COCO数据集的介绍及使用

COCO数据集格式（只分析目标检测）

现在使用coco数据集基本上是通过pycocotools来调用的，所以如果想自己构建coco数据集，那么最好阅读pycocotools源码，了解是通过什么方式调用image和annotation

pycocotools源码解读

class COCO:
    def __init__(self, annotation_file=None):
        """
        Constructor of Microsoft COCO helper class for reading and visualizing annotations.
        :param annotation_file (str): location of annotation file
        :param image_folder (str): location to the folder that hosts images.
        :return:
        """
        # load dataset
        self.dataset,self.anns,self.cats,self.imgs = dict(),dict(),dict(),dict()
        self.imgToAnns, self.catToImgs = defaultdict(list), defaultdict(list)# 创建一个赋值默认为list的字典
        if not annotation_file == None:
            print('loading annotations into memory...')
            tic = time.time()
            dataset = json.load(open(annotation_file, 'r'))
            assert type(dataset)==dict, 'annotation file format {} not supported'.format(type(dataset))
            print('Done (t={:0.2f}s)'.format(time.time()- tic))
            self.dataset = dataset# 加载的json
            self.createIndex()

    def createIndex(self):
        # create index
        print('creating index...')
        anns, cats, imgs = {
   }, {
   }, {
   }
        imgToAnns,catToImgs = defaultdict(list),defaultdict(list)#
        if 'annotations' in self.dataset:
            for ann in self.dataset['annotations']:
                imgToAnns[ann['image_id']].append(ann)# 根据imgid找annotation（一个image id对应不止一个annotation）<