Fix bug in MeanAveragePrecision.coco_to_tm

src/torchmetrics/detection/mean_ap.py

@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ def coco_to_tm(
             >>> # https://github.com/cocodataset/cocoapi/tree/master/results
             >>> from torchmetrics.detection import MeanAveragePrecision
             >>> preds, target = MeanAveragePrecision.coco_to_tm(
-            ...   "instances_val2014_fakebbox100_results.json.json",
+            ...   "instances_val2014_fakebbox100_results.json",
             ...   "val2014_fake_eval_res.txt.json"
             ...   iou_type="bbox"
             ... )  # doctest: +SKIP
@@ -775,21 +775,35 @@ def tm_to_coco(self, name: str = "tm_map_input") -> None:
             ...     labels=tensor([0]),
             ...   )
             ... ]
-            >>> metric = MeanAveragePrecision()
+            >>> metric = MeanAveragePrecision(iou_type="bbox")
             >>> metric.update(preds, target)
-            >>> metric.tm_to_coco("tm_map_input")  # doctest: +SKIP
+            >>> metric.tm_to_coco("tm_map_input")
 
         """
         target_dataset = self._get_coco_format(
             labels=self.groundtruth_labels,
-            boxes=self.groundtruth_box,
-            masks=self.groundtruth_mask,
+            boxes=self.groundtruth_box if len(self.groundtruth_box) > 0 else None,
+            masks=self.groundtruth_mask if len(self.groundtruth_mask) > 0 else None,
             crowds=self.groundtruth_crowds,
             area=self.groundtruth_area,
         )
         preds_dataset = self._get_coco_format(
-            labels=self.detection_labels, boxes=self.detection_box, masks=self.detection_mask
+            labels=self.detection_labels,
+            boxes=self.detection_box if len(self.detection_box) > 0 else None,
+            masks=self.detection_mask if len(self.detection_mask) > 0 else None,
+            scores=self.detection_scores,
         )
+        if "segm" in self.iou_type:
+            # the rle masks needs to be decoded to be written to a file
+            preds_dataset["annotations"] = apply_to_collection(
+                preds_dataset["annotations"], dtype=bytes, function=lambda x: x.decode("utf-8")
+            )
+            preds_dataset["annotations"] = apply_to_collection(
+                preds_dataset["annotations"],
+                dtype=np.uint32,
+                function=lambda x: int(x),
+            )
+            target_dataset = apply_to_collection(target_dataset, dtype=bytes, function=lambda x: x.decode("utf-8"))
 
         preds_json = json.dumps(preds_dataset["annotations"], indent=4)
         target_json = json.dumps(target_dataset, indent=4)

tests/unittests/detection/test_map.py

@@ -65,6 +65,58 @@ def _generate_coco_inputs(iou_type):
 _coco_segm_input = _generate_coco_inputs("segm")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(_pytest_condition, reason="test requires that torchvision=>0.8.0 and pycocotools is installed")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("iou_type", ["bbox", "segm"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("backend", ["pycocotools", "faster_coco_eval"])
+def test_tm_to_coco(tmpdir, iou_type, backend):
+    """Test that the conversion from TM to COCO format works."""
+    preds, target = _coco_bbox_input if iou_type == "bbox" else _coco_segm_input
+    metric = MeanAveragePrecision(iou_type=iou_type, backend=backend, box_format="xywh")
+    for bp, bt in zip(preds, target):
+        metric.update(bp, bt)
+    metric.tm_to_coco(f"{tmpdir}/tm_map_input")
+    preds_2, target_2 = MeanAveragePrecision.coco_to_tm(
+        f"{tmpdir}/tm_map_input_preds.json",
+        f"{tmpdir}/tm_map_input_target.json",
+        iou_type=iou_type,
+        backend=backend,
+    )
+
+    preds = [p for batch in preds for p in batch]
+    target = [t for batch in target for t in batch]
+
+    # make sure that every prediction/target is found in the new prediction/target after saving and loading
+    for sample1 in preds:
+        sample_found = False
+        for sample2 in preds_2:
+            if iou_type == "segm":
+                if sample1["masks"].shape == sample2["masks"].shape and torch.allclose(
+                    sample1["masks"], sample2["masks"]
+                ):
+                    sample_found = True
+            else:
+                if sample1["boxes"].shape == sample2["boxes"].shape and torch.allclose(
+                    sample1["boxes"], sample2["boxes"]
+                ):
+                    sample_found = True
+        assert sample_found, "preds not found"
+
+    for sample1 in target:
+        sample_found = False
+        for sample2 in target_2:
+            if iou_type == "segm":
+                if sample1["masks"].shape == sample2["masks"].shape and torch.allclose(
+                    sample1["masks"], sample2["masks"]
+                ):
+                    sample_found = True
+            else:
+                if sample1["boxes"].shape == sample2["boxes"].shape and torch.allclose(
+                    sample1["boxes"], sample2["boxes"]
+                ):
+                    sample_found = True
+        assert sample_found, "target not found"
+
+
 def _compare_against_coco_fn(preds, target, iou_type, iou_thresholds=None, rec_thresholds=None, class_metrics=True):
     """Taken from https://github.com/cocodataset/cocoapi/blob/master/PythonAPI/pycocoEvalDemo.ipynb."""
     with contextlib.redirect_stdout(io.StringIO()):