# Daisy chain detection and pose estimation
The **gst-ai-daisychain-detection-pose** application allows you to perform cascaded object detection and pose detection with a camera, file source, or an RTSP stream. The use cases involve detecting objects and estimating the body poses of the subject in an image or a video.
Note
This application isn't supported in the QLI 2.0 RC2 release.
The following figure show the application workflow, which receives the source, postprocesses it, and runs inferences on AI hardware. The results are either displayed on the screen, saved as an encoded MP4 file, or streamed over the RTSP server.
For information about the plugins used in the pipeline flow, see [Pipeline flow](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/gst-ai-pose-detection.html#section-pqq-1ny-kbc).
**Figure : gst-ai-daisychain-detection-pose pipeline**
## Sample model and label files
Table : Sample model and label files for gst-ai-daisychain-detection-pose
| Runtime | Model files | Label files |
| --- | --- | --- |
| LiteRT |
Detection: yolox_quantized.tflite
Pose: hrnet_pose_quantized.tflite
|
Detection: yolox.json
Pose:
hrnet_pose.json
hrnet_settings.json
|
## Run the application on the target device
Note
The commands in this section are targeted for the sample applications based on QLI GA 1.5 (PPA version 05900 in Ubuntu) or later releases. Run the `apt-cache policy gstreamer1.0-qcom-sample-apps` command to check your QIM version. If you are using sample applications from older versions, run the application with the `--help` option for more instructions.
The sample application uses the `config-file=/etc/configs/config-daisychain-detection-pose.json` file to read the input parameters.
To create your own config JSON file, use [config-daisychain-detection-pose.json](https://git.codelinaro.org/clo/le/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/gst-plugins-qti-oss/-/blob/imsdk.lnx.2.0.0.r2-rel/gst-sample-apps/gst-ai-daisychain-detection-pose/config-daisychain-detection-pose.json) as a reference.
1. Ensure that you complete the [Prerequisites](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/download-model-and-label-files.html).
2. Update the config JSON file based on the model, input stream, and other properties. For more information, see [Config JSON field description](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/gst-ai-multi-input-output-object-detection.html#section-mxw-t2r-32c).
For QCS6490, if `file-path` and `rtsp-ip-port` are *not* present in the configuration file, then the camera input is selected.
3. Use the following format of the `config-file=/etc/configs/config-daisychain-detection-pose.json` file:
{
"input-file": "",
"rtsp-ip-port": "",
"detection-model": "",
"detection-labels": "",
"detection-runtime":"",
"pose-runtime":"",
"output-file": ""
}
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For example, run the application using the custom video input file, model paths, and label paths:
{
"input-file": "/etc/media/video.mp4",
"pose-runtime":"dsp",
"detection-runtime":"dsp",
"detection-model": "/etc/models/yolox_quantized.tflite",
"detection-labels": "/etc/labels/yolox.json",
"pose-model": "/etc/models/hrnet_pose_quantized.tflite",
"pose-labels": "/etc/labels/hrnet_pose.json",
"pose-settings-path":"/etc/labels/hrnet_settings.json"
}
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4. Run the gst-ai-daisychain-detection-pose application:
gst-ai-daisychain-detection-pose --config-file=/etc/configs/config-daisychain-detection-pose.json
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Note
For USB camera input, set the `video-format`, `resolution`, and `framerate` parameters in the configuration file to match the capabilities of the camera. To check the camera capabilities, see [Configure USB camera](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-80021-8/usb.html#configure-usb-camera).
Note
If a drop in performance is observed, you can use YOLOv8 LiteRT model. For YOLOv8 export instructions, see Step 6 in [Prerequisites](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/download-model-and-label-files.html).
5. To display the available help options, run the following command in the SSH shell:
gst-ai-daisychain-detection-pose -h
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6. To stop the use case, use **CTRL + C**.
## Expected output

**Figure : Expected output for gst-ai-daisychain-detection-pose application**
## Pipeline flow
The following table lists the plugins used in the daisy chain detection and pose estimation pipeline:
| Plugin | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Camera source: [qtiqmmfsrc](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/qtiqmmfsrc.html) |
Captures the live stream from camera.
