docling_pdf/layout.rs
1//! Layout detection via the RT-DETR (`docling-layout-heron`) model exported to
2//! ONNX, run with `ort`. A port of docling-ibm-models' `LayoutPredictor`:
3//! resize the page image to 640×640 and rescale to `[0,1]` (the heron processor
4//! has `do_normalize=false`), run the model, then RT-DETR
5//! `post_process_object_detection` (sigmoid → top-k over query×class →
6//! center-to-corners boxes scaled to the page).
7
8#[cfg(feature = "ml")]
9use image::imageops::FilterType;
10#[cfg(feature = "ml")]
11use ort::session::Session;
12#[cfg(feature = "ml")]
13use ort::value::Tensor;
14
15/// The 17 canonical layout classes, indexed by the model's class id
16/// (`config.json` `id2label`).
17pub const LABELS: [&str; 17] = [
18 "caption",
19 "footnote",
20 "formula",
21 "list_item",
22 "page_footer",
23 "page_header",
24 "picture",
25 "section_header",
26 "table",
27 "text",
28 "title",
29 "document_index",
30 "code",
31 "checkbox_selected",
32 "checkbox_unselected",
33 "form",
34 "key_value_region",
35];
36
37/// One detected region, in page points (top-left origin).
38#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
39pub struct Region {
40 pub label: &'static str,
41 pub score: f32,
42 pub l: f32,
43 pub t: f32,
44 pub r: f32,
45 pub b: f32,
46}
47
48/// What a layout inference call receives per page — which resize kernel packs
49/// the 640×640 model input depends on it (docling parity, #58-branch):
50///
51/// docling's layout stage runs on `page.get_image(scale=1.0)` — the
52/// point-sized page image (pdfium at 1.5×, PIL-BICUBIC down) — which its
53/// RT-DETR processor then stretches to 640×640 with **PIL BILINEAR**
54/// (`preprocessor_config.json`: `do_pad: false`, `resample: 2`; no letterbox,
55/// no normalize beyond `/255`). [`PageImage`](LayoutSrc::PageImage) is that
56/// image and goes through the byte-exact PIL kernel. [`Raw`](LayoutSrc::Raw)
57/// is any other bitmap (the browser path's canvas render, METS/TIFF page
58/// scans) and keeps the legacy Triangle stretch.
59#[cfg(feature = "ocr-prep")]
60#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
61pub enum LayoutSrc<'a> {
62 /// The scale-1.0 page image (`PdfPage::image_layout`), docling-exact.
63 PageImage(&'a image::RgbImage),
64 /// Any other page bitmap — legacy stretch.
65 Raw(&'a image::RgbImage),
66}
67
68/// Base confidence threshold (docling-ibm-models `base_threshold`): the raw
69/// RT-DETR floor before docling's `LayoutPostprocessor` applies its stricter
70/// per-label thresholds ([`label_threshold`]).
71const THRESHOLD: f32 = 0.3;
72/// RT-DETR's fixed square input side.
73pub const SIDE: u32 = 640;
74
75/// Per-label confidence threshold, ported from docling's
76/// `LayoutPostprocessor.CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLDS`. The raw predictor keeps every
77/// detection above the 0.3 base; the postprocessor then drops a cluster whose
78/// score is below its label's threshold. Applying it here (equivalent, since
79/// every per-label threshold is ≥ the 0.3 base) keeps low-confidence pictures /
80/// tables / list-items out of the assembly, matching docling.
81pub fn label_threshold(label: &str) -> f32 {
82 match label {
83 "section_header"
84 | "title"
85 | "code"
86 | "checkbox_selected"
87 | "checkbox_unselected"
88 | "form"
89 | "key_value_region"
90 | "document_index" => 0.45,
91 // caption, footnote, formula, list_item, page_footer, page_header,
92 // picture, table, text — all 0.5 in docling.
93 _ => 0.5,
94 }
95}
96
97#[cfg(feature = "ml")]
98pub struct LayoutModel {
99 session: Session,
100 /// Set when a multi-page inference fails — e.g. a locally built pre-#73
101 /// static graph (fixed batch=1) via `DOCLING_LAYOUT_ONNX` or a stale
102 /// `layout_heron_int8.onnx`. Batched calls then fall back to per-page runs
103 /// instead of failing the conversion.
