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importCaffeLayers

Import convolutional neural network layers from Caffe

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layers= importCaffeLayers(protofile)imports the layers of a Caffe[1]network. The function returns the layers defined in the.prototxtfileprotofile.

This function requiresDeep Learning Toolbox™ Importer for Caffe Modelssupport package. If this support package is not installed, then the function provides a download link.

You can download pretrained networks from Caffe Model Zoo[2].

layers= importCaffeLayers(protofile,'InputSize',sz)specifies the size of the input data. If the.prototxtfile does not specify the size of the input data, then you must specify the input size.

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Download and installDeep Learning Toolbox Importer for Caffe Modelssupport package.

Download the required support package by typingimportCaffeLayersat the command line.

importCaffeLayers

IfDeep Learning Toolbox Importer for Caffe Modelssupport package is not installed, then the function provides a link to the required support package in the Add-On Explorer. To install the support package, click the link, and then clickInstall.

Specify the example file'digitsnet.prototxt'to import.

protofile ='digitsnet.prototxt';

Import the network layers.

layers = importCaffeLayers(protofile)
层= 1 x7层阵列层:1“testdata”Image Input 28x28x1 images 2 'conv1' Convolution 20 5x5x1 convolutions with stride [1 1] and padding [0 0] 3 'relu1' ReLU ReLU 4 'pool1' Max Pooling 2x2 max pooling with stride [2 2] and padding [0 0] 5 'ip1' Fully Connected 10 fully connected layer 6 'loss' Softmax softmax 7 'output' Classification Output crossentropyex with 'class1', 'class2', and 8 other classes

Input Arguments

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File name of the.prototxtfile containing the network architecture, specified as a character vector or a string scalar.protofilemust be in the current folder, in a folder on the MATLAB®path, or you must include a full or relative path to the file. If the.prototxtfile does not specify the size of the input data, you must specify the size using theszinput argument.

Example:'digitsnet.prototxt'

Size of input data, specified as a row vector. Specify a vector of two or three integer values[h,w], or[h,w,c]corresponding to the height, width, and the number of channels of the input data.

Example:[28 28 1]

Output Arguments

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Network architecture, returned as aLayerarray or aLayerGraphobject. Caffe networks that take color images as input expect the images to be in BGR format. During import,importCaffeLayersmodifies the network so that the imported MATLAB network takes RGB images as input.

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Use Imported Network Layers on GPU

importCaffeLayersdoes not execute on a GPU. However,importCaffeLayersimports the layers of a pretrained neural network for deep learning as aLayerarray orLayerGraphobject, which you can use on a GPU.

  • Convert the imported layers to aDAGNetworkobject by usingassembleNetwork. On theDAGNetworkobject, you can then predict class labels on either a CPU or GPU by usingclassify. Specify the hardware requirements using the name-value argumentExecutionEnvironment. For networks with multiple outputs, use thepredictfunction and specify the name-value argumentReturnCategoricalastrue.

  • Convert the importedLayerGraphobject to adlnetworkobject by usingdlnetwork. On thedlnetworkobject, you can then predict class labels on either a CPU or GPU by usingpredict. The functionpredictexecutes on the GPU if either the input data or network parameters are stored on the GPU.

    • If you useminibatchqueueto process and manage the mini-batches of input data, theminibatchqueueobject converts the output to a GPU array by default if a GPU is available.

    • Usedlupdateto convert the learnable parameters of adlnetworkobject to GPU arrays.

      dlnet = dlupdate(@gpuarray,dlnet)

  • You can train the imported layers on either a CPU or GPU by usingtrainNetwork. To specify training options, including options for the execution environment, use thetrainingOptionsfunction. Specify the hardware requirements using the name-value argumentExecutionEnvironment. For more information on how to accelerate training, seeScale Up Deep Learning in Parallel, on GPUs, and in the Cloud.

Using a GPU requires Parallel Computing Toolbox™ and a supported GPU device. For information on supported devices, seeGPU Support by Release(Parallel Computing Toolbox).

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Introduced in R2017a