roboflow/supervision · error · ValueError

Invalid metric target: {self._metric_target}

Error message

Invalid metric target: {self._metric_target}

What it means

Error "Invalid metric target: {self._metric_target}" thrown in roboflow/supervision.

Source

Thrown at src/supervision/metrics/f1_score.py:546

        if self._metric_target == MetricTarget.BOXES:
            return cast(npt.NDArray[Any], detections.xyxy)
        if self._metric_target == MetricTarget.MASKS:
            if detections.mask is not None:
                # detections.mask is NDArray[bool] | CompactMask; return as-is.
                return detections.mask
            if len(detections) > 0:
                raise ValueError(
                    "F1Score with `MetricTarget.MASKS` requires detections to "
                    "include masks."
                )
            return self._make_empty_content()
        if self._metric_target == MetricTarget.ORIENTED_BOUNDING_BOXES:
            obb = detections.data.get(ORIENTED_BOX_COORDINATES)
            if obb is not None and len(obb) > 0:
                result_obb: npt.NDArray[np.float32] = np.array(obb, dtype=np.float32)
                return result_obb
            return self._make_empty_content()
        raise ValueError(f"Invalid metric target: {self._metric_target}")

    def _make_empty_content(self) -> npt.NDArray[Any]:
        if self._metric_target == MetricTarget.BOXES:
            empty_boxes: npt.NDArray[np.float32] = np.empty((0, 4), dtype=np.float32)
            return empty_boxes
        if self._metric_target == MetricTarget.MASKS:
            empty_masks: npt.NDArray[np.bool_] = np.empty((0, 0, 0), dtype=bool)
            return empty_masks
        if self._metric_target == MetricTarget.ORIENTED_BOUNDING_BOXES:
            empty_obb: npt.NDArray[np.float32] = np.empty((0, 4, 2), dtype=np.float32)
            return empty_obb
        raise ValueError(f"Invalid metric target: {self._metric_target}")

    def _filter_detections_by_size(
        self, detections: Detections, size_category: ObjectSizeCategory
    ) -> Detections:
        """Return a copy of detections with contents filtered by object size."""
        new_detections = deepcopy(detections)

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Solutions

1. Construct F1Score with a valid MetricTarget value.
2. Do not modify the internal metric target after construction.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/supervision/metrics/f1_score.py:546 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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