104 batch_unsupported: bool,
105 /// The fp32 graph to escalate a suspicious page to, set only when the
106 /// *auto-selected* int8 graph loaded (an explicit `DOCLING_LAYOUT_ONNX` /
107 /// `DOCLING_RS_FP32` choice is respected). Int8 confidences sit close
108 /// enough to the 0.5 label thresholds that a different CPU's quantized
109 /// kernels (AVX-VNNI vs AVX2, CUDA's fallback mix) can flip a whole page's
110 /// detections — observed as a bill page whose tables all dissolved into
111 /// orphan lines on one machine while converting perfectly on another.
112 fp32_path: Option<String>,
113 /// Lazily-loaded session over `fp32_path` — most documents never pay for it.
114 fp32: Option<Session>,
115 /// Intra-op threads, kept for the lazy fp32 load.
116 intra: usize,
117}
118
119#[cfg(feature = "ml")]
120impl LayoutModel {
121 /// Load the ONNX model from `DOCLING_LAYOUT_ONNX`. Without the override,
122 /// prefers `.models/layout_heron_int8.onnx` when present (the quantized
123 /// default; `DOCLING_RS_FP32=1` opts out), else `.models/layout_heron.onnx`.
124 pub fn load() -> Result<Self, String> {
125 Self::load_with(crate::intra_threads())
126 }
127
128 /// Like [`load`](Self::load) but with an explicit intra-op thread count. A
129 /// parallel page-worker pool loads its helper models on a single thread each
130 /// and gets its speed-up from running pages concurrently instead.
131 pub fn load_with(intra: usize) -> Result<Self, String> {
132 let path = crate::model_path(
133 "DOCLING_LAYOUT_ONNX",
134 ".models/layout_heron.onnx",
135 ".models/layout_heron_int8.onnx",
136 );
137 if crate::timing::enabled() {
138 eprintln!("docling-pdf: layout model: {path}");
139 }
140 // Escalation target for the quant-robustness guard: only when the
141 // int8 graph was picked automatically and the fp32 one is also there.
142 let fp32_path = if docling_core::env::nonempty("DOCLING_LAYOUT_ONNX").is_none() {
143 let fp32 = crate::resolve_asset(".models/layout_heron.onnx");
144 (path != fp32 && std::path::Path::new(&fp32).exists()).then_some(fp32)
145 } else {
146 None
147 };
148 let session = Self::open_session(&path, intra)?;
149 Ok(Self {
150 session,
151 batch_unsupported: false,
152 fp32_path,
153 fp32: None,
154 intra,
155 })
156 }
157
158 fn open_session(path: &str, intra: usize) -> Result<Session, String> {
159 // The layout model is the pipeline's first hard model dependency; a
160 // missing file here almost always means the models were never
161 // downloaded (`cargo install` ships none) — say what to do.
162 if !std::path::Path::new(path).exists() {
163 return Err(format!(
164 "layout: model not found at {path} — PDF/image conversion needs \
165 the ONNX models: fetch them with \
166 scripts/install/download_dependencies.sh from a docling.rs \
167 checkout (https://github.com/docling-project/docling.rs), or \
168 set DOCLING_LAYOUT_ONNX. A digital PDF's embedded text layer \
169 converts without models in no-OCR mode (CLI: --no-ocr)"
170 ));
171 }
172 let mut builder = Session::builder()
173 .map_err(|e| format!("layout: builder: {e}"))?
174 // Let inference use the available cores (ort otherwise defaults low);
175 // a large PDF runs this model once per page.
176 .with_intra_threads(intra)
177 .map_err(|e| format!("layout: intra_threads: {e}"))?;
178 // Per-page mode pins the model's dynamic `batch` axis to 1 (#339):
179 // the free dimension blocks ONNX Runtime's channels-last conv
180 // transform, so the graph runs NCHW `FusedConv` instead of
181 // `NhwcFusedConv` — the issue measured ~1.4× on Apple-silicon CPU
182 // for the same weights re-exported static. Overriding the dimension
183 // at session creation gets the static graph without a re-export; it
184 // also leaves the whole graph static-shaped, which is what the
185 // CoreML provider's static-partitions default (#324) wants. Batched
186 // mode keeps the axis free — those sessions must accept N pages.
187 if crate::pdf_layout_batch() == 1 {
188 builder = builder
189 .with_dimension_override("batch", 1)
190 .map_err(|e| format!("layout: dimension override: {e}"))?;
191 }
192 let builder = docling_onnx::apply(builder).map_err(|e| format!("layout: {e}"))?;
193 // The pinned batch axis changes the optimized graph — separate cache entry.
