README.md

---
library_name: pytorch
license: apache-2.0
pipeline_tag: object-detection
tags:
- real_time
- android

---

![](https://qaihub-public-assets.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/qai-hub-models/models/mediapipe_face/web-assets/model_demo.png)

# MediaPipe-Face-Detection: Optimized for Mobile Deployment
## Detect faces and locate facial features in real-time video and image streams


Designed for sub-millisecond processing, this model predicts bounding boxes and pose skeletons (left eye, right eye, nose tip, mouth, left eye tragion, and right eye tragion) of faces in an image.

This model is an implementation of MediaPipe-Face-Detection found [here](https://github.com/zmurez/MediaPipePyTorch/).


This repository provides scripts to run MediaPipe-Face-Detection on Qualcomm® devices.
More details on model performance across various devices, can be found
[here](https://aihub.qualcomm.com/models/mediapipe_face).


### Model Details

- **Model Type:** Object detection
- **Model Stats:**
  - Input resolution: 256x256
  - Number of parameters (MediaPipeFaceDetector): 135K
  - Model size (MediaPipeFaceDetector): 565 KB
  - Number of parameters (MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector): 603K
  - Model size (MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector): 2.34 MB
  - Number of output classes: 6

| Model | Device | Chipset | Target Runtime | Inference Time (ms) | Peak Memory Range (MB) | Precision | Primary Compute Unit | Target Model
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | Samsung Galaxy S23 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 | TFLITE | 0.548 ms | 0 - 1 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | Samsung Galaxy S23 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 | QNN | 0.626 ms | 1 - 6 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.so](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.so) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | Samsung Galaxy S23 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 | ONNX | 1.017 ms | 0 - 3 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.onnx](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.onnx) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | Samsung Galaxy S24 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 | TFLITE | 0.407 ms | 0 - 34 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | Samsung Galaxy S24 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 | QNN | 0.463 ms | 1 - 13 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.so](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.so) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | Samsung Galaxy S24 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 | ONNX | 0.736 ms | 0 - 39 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.onnx](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.onnx) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | Snapdragon 8 Elite QRD | Snapdragon® 8 Elite | TFLITE | 0.434 ms | 0 - 24 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | Snapdragon 8 Elite QRD | Snapdragon® 8 Elite | QNN | 0.458 ms | 0 - 12 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | Snapdragon 8 Elite QRD | Snapdragon® 8 Elite | ONNX | 0.751 ms | 0 - 28 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.onnx](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.onnx) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | QCS8550 (Proxy) | QCS8550 Proxy | TFLITE | 0.545 ms | 0 - 1 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | QCS8550 (Proxy) | QCS8550 Proxy | QNN | 0.603 ms | 1 - 2 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | SA8255 (Proxy) | SA8255P Proxy | TFLITE | 0.549 ms | 0 - 71 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | SA8255 (Proxy) | SA8255P Proxy | QNN | 0.604 ms | 1 - 2 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | SA8775 (Proxy) | SA8775P Proxy | TFLITE | 0.546 ms | 0 - 3 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | SA8775 (Proxy) | SA8775P Proxy | QNN | 0.605 ms | 1 - 3 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | SA8650 (Proxy) | SA8650P Proxy | TFLITE | 0.549 ms | 0 - 1 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | SA8650 (Proxy) | SA8650P Proxy | QNN | 0.609 ms | 1 - 2 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | SA8295P ADP | SA8295P | TFLITE | 1.163 ms | 0 - 21 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | SA8295P ADP | SA8295P | QNN | 1.261 ms | 1 - 6 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | QCS8450 (Proxy) | QCS8450 Proxy | TFLITE | 0.747 ms | 0 - 32 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | QCS8450 (Proxy) | QCS8450 Proxy | QNN | 0.838 ms | 1 - 15 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | Snapdragon X Elite CRD | Snapdragon® X Elite | QNN | 0.755 ms | 1 - 1 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceDetector | Snapdragon X Elite CRD | Snapdragon® X Elite | ONNX | 1.032 ms | 2 - 2 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.onnx](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceDetector.onnx) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | Samsung Galaxy S23 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 | TFLITE | 0.184 ms | 0 - 1 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | Samsung Galaxy S23 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 | QNN | 0.277 ms | 0 - 7 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.so](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.so) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | Samsung Galaxy S23 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 2 | ONNX | 0.501 ms | 0 - 3 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.onnx](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.onnx) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | Samsung Galaxy S24 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 | TFLITE | 0.148 ms | 0 - 28 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | Samsung Galaxy S24 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 | QNN | 0.206 ms | 0 - 12 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.so](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.so) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | Samsung Galaxy S24 | Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 | ONNX | 0.385 ms | 0 - 31 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.onnx](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.onnx) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | Snapdragon 8 Elite QRD | Snapdragon® 8 Elite | TFLITE | 0.123 ms | 0 - 18 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | Snapdragon 8 Elite QRD | Snapdragon® 8 Elite | QNN | 0.175 ms | 0 - 9 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | Snapdragon 8 Elite QRD | Snapdragon® 8 Elite | ONNX | 0.319 ms | 0 - 18 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.onnx](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.onnx) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | QCS8550 (Proxy) | QCS8550 Proxy | TFLITE | 0.194 ms | 0 - 1 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | QCS8550 (Proxy) | QCS8550 Proxy | QNN | 0.274 ms | 0 - 2 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | SA8255 (Proxy) | SA8255P Proxy | TFLITE | 0.226 ms | 0 - 2 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | SA8255 (Proxy) | SA8255P Proxy | QNN | 0.282 ms | 0 - 1 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | SA8775 (Proxy) | SA8775P Proxy | TFLITE | 0.195 ms | 0 - 2 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | SA8775 (Proxy) | SA8775P Proxy | QNN | 0.276 ms | 0 - 2 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | SA8650 (Proxy) | SA8650P Proxy | TFLITE | 0.199 ms | 0 - 1 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | SA8650 (Proxy) | SA8650P Proxy | QNN | 0.273 ms | 0 - 2 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | SA8295P ADP | SA8295P | TFLITE | 0.589 ms | 0 - 17 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | SA8295P ADP | SA8295P | QNN | 0.782 ms | 0 - 6 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | QCS8450 (Proxy) | QCS8450 Proxy | TFLITE | 0.277 ms | 0 - 29 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.tflite](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.tflite) |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | QCS8450 (Proxy) | QCS8450 Proxy | QNN | 0.379 ms | 0 - 12 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | Snapdragon X Elite CRD | Snapdragon® X Elite | QNN | 0.402 ms | 0 - 0 MB | FP16 | NPU | Use Export Script |
| MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector | Snapdragon X Elite CRD | Snapdragon® X Elite | ONNX | 0.516 ms | 2 - 2 MB | FP16 | NPU | [MediaPipe-Face-Detection.onnx](https://huggingface.co/qualcomm/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/blob/main/MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.onnx) |




