/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // File: ctc.cpp // Description: Slightly improved standard CTC to compute the targets. // Author: Ray Smith // Created: Wed Jul 13 15:50:06 PDT 2016 // // (C) Copyright 2016, Google Inc. // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #include "ctc.h" #include #include "genericvector.h" #include "host.h" #include "matrix.h" #include "networkio.h" #include "network.h" #include "scrollview.h" namespace tesseract { // Magic constants that keep CTC stable. // Minimum probability limit for softmax input to ctc_loss. const float CTC::kMinProb_ = 1e-12; // Maximum absolute argument to exp(). const double CTC::kMaxExpArg_ = 80.0; // Minimum probability for total prob in time normalization. const double CTC::kMinTotalTimeProb_ = 1e-8; // Minimum probability for total prob in final normalization. const double CTC::kMinTotalFinalProb_ = 1e-6; // Builds a target using CTC. Slightly improved as follows: // Includes normalizations and clipping for stability. // labels should be pre-padded with nulls everywhere. // labels can be longer than the time sequence, but the total number of // essential labels (non-null plus nulls between equal labels) must not exceed // the number of timesteps in outputs. // outputs is the output of the network, and should have already been // normalized with NormalizeProbs. // On return targets is filled with the computed targets. // Returns false if there is insufficient time for the labels. /* static */ bool CTC::ComputeCTCTargets(const GenericVector& labels, int null_char, const GENERIC_2D_ARRAY& outputs, NetworkIO* targets) { std::unique_ptr ctc(new CTC(labels, null_char, outputs)); if (!ctc->ComputeLabelLimits()) { return false; // Not enough time. } // Generate simple targets purely from the truth labels by spreading them // evenly over time. GENERIC_2D_ARRAY simple_targets; ctc->ComputeSimpleTargets(&simple_targets); // Add the simple targets as a starter bias to the network outputs. float bias_fraction = ctc->CalculateBiasFraction(); simple_targets *= bias_fraction; ctc->outputs_ += simple_targets; NormalizeProbs(&ctc->outputs_); // Run regular CTC on the biased outputs. // Run forward and backward GENERIC_2D_ARRAY log_alphas, log_betas; ctc->Forward(&log_alphas); ctc->Backward(&log_betas); // Normalize and come out of log space with a clipped softmax over time. log_alphas += log_betas; ctc->NormalizeSequence(&log_alphas); ctc->LabelsToClasses(log_alphas, targets); NormalizeProbs(targets); return true; } CTC::CTC(const GenericVector& labels, int null_char, const GENERIC_2D_ARRAY& outputs) : labels_(labels), outputs_(outputs), null_char_(null_char) { num_timesteps_ = outputs.dim1(); num_classes_ = outputs.dim2(); num_labels_ = labels_.size(); } // Computes vectors of min and max label index for each timestep, based on // whether skippability of nulls makes it possible to complete a valid path. bool CTC::ComputeLabelLimits() { min_labels_.init_to_size(num_timesteps_, 0); max_labels_.init_to_size(num_timesteps_, 0); int min_u = num_labels_ - 1; if (labels_[min_u] == null_char_) --min_u; for (int t = num_timesteps_ - 1; t >= 0; --t) { min_labels_[t] = min_u; if (min_u > 0) { --min_u; if (labels_[min_u] == null_char_ && min_u > 0 && labels_[min_u + 1] != labels_[min_u - 1]) { --min_u; } } } int max_u = labels_[0] == null_char_; for (int t = 0; t < num_timesteps_; ++t) { max_labels_[t] = max_u; if (max_labels_[t] < min_labels_[t]) return false; // Not enough room. if (max_u + 1 < num_labels_) { ++max_u; if (labels_[max_u] == null_char_ && max_u + 1 < num_labels_ && labels_[max_u + 1] != labels_[max_u - 1]) { ++max_u; } } } return true; } // Computes targets based purely on the labels by spreading the labels evenly // over the available timesteps. void CTC::ComputeSimpleTargets(GENERIC_2D_ARRAY* targets) const { // Initialize all targets to zero. targets->Resize(num_timesteps_, num_classes_, 0.0f); GenericVector half_widths; GenericVector means; ComputeWidthsAndMeans(&half_widths, &means); for (int l = 0; l < num_labels_; ++l) { int label = labels_[l]; float left_half_width = half_widths[l]; float right_half_width = left_half_width; int mean = means[l]; if (label == null_char_) { if (!NeededNull(l)) { if ((l > 0 && mean == means[l - 1]) || (l + 1 < num_labels_ && mean == means[l + 1])) { continue; // Drop overlapping null. } } // Make sure that no space is left unoccupied and that non-nulls always // peak at 1 by stretching nulls to meet their neighbors. if (l > 0) left_half_width = mean - means[l - 1]; if (l + 1 < num_labels_) right_half_width = means[l + 1] - mean; } if (mean >= 0 && mean < num_timesteps_) targets->put(mean, label, 1.0f); for (int offset = 1; offset < left_half_width && mean >= offset; ++offset) { float prob = 1.0f - offset / left_half_width; if (mean - offset < num_timesteps_ && prob > targets->get(mean - offset, label)) { targets->put(mean - offset, label, prob); } } for (int offset = 1; offset < right_half_width && mean + offset < num_timesteps_; ++offset) { float prob = 1.0f - offset / right_half_width; if (mean + offset >= 0 && prob > targets->get(mean + offset, label)) { targets->put(mean + offset, label, prob); } } } } // Computes mean positions and half widths of the simple targets by spreading // the labels evenly over the available timesteps. void CTC::ComputeWidthsAndMeans(GenericVector* half_widths, GenericVector* means) const { // Count the number of labels of each type, in regexp terms, counts plus // (non-null or necessary null, which must occur at least once) and star // (optional null). int num_plus = 0, num_star = 0; for (int i = 0; i < num_labels_; ++i) { if (labels_[i] != null_char_ || NeededNull(i)) ++num_plus; else ++num_star; } // Compute the size for each type. If there is enough space for everything // to have size>=1, then all are equal, otherwise plus_size=1 and star gets // whatever is left-over. float plus_size = 1.0f, star_size = 0.0f; float total_floating = num_plus + num_star; if (total_floating <= num_timesteps_) { plus_size = star_size = num_timesteps_ / total_floating; } else if (num_star > 0) { star_size = static_cast(num_timesteps_ - num_plus) / num_star; } // Set the width and compute the mean of each. float mean_pos = 0.0f; for (int i = 0; i < num_labels_; ++i) { float half_width; if (labels_[i] != null_char_ || NeededNull(i)) { half_width = plus_size / 2.0f; } else { half_width = star_size / 2.0f; } mean_pos += half_width; means->push_back(static_cast(mean_pos)); mean_pos += half_width; half_widths->push_back(half_width); } } // Helper returns the index of the highest probability label at timestep t. static int BestLabel(const GENERIC_2D_ARRAY& outputs, int t) { int result = 0; int num_classes = outputs.dim2(); const float* outputs_t = outputs[t]; for (int c = 1; c < num_classes; ++c) { if (outputs_t[c] > outputs_t[result]) result = c; } return result; } // Calculates and returns a suitable fraction of the simple targets to add // to the network outputs. float CTC::CalculateBiasFraction() { // Compute output labels via basic decoding. GenericVector output_labels; for (int t = 0; t < num_timesteps_; ++t) { int label = BestLabel(outputs_, t); while (t + 1 < num_timesteps_ && BestLabel(outputs_, t + 1) == label) ++t; if (label != null_char_) output_labels.push_back(label); } // Simple bag of labels error calculation. GenericVector truth_counts(num_classes_, 0); GenericVector output_counts(num_classes_, 0); for (int l = 0; l < num_labels_; ++l) { ++truth_counts[labels_[l]]; } for (int l = 0; l < output_labels.size(); ++l) { ++output_counts[output_labels[l]]; } // Count the number of true and false positive non-nulls and truth labels. int true_pos = 0, false_pos = 0, total_labels = 0; for (int c = 0; c < num_classes_; ++c) { if (c == null_char_) continue; int truth_count = truth_counts[c]; int ocr_count = output_counts[c]; if (truth_count > 0) { total_labels += truth_count; if (ocr_count > truth_count) { true_pos += truth_count; false_pos += ocr_count - truth_count; } else { true_pos += ocr_count; } } // We don't need to count classes that don't exist in the truth as // false positives, because they don't affect CTC at all. } if (total_labels == 0) return 0.0f; return exp(MAX(true_pos - false_pos, 1) * log(kMinProb_) / total_labels); } // Given ln(x) and ln(y), returns ln(x + y), using: // ln(x + y) = ln(y) + ln(1 + exp(ln(y) - ln(x)), ensuring that ln(x) is the // bigger number to maximize precision. static double LogSumExp(double ln_x, double ln_y) { if (ln_x >= ln_y) { return ln_x + log1p(exp(ln_y - ln_x)); } else { return ln_y + log1p(exp(ln_x - ln_y)); } } // Runs the forward CTC pass, filling in log_probs. void CTC::Forward(GENERIC_2D_ARRAY* log_probs) const { log_probs->Resize(num_timesteps_, num_labels_, -MAX_FLOAT32); log_probs->put(0, 0, log(outputs_(0, labels_[0]))); if (labels_[0] == null_char_) log_probs->put(0, 1, log(outputs_(0, labels_[1]))); for (int t = 1; t < num_timesteps_; ++t) { const float* outputs_t = outputs_[t]; for (int u = min_labels_[t]; u <= max_labels_[t]; ++u) { // Continuing the same label. double log_sum = log_probs->get(t - 1, u); // Change from previous label. if (u > 0) { log_sum = LogSumExp(log_sum, log_probs->get(t - 1, u - 1)); } // Skip the null if allowed. if (u >= 2 && labels_[u - 1] == null_char_ && labels_[u] != labels_[u - 2]) { log_sum = LogSumExp(log_sum, log_probs->get(t - 1, u - 2)); } // Add in the log prob of the current label. double label_prob = outputs_t[labels_[u]]; log_sum += log(label_prob); log_probs->put(t, u, log_sum); } } } // Runs the backward CTC pass, filling in log_probs. void CTC::Backward(GENERIC_2D_ARRAY* log_probs) const { log_probs->Resize(num_timesteps_, num_labels_, -MAX_FLOAT32); log_probs->put(num_timesteps_ - 1, num_labels_ - 1, 0.0); if (labels_[num_labels_ - 1] == null_char_) log_probs->put(num_timesteps_ - 1, num_labels_ - 2, 0.0); for (int t = num_timesteps_ - 2; t >= 0; --t) { const float* outputs_tp1 = outputs_[t + 1]; for (int u = min_labels_[t]; u <= max_labels_[t]; ++u) { // Continuing the same label. double log_sum = log_probs->get(t + 1, u) + log(outputs_tp1[labels_[u]]); // Change from previous label. if (u + 1 < num_labels_) { double prev_prob = outputs_tp1[labels_[u + 1]]; log_sum = LogSumExp(log_sum, log_probs->get(t + 1, u + 1) + log(prev_prob)); } // Skip the null if allowed. if (u + 2 < num_labels_ && labels_[u + 1] == null_char_ && labels_[u] != labels_[u + 2]) { double skip_prob = outputs_tp1[labels_[u + 2]]; log_sum = LogSumExp(log_sum, log_probs->get(t + 1, u + 2) + log(skip_prob)); } log_probs->put(t, u, log_sum); } } } // Normalizes and brings probs out of log space with a softmax over time. void CTC::NormalizeSequence(GENERIC_2D_ARRAY* probs) const { double max_logprob = probs->Max(); for (int u = 0; u < num_labels_; ++u) { double total = 0.0; for (int t = 0; t < num_timesteps_; ++t) { // Separate impossible path from unlikely probs. double prob = probs->get(t, u); if (prob > -MAX_FLOAT32) prob = ClippedExp(prob - max_logprob); else prob = 0.0; total += prob; probs->put(t, u, prob); } // Note that although this is a probability distribution over time and // therefore should sum to 1, it is important to allow some labels to be // all zero, (or at least tiny) as it is necessary to skip some blanks. if (total < kMinTotalTimeProb_) total = kMinTotalTimeProb_; for (int t = 0; t < num_timesteps_; ++t) probs->put(t, u, probs->get(t, u) / total); } } // For each timestep computes the max prob for each class over all // instances of the class in the labels_, and sets the targets to // the max observed prob. void CTC::LabelsToClasses(const GENERIC_2D_ARRAY& probs, NetworkIO* targets) const { // For each timestep compute the max prob for each class over all // instances of the class in the labels_. GenericVector class_probs; for (int t = 0; t < num_timesteps_; ++t) { float* targets_t = targets->f(t); class_probs.init_to_size(num_classes_, 0.0); for (int u = 0; u < num_labels_; ++u) { double prob = probs(t, u); // Note that although Graves specifies sum over all labels of the same // class, we need to allow skipped blanks to go to zero, so they don't // interfere with the non-blanks, so max is better than sum. if (prob > class_probs[labels_[u]]) class_probs[labels_[u]] = prob; // class_probs[labels_[u]] += prob; } int best_class = 0; for (int c = 0; c < num_classes_; ++c) { targets_t[c] = class_probs[c]; if (class_probs[c] > class_probs[best_class]) best_class = c; } } } // Normalizes the probabilities such that no target has a prob below min_prob, // and, provided that the initial total is at least min_total_prob, then all // probs will sum to 1, otherwise to sum/min_total_prob. The maximum output // probability is thus 1 - (num_classes-1)*min_prob. /* static */ void CTC::NormalizeProbs(GENERIC_2D_ARRAY* probs) { int num_timesteps = probs->dim1(); int num_classes = probs->dim2(); for (int t = 0; t < num_timesteps; ++t) { float* probs_t = (*probs)[t]; // Compute the total and clip that to prevent amplification of noise. double total = 0.0; for (int c = 0; c < num_classes; ++c) total += probs_t[c]; if (total < kMinTotalFinalProb_) total = kMinTotalFinalProb_; // Compute the increased total as a result of clipping. double increment = 0.0; for (int c = 0; c < num_classes; ++c) { double prob = probs_t[c] / total; if (prob < kMinProb_) increment += kMinProb_ - prob; } // Now normalize with clipping. Any additional clipping is negligible. total += increment; for (int c = 0; c < num_classes; ++c) { float prob = probs_t[c] / total; probs_t[c] = MAX(prob, kMinProb_); } } } // Returns true if the label at index is a needed null. bool CTC::NeededNull(int index) const { return labels_[index] == null_char_ && index > 0 && index + 1 < num_labels_ && labels_[index + 1] == labels_[index - 1]; } } // namespace tesseract