194 let variant = if crate::pdf_layout_batch() == 1 {
195 "batch=1"
196 } else {
197 "batch=dyn"
198 };
199 docling_onnx::commit(builder, path, variant)
200 .map_err(|e| format!("layout: load {path}: {e}"))
201 }
202
203 /// Re-run one page through the fp32 graph — the escape hatch for a page
204 /// whose int8 detections look implausible (see `fp32_path`). `Ok(None)`
205 /// when there is nothing to escalate to: fp32 already loaded, an explicit
206 /// model override, or no fp32 file on disk.
207 pub fn predict_fp32_fallback(
208 &mut self,
209 img: LayoutSrc<'_>,
210 page_w: f32,
211 page_h: f32,
212 ) -> Result<Option<Vec<Region>>, String> {
213 let Some(path) = self.fp32_path.clone() else {
214 return Ok(None);
215 };
216 if self.fp32.is_none() {
217 if crate::timing::enabled() {
218 eprintln!("docling-pdf: loading fp32 layout fallback: {path}");
219 }
220 self.fp32 = Some(Self::open_session(&path, self.intra)?);
221 }
222 let session = self.fp32.as_mut().expect("just loaded");
223 Ok(Some(
224 Self::run_on(session, &[(img, page_w, page_h)])?
225 .pop()
226 .expect("one result per input page"),
227 ))
228 }
229
230 /// Detect layout regions on a page image. `page_w`/`page_h` are the page size
231 /// in points; returned boxes are in those coordinates.
232 pub fn predict(
233 &mut self,
234 img: LayoutSrc<'_>,
235 page_w: f32,
236 page_h: f32,
237 ) -> Result<Vec<Region>, String> {
238 Ok(self
239 .predict_batch(&[(img, page_w, page_h)])?
240 .pop()
241 .expect("one result per input page"))
242 }
243
244 /// Detect layout regions on several page images with **one** inference call
245 /// (issue #73). The ONNX export has a dynamic batch dimension, so a worker
246 /// can amortize the per-run framework overhead and keep its cores busier on
247 /// multi-page documents. Results are per-image, index-aligned with `pages`,
248 /// and identical to calling [`predict`](Self::predict) per page.
249 pub fn predict_batch(
250 &mut self,
251 pages: &[(LayoutSrc<'_>, f32, f32)],
252 ) -> Result<Vec<Vec<Region>>, String> {
253 if pages.len() > 1 && self.batch_unsupported {
254 return self.predict_singly(pages);
255 }
256 match self.run_batch(pages) {
257 Err(e) if pages.len() > 1 => {
258 // A graph without the dynamic batch dim (pre-#73 export) fails
259 // only for batch > 1 — remember and recover per page. Warn once
260 // per process, not per worker: every worker owns a LayoutModel
261 // over the same graph file, so repeats carry no information.
262 static WARNED: std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool =
263 std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false);
264 if !WARNED.swap(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) {
265 eprintln!(
266 "docling-pdf: layout model rejected a {}-page batch ({e}); \
267 falling back to per-page inference — re-export with \
268 scripts/install/export_layout.py for batched layout",
269 pages.len()
270 );
271 }
272 self.batch_unsupported = true;
273 self.predict_singly(pages)
274 }
275 other => other,
276 }
277 }
278
279 fn predict_singly(
280 &mut self,
281 pages: &[(LayoutSrc<'_>, f32, f32)],
282 ) -> Result<Vec<Vec<Region>>, String> {
283 pages
284 .iter()
285 .map(|p| Ok(self.run_batch(&[*p])?.pop().expect("one result")))
286 .collect()
287 }
288
289 fn run_batch(
290 &mut self,
291 pages: &[(LayoutSrc<'_>, f32, f32)],
292 ) -> Result<Vec<Vec<Region>>, String> {
293 Self::run_on(&mut self.session, pages)
294 }
295
296 fn run_on(
297 session: &mut Session,
298 pages: &[(LayoutSrc<'_>, f32, f32)],
299 ) -> Result<Vec<Vec<Region>>, String> {
300 if pages.is_empty() {
301 return Ok(Vec::new());
302 }
303 // Resize each page to 640×640 (RT-DETR ignores aspect ratio), rescale to
304 // [0,1], lay out as NCHW. The kernel depends on the source (see
305 // [`LayoutSrc`]): the docling-exact page image goes through Pillow's
306 // BILINEAR (the RT-DETR processor's kernel, byte-for-byte), raw
307 // bitmaps keep the legacy Triangle stretch.