## Installation

This model can be installed as a Python package via pip.

```bash
pip install qai-hub-models
```


## Configure Qualcomm® AI Hub to run this model on a cloud-hosted device

Sign-in to [Qualcomm® AI Hub](https://app.aihub.qualcomm.com/) with your
Qualcomm® ID. Once signed in navigate to `Account -> Settings -> API Token`.

With this API token, you can configure your client to run models on the cloud
hosted devices.
```bash
qai-hub configure --api_token API_TOKEN
```
Navigate to [docs](https://app.aihub.qualcomm.com/docs/) for more information.



## Demo off target

The package contains a simple end-to-end demo that downloads pre-trained
weights and runs this model on a sample input.

```bash
python -m qai_hub_models.models.mediapipe_face.demo
```

The above demo runs a reference implementation of pre-processing, model
inference, and post processing.

**NOTE**: If you want running in a Jupyter Notebook or Google Colab like
environment, please add the following to your cell (instead of the above).
```
%run -m qai_hub_models.models.mediapipe_face.demo
```


### Run model on a cloud-hosted device

In addition to the demo, you can also run the model on a cloud-hosted Qualcomm®
device. This script does the following:
* Performance check on-device on a cloud-hosted device
* Downloads compiled assets that can be deployed on-device for Android.
* Accuracy check between PyTorch and on-device outputs.

```bash
python -m qai_hub_models.models.mediapipe_face.export
```
```
Profiling Results
------------------------------------------------------------
MediaPipeFaceDetector
Device                          : Samsung Galaxy S23 (13)
Runtime                         : TFLITE                 
Estimated inference time (ms)   : 0.5                    
Estimated peak memory usage (MB): [0, 1]                 
Total # Ops                     : 111                    
Compute Unit(s)                 : NPU (111 ops)          

------------------------------------------------------------
MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector
Device                          : Samsung Galaxy S23 (13)
Runtime                         : TFLITE                 
Estimated inference time (ms)   : 0.2                    
Estimated peak memory usage (MB): [0, 1]                 
Total # Ops                     : 100                    
Compute Unit(s)                 : NPU (100 ops)          
```


## How does this work?

This [export script](https://aihub.qualcomm.com/models/mediapipe_face/qai_hub_models/models/MediaPipe-Face-Detection/export.py)
leverages [Qualcomm® AI Hub](https://aihub.qualcomm.com/) to optimize, validate, and deploy this model
on-device. Lets go through each step below in detail:

