This project provides low level functionality for Computer Vision written in Rust to be consumed by machine learning and data-science frameworks, specially those working with images. We mainly aim to provide I/O functionality for images (future: video, cameras), and visualisation in future.

• The library is written in Rust.
• Python bindings are created with PyO3/Maturin.
• We package with support for Linux [amd64/arm64], Macos and WIndows.
• Supported Python versions are 3.7/3.8/3.9/3.10/3.11

From pip:

pip install kornia-rs

From source:

pip install maturin
maturin build --release --out dist -i $(which python3)
pip install dist/*.whl

Load an image, that is converted to cv::Tensor wich is a centric structure to the DLPack protocol to share tensor data across frameworks with a zero-copy cost.

    import kornia_rs as K
    from kornia_rs import Tensor as cvTensor

    # load an image with Rust `image-rs` as backend library
    cv_tensor: cvTensor = K.read_image_rs("dog.jpeg")
    assert cv_tensor.shape == [195, 258, 3]

    # convert to dlpack to import to torch
    th_tensor = torch.utils.dlpack.from_dlpack(cv_tensor)
    assert th_tensor.shape == (195, 258, 3)
    assert np_tensor.shape == (195, 258, 3)

    # or to numpy with same interface
    np_tensor = np.from_dlpack(cv_tensor)

Encode or decoda image streams using the turbojpeg backend

# load image using turbojpeg
cv_tensor = K.read_image_jpeg("dog.jpeg")
image: np.ndarray = np.from_dlpack(cv_tensor)  # HxWx3

# encode the image with jpeg
image_encoder = K.ImageEncoder()
image_encoder.set_quality(95)  # set the encoding quality

# get the encoded stream
image_encoded: List[int] = image_encoder.encode(image.tobytes(), image.shape)

# write to disk the encoded stream
K.write_image_jpeg("dog_encoded.jpeg", image_encoded)

# decode back the image
image_decoder = K.ImageDecoder()

decoded_tensor = image_decoder.decode(bytes(image_encoded))
decoded_image: np.ndarray = np.from_dlpack(decoded_tensor)  # HxWx3

• [infra] Automate packaging for manywheels.
• [kornia] integrate with the new Image API
• [dlpack] move dlpack implementation to dlpack-rs.
• [dlpack] implement test for torch and numpy.
• [dlpack] update dlpack version >=0.8
• [dlpack] implement DLPack to cv::Tensor.

• [io] Implement image encoding and explore video.
• [viz] Fix minor issues and implement a full VizManager to work on the browser.
• [tensor] implement basic functionality to test: add, sub, mul, etc.
• [tensor] explore xnnpack and openvino integration.

To test the project in lyour local machine use the following instructions:

1. Clone the repository in your local directory

git clone https://github.com/kornia/kornia-rs.git

2.1 (optional) Build the devel.Dockerfile

Let's prepare the development environment with Docker. Make sure you have docker in your system: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/

cd ./docker && ./build_devel.sh
KORNIA_RS_DEVEL_IMAGE="kornia_rs/devel:local" ./devel.sh

2.2 Enter to the devel docker container.

./devel.sh

3. Build the project

(you should now be inside the docker container)

# maturin needs you to be a `venv`
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

# build and generate linked wheels
maturin develop --extras dev

4. Run the tests

pytest test/

This is a child project of Kornia. Join the community to get in touch with us, or just sponsor the project: https://opencollective.com/kornia