Uses tee to split the stream for inferencing.
|
| File source: filesrc |
Captures the video stream using filesrc, followed by qtdemux, which demultiplexes the stream.
Uses tee to split the stream for inferencing.
|
| RTSP source: rtspsrc |
Captures the RTSP stream using rtspsrc, followed by rtph264depay for video extraction.
Uses tee to split the stream for inferencing.
|
| USB camera source: v4l2src |
Captures the live stream from USB camera.
Uses tee to split the stream for inferencing.
|
| [qtimetamux](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/qtimetamux.html) | Multiplexes the stream. |
| h264parse | Parses the H.264 video. |
| [v4l2h264dec](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/v4l2h264dec.html) | Decodes the H.264 video stream. |
| [qtivsplit](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/qtivsplit.html) | Crops full frame into smaller frames based on the detected bounding boxes detected (maximum 4). |
| [qtimlvconverter](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/qtimlvconverter.html) | Used by AI processing stream for preprocessing:
Receives the video stream on its sink pad.
Performs the following preprocessing on the stream data. This preprocessing is done when the model expects floating-point values as input.
Color conversion
Scaling (up or down)
Normalization
Converts the preprocessed video stream to a tensor stream on its source pad.
The tensor stream is used for inferencing in the later stages of the pipeline. |
| [qtimltflite](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/qtimltflite.html) |
After the inference runtime receives the tensor stream on its sink pad, it runs the inference.
Produces a tensor stream with the inference results on its source pad.
|
| [qtimlpostprocess](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/qtimlpostprocess.html) for detection model | Handles inference results from any object detection model.
Applies a threshold to the chosen number of results.
Loads the YOLOv8 module.
Generates results in the form of video frames with detection labels.
Produces video frames with only bounding boxes that can be cropped.
|
| [qtimlpostprocess](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/qtimlpostprocess.html) for pose estimation |
Applies a threshold to the chosen number of results.
Loads corresponding modules for various pose detection models.
In the use case described in this section, qtimlpostprocess does the following:
Loads the HRNet module.
Produces results in the form of video frames with drawn poses.
Sends the results to the sink pad of qtivcomposer for further processing or display.
Forwards the video stream received on its sink pad to Weston.
Weston renders the video stream on a local display.
|
| filesink | Receives the video stream on sink pad and saves it as an H.264-encoded MP4 file. |
| qtirtspbin |
Serves as a network sink.
Transmits UDP packets to the network.
|
## Config JSON field description
The different parameters available to configure the JSON file and run the use case are as follows:
Table : Field description–config_daisychain_detection_pose.json file
| Field | Values/description |
| --- | --- |
| **Input source** | Use one of the following input sources:
input-file: The directory path to the video file.
rtsp-ip-port: The address of the RTSP stream in rtsp://<ip>:<port>/<stream> format.
enable-usb-camera: Set to TRUE or FALSE.
|
| **Models and labels** |
detection-model: The path to the detection model.
detection-labels: The path to the detection label.
pose-model: The path to the pose model.
pose-labels: The path to the pose label.
|
| **Output source** | `output-file`: The directory path to save the output file. The display isn't enabled if this field is empty. |
| **USB camera video-format and resolution** | Use one of the following video-format:
nv12
yuy2
mjpeg
Use one of the following resolution fields:
width: Input USB camera source resolution width.
height: Input USB camera source resolution height.
framerate: Input USB camera source framerate.
|
| **detection-runtime and classification-runtime** | Takes CPU, GPU, and DSP as input and inferences respective use case model in a particular runtime. |
## Known issue
Lag is observed with camera source on QCS6490 with both YOLOX and YOLOv8 models.
## Related information
- [Daisy chain detection and pose detection using Python](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/daisy-chain-detection-and-pose-detection-using-python.html)
- [Object detection](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-80021-50/topic/gst-ai-object-detection.html)
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