Step 1: **Compile model for on-device deployment**

To compile a PyTorch model for on-device deployment, we first trace the model
in memory using the `jit.trace` and then call the `submit_compile_job` API.

```python
import torch

import qai_hub as hub
from qai_hub_models.models.mediapipe_face import MediaPipeFaceDetector,MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector

# Load the model
face_detector_model = MediaPipeFaceDetector.from_pretrained()
face_landmark_detector_model = MediaPipeFaceLandmarkDetector.from_pretrained()

# Device
device = hub.Device("Samsung Galaxy S23")

# Trace model
face_detector_input_shape = face_detector_model.get_input_spec()
face_detector_sample_inputs = face_detector_model.sample_inputs()

traced_face_detector_model = torch.jit.trace(face_detector_model, [torch.tensor(data[0]) for _, data in face_detector_sample_inputs.items()])

# Compile model on a specific device
face_detector_compile_job = hub.submit_compile_job(
    model=traced_face_detector_model ,
    device=device,
    input_specs=face_detector_model.get_input_spec(),
)

# Get target model to run on-device
face_detector_target_model = face_detector_compile_job.get_target_model()
# Trace model
face_landmark_detector_input_shape = face_landmark_detector_model.get_input_spec()
face_landmark_detector_sample_inputs = face_landmark_detector_model.sample_inputs()

traced_face_landmark_detector_model = torch.jit.trace(face_landmark_detector_model, [torch.tensor(data[0]) for _, data in face_landmark_detector_sample_inputs.items()])

# Compile model on a specific device
face_landmark_detector_compile_job = hub.submit_compile_job(
    model=traced_face_landmark_detector_model ,
    device=device,
    input_specs=face_landmark_detector_model.get_input_spec(),
)

# Get target model to run on-device
face_landmark_detector_target_model = face_landmark_detector_compile_job.get_target_model()

```


Step 2: **Performance profiling on cloud-hosted device**

After compiling models from step 1. Models can be profiled model on-device using the
`target_model`. Note that this scripts runs the model on a device automatically
provisioned in the cloud.  Once the job is submitted, you can navigate to a
provided job URL to view a variety of on-device performance metrics.
```python
face_detector_profile_job = hub.submit_profile_job(
    model=face_detector_target_model,
    device=device,
)
face_landmark_detector_profile_job = hub.submit_profile_job(
    model=face_landmark_detector_target_model,
    device=device,
)

```

Step 3: **Verify on-device accuracy**

To verify the accuracy of the model on-device, you can run on-device inference
on sample input data on the same cloud hosted device.
```python
face_detector_input_data = face_detector_model.sample_inputs()
face_detector_inference_job = hub.submit_inference_job(
    model=face_detector_target_model,
    device=device,
    inputs=face_detector_input_data,
)
face_detector_inference_job.download_output_data()
face_landmark_detector_input_data = face_landmark_detector_model.sample_inputs()
face_landmark_detector_inference_job = hub.submit_inference_job(
    model=face_landmark_detector_target_model,
    device=device,
    inputs=face_landmark_detector_input_data,
)
face_landmark_detector_inference_job.download_output_data()

```
With the output of the model, you can compute like PSNR, relative errors or
spot check the output with expected output.

**Note**: This on-device profiling and inference requires access to Qualcomm®
AI Hub. [Sign up for access](https://myaccount.qualcomm.com/signup).




## Deploying compiled model to Android


The models can be deployed using multiple runtimes:
- TensorFlow Lite (`.tflite` export): [This
  tutorial](https://www.tensorflow.org/lite/android/quickstart) provides a
  guide to deploy the .tflite model in an Android application.


- QNN (`.so` export ): This [sample
  app](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/topics/80-63442-50/sample_app.html)
provides instructions on how to use the `.so` shared library  in an Android application.


## View on Qualcomm® AI Hub
Get more details on MediaPipe-Face-Detection's performance across various devices [here](https://aihub.qualcomm.com/models/mediapipe_face).
Explore all available models on [Qualcomm® AI Hub](https://aihub.qualcomm.com/)


## License
* The license for the original implementation of MediaPipe-Face-Detection can be found [here](https://github.com/zmurez/MediaPipePyTorch/blob/master/LICENSE).
* The license for the compiled assets for on-device deployment can be found [here](https://qaihub-public-assets.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/qai-hub-models/Qualcomm+AI+Hub+Proprietary+License.pdf)



## References
* [BlazeFace: Sub-millisecond Neural Face Detection on Mobile GPUs](https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.05047)
* [Source Model Implementation](https://github.com/zmurez/MediaPipePyTorch/)



## Community
* Join [our AI Hub Slack community](https://aihub.qualcomm.com/community/slack) to collaborate, post questions and learn more about on-device AI.
* For questions or feedback please [reach out to us](mailto:[email protected]).