Fix `_process_batch()` docstrings (#14454)

Signed-off-by: Glenn Jocher <glenn.jocher@ultralytics.com>
Co-authored-by: UltralyticsAssistant <web@ultralytics.com>

ultralytics/models/yolo/detect/val.py

@@ -202,13 +202,18 @@ class DetectionValidator(BaseValidator):
         Return correct prediction matrix.
 
         Args:
-            detections (torch.Tensor): Tensor of shape [N, 6] representing detections.
-                Each detection is of the format: x1, y1, x2, y2, conf, class.
-            labels (torch.Tensor): Tensor of shape [M, 5] representing labels.
-                Each label is of the format: class, x1, y1, x2, y2.
+            detections (torch.Tensor): Tensor of shape (N, 6) representing detections where each detection is
+                (x1, y1, x2, y2, conf, class).
+            gt_bboxes (torch.Tensor): Tensor of shape (M, 4) representing ground-truth bounding box coordinates. Each
+                bounding box is of the format: (x1, y1, x2, y2).
+            gt_cls (torch.Tensor): Tensor of shape (M,) representing target class indices.
 
         Returns:
-            (torch.Tensor): Correct prediction matrix of shape [N, 10] for 10 IoU levels.
+            (torch.Tensor): Correct prediction matrix of shape (N, 10) for 10 IoU levels.
+
+        Note:
+            The function does not return any value directly usable for metrics calculation. Instead, it provides an
+            intermediate representation used for evaluating predictions against ground truth.
         """
         iou = box_iou(gt_bboxes, detections[:, :4])
         return self.match_predictions(detections[:, 5], gt_cls, iou)

ultralytics/models/yolo/obb/val.py

@@ -52,17 +52,29 @@ class OBBValidator(DetectionValidator):
 
     def _process_batch(self, detections, gt_bboxes, gt_cls):
         """
-        Return correct prediction matrix.
+        Perform computation of the correct prediction matrix for a batch of detections and ground truth bounding boxes.
 
         Args:
-            detections (torch.Tensor): Tensor of shape [N, 7] representing detections.
-                Each detection is of the format: x1, y1, x2, y2, conf, class, angle.
-            gt_bboxes (torch.Tensor): Tensor of shape [M, 5] representing rotated boxes.
-                Each box is of the format: x1, y1, x2, y2, angle.
-            labels (torch.Tensor): Tensor of shape [M] representing labels.
+            detections (torch.Tensor): A tensor of shape (N, 7) representing the detected bounding boxes and associated
+                data. Each detection is represented as (x1, y1, x2, y2, conf, class, angle).
+            gt_bboxes (torch.Tensor): A tensor of shape (M, 5) representing the ground truth bounding boxes. Each box is
+                represented as (x1, y1, x2, y2, angle).
+            gt_cls (torch.Tensor): A tensor of shape (M,) representing class labels for the ground truth bounding boxes.
 
         Returns:
-            (torch.Tensor): Correct prediction matrix of shape [N, 10] for 10 IoU levels.
+            (torch.Tensor): The correct prediction matrix with shape (N, 10), which includes 10 IoU (Intersection over
+                Union) levels for each detection, indicating the accuracy of predictions compared to the ground truth.
+
+        Example:
+            ```python
+            detections = torch.rand(100, 7)  # 100 sample detections
+            gt_bboxes = torch.rand(50, 5)  # 50 sample ground truth boxes
+            gt_cls = torch.randint(0, 5, (50,))  # 50 ground truth class labels
+            correct_matrix = OBBValidator._process_batch(detections, gt_bboxes, gt_cls)
+            ```
+
+        Note:
+            This method relies on `batch_probiou` to calculate IoU between detections and ground truth bounding boxes.
         """
         iou = batch_probiou(gt_bboxes, torch.cat([detections[:, :4], detections[:, -1:]], dim=-1))
         return self.match_predictions(detections[:, 5], gt_cls, iou)

ultralytics/models/yolo/pose/val.py

@@ -152,19 +152,34 @@ class PoseValidator(DetectionValidator):
 
     def _process_batch(self, detections, gt_bboxes, gt_cls, pred_kpts=None, gt_kpts=None):
         """
-        Return correct prediction matrix.
+        Return correct prediction matrix by computing Intersection over Union (IoU) between detections and ground truth.
 