308 let n = (SIDE * SIDE) as usize;
309 let batch = pages.len();
310 let mut data = vec![0f32; batch * 3 * n];
311 for (p, (src, _, _)) in pages.iter().enumerate() {
312 let resized = match src {
313 LayoutSrc::PageImage(img) => crate::resample::pil_resize(
314 img,
315 SIDE,
316 SIDE,
317 crate::resample::PilFilter::Bilinear,
318 ),
319 LayoutSrc::Raw(img) => {
320 image::imageops::resize(*img, SIDE, SIDE, FilterType::Triangle)
321 }
322 };
323 let page_off = p * 3 * n;
324 for (i, px) in resized.pixels().enumerate() {
325 data[page_off + i] = px[0] as f32 / 255.0;
326 data[page_off + n + i] = px[1] as f32 / 255.0;
327 data[page_off + 2 * n + i] = px[2] as f32 / 255.0;
328 }
329 }
330 let input = Tensor::from_array(([batch, 3, SIDE as usize, SIDE as usize], data))
331 .map_err(|e| format!("layout: input tensor: {e}"))?;
332 let outputs = session
333 .run(ort::inputs!["pixel_values" => input])
334 .map_err(|e| format!("layout: inference: {e}"))?;
335 let (lshape, logits) = outputs["logits"]
336 .try_extract_tensor::<f32>()
337 .map_err(|e| format!("layout: extract logits: {e}"))?;
338 let (_, boxes) = outputs["pred_boxes"]
339 .try_extract_tensor::<f32>()
340 .map_err(|e| format!("layout: extract boxes: {e}"))?;
341
342 let num_queries = lshape[1] as usize;
343 let num_classes = lshape[2] as usize;
344
345 let mut all = Vec::with_capacity(batch);
346 for (p, (_, page_w, page_h)) in pages.iter().enumerate() {
347 let logits =
348 &logits[p * num_queries * num_classes..(p + 1) * num_queries * num_classes];
349 let boxes = &boxes[p * num_queries * 4..(p + 1) * num_queries * 4];
350 all.push(decode_layout(
351 logits,
352 boxes,
353 num_queries,
354 num_classes,
355 *page_w,
356 *page_h,
357 ));
358 }
359 Ok(all)
360 }
361}
362
363fn sigmoid(x: f32) -> f32 {
364 1.0 / (1.0 + (-x).exp())
365}
366
367/// Pack one page image into the model's `(1, 3, SIDE, SIDE)` input: resize
368/// (aspect ignored, RT-DETR convention), rescale to `[0,1]`, CHW. Shared
369/// with the browser build (#157), which delegates only the session call.
370#[cfg(feature = "ocr-prep")]
371pub fn layout_input(img: &image::RgbImage) -> Vec<f32> {
372 let n = (SIDE * SIDE) as usize;
373 let mut data = vec![0f32; 3 * n];
374 let resized = image::imageops::resize(img, SIDE, SIDE, image::imageops::FilterType::Triangle);
375 for (i, px) in resized.pixels().enumerate() {
376 data[i] = px[0] as f32 / 255.0;
377 data[n + i] = px[1] as f32 / 255.0;
378 data[2 * n + i] = px[2] as f32 / 255.0;
379 }
380 data
381}
382
383/// Decode one page's raw RT-DETR outputs into scored [`Region`]s in page
384/// points — sigmoid over every (query, class), top-`num_queries` kept, boxes
385/// converted center→corners and scaled. Shared with the browser build; the
386/// native batch path calls it per page, so both decode identically.
387pub fn decode_layout(
388 logits: &[f32],
389 boxes: &[f32],
390 num_queries: usize,
391 num_classes: usize,
392 page_w: f32,
393 page_h: f32,
394) -> Vec<Region> {
395 let mut scored: Vec<(f32, usize)> = (0..num_queries * num_classes)
396 .map(|idx| (sigmoid(logits[idx]), idx))
397 .collect();
398 scored.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| b.0.total_cmp(&a.0));
399 scored.truncate(num_queries);
400
401 let mut regions = Vec::new();
402 for (score, idx) in scored {
403 if score <= THRESHOLD {
404 continue;
405 }
406 let label_id = idx % num_classes;
407 let q = idx / num_classes;
408 let cx = boxes[q * 4];
409 let cy = boxes[q * 4 + 1];
410 let w = boxes[q * 4 + 2];
411 let h = boxes[q * 4 + 3];
412 // center_to_corners, then scale normalized coords to page points.
413 let l = (cx - w / 2.0) * page_w;
414 let t = (cy - h / 2.0) * page_h;
415 let r = (cx + w / 2.0) * page_w;
416 let b = (cy + h / 2.0) * page_h;
417 regions.push(Region {
418 label: LABELS.get(label_id).copied().unwrap_or("text"),
419 score,
420 l,
421 t,
422 r,
423 b,
424 });
425 }
426 regions
427}