EdjeElectronics/TensorFlow-Lite-Object-Detection-on-Android-and-Raspberry-Pi

A guide showing how to train TensorFlow Lite object detection models and run them on Android, the Raspberry Pi, and more! TensorFlow Lite is an optimized framework for deploying lightweight deep learning models on resource-constrained edge devices. TensorFlow Lite models have faster inference time and require less processing power, so they can be used to obtain faster performance in realtime applications. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for how train a custom TensorFlow Object Detection model, convert it into an optimized format that can be used by TensorFlow Lite, and run it on Android phones or the Raspberry Pi. The guide is broken into three major portions. Each portion will have its own dedicated README file in this repository. This repository also contains Python code for running the newly converted TensorFlow Lite model to perform detection on images, videos, or webcam feeds. I used TensorFlow v1.13 while creating this guide, because TF v1.13 is a stable version that has great support from Anaconda. I will periodically update the guide to make sure it works with newer versions of TensorFlow.