         Args:
-            detections (torch.Tensor): Tensor of shape [N, 6] representing detections.
-                Each detection is of the format: x1, y1, x2, y2, conf, class.
-            labels (torch.Tensor): Tensor of shape [M, 5] representing labels.
-                Each label is of the format: class, x1, y1, x2, y2.
-            pred_kpts (torch.Tensor, optional): Tensor of shape [N, 51] representing predicted keypoints.
-                51 corresponds to 17 keypoints each with 3 values.
-            gt_kpts (torch.Tensor, optional): Tensor of shape [N, 51] representing ground truth keypoints.
+            detections (torch.Tensor): Tensor with shape (N, 6) representing detection boxes and scores, where each
+                detection is of the format (x1, y1, x2, y2, conf, class).
+            gt_bboxes (torch.Tensor): Tensor with shape (M, 4) representing ground truth bounding boxes, where each
+                box is of the format (x1, y1, x2, y2).
+            gt_cls (torch.Tensor): Tensor with shape (M,) representing ground truth class indices.
+            pred_kpts (torch.Tensor | None): Optional tensor with shape (N, 51) representing predicted keypoints, where
+                51 corresponds to 17 keypoints each having 3 values.
+            gt_kpts (torch.Tensor | None): Optional tensor with shape (N, 51) representing ground truth keypoints.
 
         Returns:
-            torch.Tensor: Correct prediction matrix of shape [N, 10] for 10 IoU levels.
+            torch.Tensor: A tensor with shape (N, 10) representing the correct prediction matrix for 10 IoU levels,
+                where N is the number of detections.
+
+        Example:
+            ```python
+            detections = torch.rand(100, 6)  # 100 predictions: (x1, y1, x2, y2, conf, class)
+            gt_bboxes = torch.rand(50, 4)  # 50 ground truth boxes: (x1, y1, x2, y2)
+            gt_cls = torch.randint(0, 2, (50,))  # 50 ground truth class indices
+            pred_kpts = torch.rand(100, 51)  # 100 predicted keypoints
+            gt_kpts = torch.rand(50, 51)  # 50 ground truth keypoints
+            correct_preds = _process_batch(detections, gt_bboxes, gt_cls, pred_kpts, gt_kpts)
+            ```
+
+        Note:
+            `0.53` scale factor used in area computation is referenced from https://github.com/jin-s13/xtcocoapi/blob/master/xtcocotools/cocoeval.py#L384.
         """
         if pred_kpts is not None and gt_kpts is not None:
             # `0.53` is from https://github.com/jin-s13/xtcocoapi/blob/master/xtcocotools/cocoeval.py#L384

ultralytics/models/yolo/segment/val.py

@@ -164,14 +164,34 @@ class SegmentationValidator(DetectionValidator):
 
     def _process_batch(self, detections, gt_bboxes, gt_cls, pred_masks=None, gt_masks=None, overlap=False, masks=False):
         """
-        Return correct prediction matrix.
+        Compute correct prediction matrix for a batch based on bounding boxes and optional masks.
 
         Args:
-            detections (array[N, 6]), x1, y1, x2, y2, conf, class
-            labels (array[M, 5]), class, x1, y1, x2, y2
+            detections (torch.Tensor): Tensor of shape (N, 6) representing detected bounding boxes and
+                associated confidence scores and class indices. Each row is of the format [x1, y1, x2, y2, conf, class].
+            gt_bboxes (torch.Tensor): Tensor of shape (M, 4) representing ground truth bounding box coordinates.
+                Each row is of the format [x1, y1, x2, y2].
+            gt_cls (torch.Tensor): Tensor of shape (M,) representing ground truth class indices.
+            pred_masks (torch.Tensor | None): Tensor representing predicted masks, if available. The shape should
+                match the ground truth masks.
+            gt_masks (torch.Tensor | None): Tensor of shape (M, H, W) representing ground truth masks, if available.
+            overlap (bool): Flag indicating if overlapping masks should be considered.
+            masks (bool): Flag indicating if the batch contains mask data.
 
         Returns:
-            correct (array[N, 10]), for 10 IoU levels
+            (torch.Tensor): A correct prediction matrix of shape (N, 10), where 10 represents different IoU levels.
+
+        Note:
+            - If `masks` is True, the function computes IoU between predicted and ground truth masks.
+            - If `overlap` is True and `masks` is True, overlapping masks are taken into account when computing IoU.
+
+        Example:
+            ```python
+            detections = torch.tensor([[25, 30, 200, 300, 0.8, 1], [50, 60, 180, 290, 0.75, 0]])
+            gt_bboxes = torch.tensor([[24, 29, 199, 299], [55, 65, 185, 295]])
+            gt_cls = torch.tensor([1, 0])
+            correct_preds = validator._process_batch(detections, gt_bboxes, gt_cls)
+            ```
         """
         if masks:
             if overlap: