The pipeline is used to **extract the feature vector of a given image**. It first normalizes the image and then uses Resnet50 model to generate the vector.
The pipeline is used to **extract the feature vector of a given image**. It first normalizes the image and then uses Resnet model to generate the vector.
## Interface
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>>> from PIL import Image
>>> img = Image.open('path/to/your/image') # for example, './test.jpg'
> This pipeline uses the resnet50 model, you can also change the parameters `resnet50` in the local file **~/.towhee/image_embedding_resnet50&towhee$main/image_embedding_resnet.yaml** to the `resnet101` model.
## How it works
This pipeline includes two main operators: [transform image](https://hub.towhee.io/towhee/transform-image-operator-class) (implemented as [towhee/transform-image](https://hub.towhee.io/towhee/transform-image)) and [image embedding](https://hub.towhee.io/towhee/image-embedding-operator-class) (implemented as [towhee/resnet50-image-embedding](https://hub.towhee.io/towhee/resnet50-image-embedding)). The transform image operator will first convert the original image into a normalized format, such as with 512x512 resolutions. Then, the normalized image will be encoded via image embedding operator, and finally we get a feature vector of the given image.
This pipeline includes two main operators: [transform image](https://hub.towhee.io/towhee/transform-image-operator-class) (implemented as [towhee/transform-image](https://hub.towhee.io/towhee/transform-image)) and [image embedding](https://hub.towhee.io/towhee/image-embedding-operator-class) (implemented as [towhee/resnet-image-embedding](https://hub.towhee.io/towhee/resnet-image-embedding)). The transform image operator will first convert the original image into a normalized format, such as with 512x512 resolutions. Then, the normalized image will be encoded via image embedding operator, and finally we get a feature vector of the given image.
> Refer [Towhee architecture](https://github.com/towhee-io/towhee#towhee-architecture) for basic concepts in Towhee: pipeline, operator, dataframe.