PaddleDetectionv2.7.0

[shiyutang]

New Projects:

• Added SQR enhancement strategy based on PPDET Deformable DETR. (add SQR for Deformable DETR #8579)
• Added RT-DETR model. (add rtdetr final #8094)
• Added semi-supervised detection based on RT-DETR. (RT-DETR with semi-supervised object detection #8336)

New Features:

• Provide Chinese support in draw_bbox. (support to chinese in draw_bbox #8581)
• Support specifying the priority of step and epoch in LinearWarmup. (support to specify priority about steps and epochs in LinearWarmup #8540)
• Compatible with pillow upgrade to 10.0. (Update Pillow version to 10.0.0 #8446)

BugFix:

• Fixed the problem of video memory usage and slowdown after Paddle supports stride. (support stride and speed up #8489)
• Fix import error and modify visualize.py. ([BugFix] Import error #8476)
• Fix v.dtype in ema blacklist. (fix v dtype in ema blacklist #8466)
• Fix image_resize_c error reporting problem during inference. ([BugFix] Errors in Update pillow #8460)
• Fixed textbbox error reporting problem in ImageDraw. ([BugFix] fix_textbbox in ImageDraw #8455)
• Fixed picodet_layout error in Paddle2.5 and added nms_cpu parameter. (add nms_cpu for layout_picodet #8453)
• Fixed long warning in training. (fix ppdet/utils/states #8421)
• Fix iou_score error reporting problem and modify ppdet/modeling/losses/detr_loss.py. ([Fix] RT-DETR SSOD iou_score #8409)
• Fixed the 0-dimensional problem in solov2. ([SoloV2] Zero Dim的问题已经导致SoloV2无法工作 #8643)
• Fixed distributed parameters to solve the problem of error reporting when running multiple cards on non-GPU device TIPC. ([TIPC]fix tipc script #8635)
• Fixed removal of fluid calls and modified deploy/pipeline/ppvehicle/vehicle_plateutils.py. (remove fluid #8631)

Documentations:

• Updated the README_cn.md document and added the Flying Plate AI Kit description. (update readme for paddlex #8601)
• Add and release RTDETR Obj365 pre-training model document and modify configs/rtdetr/README.md. (add rtdetr obj365, test=document_fix #8567)
• Fixed typos in README_en.md document. (Update README_en.md #8551)
• Update xpu tipc script. ([TIPC]update xpu tipc script #8546)
• Added data set alias COCODetDataset. (add dataset alias for PaddleX #8503)
• Add obj365 pre-trained model parameters. (Add obj365 pretrained weights #8500)
• Update npu python version in tipc config. ([NPU] update npu python version in tipc config #8485)
• Adapt and upgrade libmkldnn, modify deploy/cpp/CMakeLists.txt. (适配升级libmkldnn #8442)

Projects：

• 基于PPDET Deformable DETR 新增 SQR增强策略。（add SQR for Deformable DETR #8579）
• 新增RTDeTR模型。（add rtdetr final #8094）
• 新增基于rt-detr的半监督检测。（RT-DETR with semi-supervised object detection #8336）

New Features:

• 在draw_bbox中提供中文支持。（support to chinese in draw_bbox #8581）
• 支持在 LinearWarmup 中指定step和epoch的优先级。（support to specify priority about steps and epochs in LinearWarmup #8540）
• 兼容 pillow 升级至10.0。（Update Pillow version to 10.0.0 #8446）

BugFix:

• 修复Paddle支持stride后，显存占用，运行降速问题。（support stride and speed up #8489）
• 修复import错误，修改visualize.py。（[BugFix] Import error #8476）
• 修复ema blacklist中v.dtype。（fix v dtype in ema blacklist #8466）
• 修复推理时image_resize_c报错问题。（[BugFix] Errors in Update pillow #8460）
• 修复ImageDraw中的textbbox报错问题。（[BugFix] fix_textbbox in ImageDraw #8455）
• 修复Paddle2.5中picodet_layout报错，增加nms_cpu参数。（add nms_cpu for layout_picodet #8453）
• 修复训练出现长警告。（fix ppdet/utils/states #8421）
• 修复iou_score报错问题，修改ppdet/modeling/losses/detr_loss.py。（[Fix] RT-DETR SSOD iou_score #8409）
• 修复solov2中0维问题。（[SoloV2] Zero Dim的问题已经导致SoloV2无法工作 #8643）
• 修复分布式参数以解决非GPU设备TIPC时多卡运行报错的问题。（[TIPC]fix tipc script #8635）
• 修复移除fluid调用，修改deploy/pipeline/ppvehicle/vehicle_plateutils.py。（remove fluid #8631）

Documentations:

• 更新README_cn.md文档，加入飞浆AI套件说明。（update readme for paddlex #8601）
• 添加发布RTDETR Obj365预训练模型文档，修改configs/rtdetr/README.md。（add rtdetr obj365, test=document_fix #8567）
• 修正README_en.md文档拼写错误。（Update README_en.md #8551）
• 更新xpu tipc脚本。（[TIPC]update xpu tipc script #8546）
• 增加数据集别名COCODetDataset。（add dataset alias for PaddleX #8503）
• 添加obj365预训练模型参数。（Add obj365 pretrained weights #8500）
• 更新tipc config中npu python版本。（[NPU] update npu python version in tipc config #8485）
• 适配升级libmkldnn，修改deploy/cpp/CMakeLists.txt。（适配升级libmkldnn #8442）

New Contributors

• @veyron95 made their first contribution in config use_shard_memory for fcos_reader to speed up data processing #7746
• @ZhangYulongg made their first contribution in fix tipc inference benchmark params #7759
• @Zhao-Yian made their first contribution in add group detr for dino #7865
• @DefTruth made their first contribution in [FastDeploy] support ppdet with fastdeploy on many hardwares #7950
• @dust8 made their first contribution in fix picodet docs #8005
• @xiaoluomi made their first contribution in add rtdetr act demo #8211
• @flytocc made their first contribution in 【Hackathon + No.163】基于PaddleDetection PP-TinyPose，新增手势关键点检测模型 #8066
• @khan-yin made their first contribution in 【Hackathon + No.161】论文复现：CLRNet: Cross Layer Refinement Network for Lane Detection #8278
• @zhangting2020 made their first contribution in improve amp training and fix nan error #8305
• @EmmonsCurse made their first contribution in fix the error of defined more than once #8351
• @nijkah made their first contribution in [Fix] RT-DETR SSOD iou_score #8409
• @Pcjmmc made their first contribution in 适配升级libmkldnn #8442
• @livingbody made their first contribution in Update Pillow version to 10.0.0 #8446
• @shiyutang made their first contribution in [BugFix] fix_textbbox in ImageDraw #8455

Full Changelog: v2.6.0...v2.7.0

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