch. Received shape: {end_points.shape}"
        )
    if start_points.shape != end_points.shape:
        raise ValueError(
            "start_points and end_points must have the same shape."
            f" Received start_points.shape={start_points.shape}, "
            f"end_points.shape={end_points.shape}"
        )

    need_squeeze = False
    if len(images.shape) == 3:
        images = tf.expand_dims(images, axis=0)
        need_squeeze = True

    if len(start_points.shape) == 2:
        start_points = tf.expand_dims(start_points, axis=0)
    if len(end_points.shape) == 2:
        end_points = tf.expand_dims(end_points, axis=0)

    if data_format == "channels_first":
        images = tf.transpose(images, (0, 2, 3, 1))

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at keras/src/backend/tensorflow/image.py:441 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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