tensorflow/models · error · ValueError

Missing the required key `{}` in predictions!

Error message

Missing the required key `{}` in predictions!

What it means

Error "Missing the required key `{}` in predictions!" thrown in tensorflow/models.

Source

Thrown at official/vision/evaluation/coco_evaluator.py:362

          - image_info [if `need_rescale_bboxes` is True]: a numpy array of
            float of shape [batch_size, 4, 2].
          - num_detections: a numpy array of
            int of shape [batch_size].
          - detection_boxes: a numpy array of float of shape [batch_size, K, 4].
          - detection_classes: a numpy array of int of shape [batch_size, K].
          - detection_scores: a numpy array of float of shape [batch_size, K].
        Optional fields:
          - detection_masks: a numpy array of float of shape
              [batch_size, K, mask_height, mask_width].
    Raises:
      ValueError: if the required prediction or ground-truth fields are not
        present in the incoming `predictions` or `groundtruths`.
    """
    groundtruths, predictions = self._convert_to_numpy(groundtruths,
                                                       predictions)
    for k in self._required_prediction_fields:
      if k not in predictions:
        raise ValueError(
            'Missing the required key `{}` in predictions!'.format(k))
    if self._need_rescale_bboxes:
      self._process_bbox_predictions(predictions)
    if self._need_rescale_keypoints:
      self._process_keypoints_predictions(predictions)
    for k, v in six.iteritems(predictions):
      if k not in self._predictions:
        self._predictions[k] = [v]
      else:
        self._predictions[k].append(v)

    if not self._annotation_file:
      assert groundtruths
      for k in self._required_groundtruth_fields:
        if k not in groundtruths:
          raise ValueError(
              'Missing the required key `{}` in groundtruths!'.format(k))
      for k, v in six.iteritems(groundtruths):

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at official/vision/evaluation/coco_evaluator.py:362 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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