matrice-analytics

Post-Processing Module - Refactored Architecture

Overview

This module provides a comprehensive, refactored post-processing system for the Matrice Python SDK. The system has been completely redesigned to be more pythonic, maintainable, and extensible while providing powerful analytics capabilities for various use cases.

🚀 Key Features

✅ Unified Architecture

• Single Entry Point: PostProcessor class handles all processing needs
• Standardized Results: All operations return ProcessingResult objects
• Consistent Configuration: Type-safe configuration system with validation
• Registry Pattern: Easy registration and discovery of use cases

✅ Separate Use Case Classes

• People Counting: Advanced people counting with zone analysis and tracking
• Customer Service: Comprehensive customer service analytics with business intelligence
• Extensible Design: Easy to add new use cases

✅ Pythonic Configuration Management

• Dataclass-based: Type-safe configurations using dataclasses
• Nested Configurations: Support for complex nested config structures
• File Support: JSON/YAML configuration file loading and saving
• Validation: Built-in validation with detailed error messages

✅ Comprehensive Error Handling

• Standardized Errors: All errors return structured ProcessingResult objects
• Detailed Information: Error messages include type, context, and debugging info
• Graceful Degradation: System continues operating even with partial failures

✅ Processing Statistics

• Performance Tracking: Automatic processing time measurement
• Success Metrics: Success/failure rates and statistics
• Insights Generation: Automatic generation of actionable insights

📁 Architecture

post_processing/
├── __init__.py              # Main exports and convenience functions
├── processor.py             # Main PostProcessor class
├── README.md               # This documentation
│
├── core/                   # Core system components
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── base.py            # Base classes, enums, and protocols
│   ├── config.py          # Configuration system
│   └── advanced_usecases.py # Advanced use case implementations
│
├── usecases/              # Separate use case implementations
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── people_counting.py # People counting use case
│   └── customer_service.py # Customer service use case
│
└── utils/                 # Utility functions organized by category
    ├── __init__.py
    ├── geometry_utils.py  # Geometric calculations
    ├── format_utils.py    # Format detection and conversion
    ├── filter_utils.py    # Filtering and cleaning operations
    ├── counting_utils.py  # Counting and aggregation
    └── tracking_utils.py  # Tracking and movement analysis

🛠 Quick Start

Basic Usage

from matrice_analytics.post_processing import PostProcessor, process_simple

# Method 1: Simple processing (recommended for quick tasks)
result = process_simple(
    raw_results,
    usecase="people_counting",
    confidence_threshold=0.5
)

# Method 2: Using PostProcessor class (recommended for complex workflows)
processor = PostProcessor()
result = processor.process_simple(
    raw_results,
    usecase="people_counting", 
    confidence_threshold=0.5,
    enable_tracking=True
)

print(f"Status: {result.status.value}")
print(f"Summary: {result.summary}")
print(f"Insights: {len(result.insights)} generated")

Advanced Configuration

# Create complex configuration
config = processor.create_config(
    'people_counting',
    confidence_threshold=0.6,
    enable_tracking=True,
    person_categories=['person', 'people', 'human'],
    zone_config={
        'zones': {
            'entrance': [[0, 0], [100, 0], [100, 100], [0, 100]],
            'checkout': [[200, 200], [300, 200], [300, 300], [200, 300]]
        }
    },
    alert_config={
        'count_thresholds': {'all': 10},
        'occupancy_thresholds': {'entrance': 5}
    }
)

# Process with configuration
result = processor.process(raw_results, config)

Configuration File Support

# Save configuration to file
processor.save_config(config, "people_counting_config.json")

# Load and use configuration from file
result = processor.process_from_file(raw_results, "people_counting_config.json")

📊 Use Cases

1. People Counting (people_counting)

Advanced people counting with comprehensive analytics:

result = process_simple(
    raw_results,
    usecase="people_counting",
    confidence_threshold=0.5,
    enable_tracking=True,
    person_categories=['person', 'people'],
    zone_config={
        'zones': {
            'entrance': [[0, 0], [100, 0], [100, 100], [0, 100]]
        }
    }
)

Features:

• Multi-category person detection
• Zone-based counting and analysis
• Unique person tracking
• Occupancy analysis
• Alert generation based on thresholds
• Temporal analysis and trends

2. Customer Service (customer_service)

Comprehensive customer service analytics:

result = process_simple(
    raw_results,
    usecase="customer_service",
    confidence_threshold=0.6,
    service_proximity_threshold=50.0,
    staff_categories=['staff', 'employee'],
    customer_categories=['customer', 'person']
)

Features:

• Staff utilization analysis
• Customer-staff interaction detection
• Service quality metrics
• Area occupancy analysis
• Queue management insights
• Business intelligence metrics

🔧 Configuration System

Configuration Classes

All configurations are type-safe dataclasses with built-in validation:

from matrice_analytics.post_processing import PeopleCountingConfig, ZoneConfig

# Create configuration programmatically
config = PeopleCountingConfig(
    confidence_threshold=0.5,
    enable_tracking=True,
    zone_config=ZoneConfig(
        zones={
            'entrance': [[0, 0], [100, 0], [100, 100], [0, 100]]
        }
    )
)

# Validate configuration
errors = config.validate()
if errors:
    print(f"Configuration errors: {errors}")

Configuration Templates

# Get configuration template for a use case
template = processor.get_config_template('people_counting')
print(f"Available options: {list(template.keys())}")

# List all available use cases
use_cases = processor.list_available_usecases()
print(f"Available use cases: {use_cases}")

📈 Processing Results

All processing operations return a standardized ProcessingResult object:

class ProcessingResult:
    data: Any                           # Processed data
    status: ProcessingStatus           # SUCCESS, ERROR, WARNING, PARTIAL
    usecase: str                       # Use case name
    category: str                      # Use case category
    processing_time: float             # Processing time in seconds
    summary: str                       # Human-readable summary
    insights: List[str]                # Generated insights
    warnings: List[str]                # Warning messages
    error_message: Optional[str]       # Error message if failed
    predictions: List[Dict[str, Any]]  # Detailed predictions
    metrics: Dict[str, Any]            # Performance metrics

Working with Results

result = processor.process_simple(data, "people_counting")

# Check status
if result.is_success():
    print(f"✅ {result.summary}")
    
    # Access insights
    for insight in result.insights:
        print(f"💡 {insight}")
    
    # Access metrics
    print(f"📊 Metrics: {result.metrics}")
    
    # Access processed data
    processed_data = result.data
else:
    print(f"❌ Processing failed: {result.error_message}")

📊 Statistics and Monitoring

# Get processing statistics
stats = processor.get_statistics()
print(f"Total processed: {stats['total_processed']}")
print(f"Success rate: {stats['success_rate']:.2%}")
print(f"Average processing time: {stats['average_processing_time']:.3f}s")

# Reset statistics
processor.reset_statistics()

🔌 Extensibility

Adding New Use Cases

• Create Use Case Class:

from matrice_analytics.post_processing.core.base import BaseProcessor

class MyCustomUseCase(BaseProcessor):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__("my_custom_usecase")
        self.category = "custom"
    
    def process(self, data, config, context=None):
        # Implement your processing logic
        return self.create_result(processed_data, "my_custom_usecase", "custom")

• Register Use Case:

from matrice_analytics.post_processing.core.base import registry

registry.register_use_case("custom", "my_custom_usecase", MyCustomUseCase)

Adding New Utility Functions

Add utility functions to the appropriate module in the utils/ directory and export them in utils/__init__.py.

🧪 Testing

The system includes comprehensive error handling and validation. Here's how to test your implementations:

# Test configuration validation
errors = processor.validate_config({
    'usecase': 'people_counting',
    'confidence_threshold': 0.5
})

# Test with sample data
sample_data = [
    {'category': 'person', 'confidence': 0.8, 'bbox': [10, 10, 50, 50]}
]

result = process_simple(sample_data, 'people_counting')
assert result.is_success()

🔄 Migration from Old System

If you're migrating from the old post-processing system:

• Update Imports:

  # Old
  from matrice_analytics.old_post_processing import some_function
  
  # New
  from matrice_analytics.post_processing import PostProcessor, process_simple
  

• Update Processing Calls:

  # Old
  result = old_process_function(data, config_dict)
  
  # New
  result = process_simple(data, "usecase_name", **config_dict)
  

• Update Configuration:

  # Old
  config = {"threshold": 0.5, "enable_tracking": True}
  
  # New
  config = processor.create_config("people_counting", 
                                  confidence_threshold=0.5, 
                                  enable_tracking=True)
  

🐛 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

• Use Case Not Found:

  # Check available use cases
  print(processor.list_available_usecases())
  

• Configuration Validation Errors:

  # Validate configuration
  errors = processor.validate_config(config)
  if errors:
      print(f"Validation errors: {errors}")
  

• Processing Failures:

  # Check result status and error details
  if not result.is_success():
      print(f"Error: {result.error_message}")
      print(f"Error type: {result.error_type}")
      print(f"Error details: {result.error_details}")
  

📝 API Reference

Main Classes

• PostProcessor: Main processing class
• ProcessingResult: Standardized result container
• BaseConfig: Base configuration class
• PeopleCountingConfig: People counting configuration
• CustomerServiceConfig: Customer service configuration

Convenience Functions

• process_simple(): Simple processing function
• create_config_template(): Get configuration template
• list_available_usecases(): List available use cases
• validate_config(): Validate configuration

Utility Functions

The system provides comprehensive utility functions organized by category:

• Geometry: Point-in-polygon, distance calculations, IoU
• Format: Format detection and conversion
• Filter: Confidence filtering, deduplication
• Counting: Object counting, zone analysis
• Tracking: Movement analysis, line crossing detection

🎯 Best Practices

• Use Simple Processing for Quick Tasks:

  result = process_simple(data, "people_counting", confidence_threshold=0.5)
  

• Use PostProcessor Class for Complex Workflows:

  processor = PostProcessor()
  config = processor.create_config("people_counting", **params)
  result = processor.process(data, config)
  

• Always Check Result Status:

  if result.is_success():
      # Process successful result
  else:
      # Handle error
  

• Use Configuration Files for Complex Setups:

  processor.save_config(config, "config.json")
  result = processor.process_from_file(data, "config.json")
  

• Monitor Processing Statistics:

  stats = processor.get_statistics()
  # Monitor success rates and performance
  

🔮 Future Enhancements

The refactored system is designed for easy extension. Planned enhancements include:

• Additional use cases (security monitoring, retail analytics)
• Advanced tracking algorithms
• Real-time processing capabilities
• Integration with external analytics platforms
• Machine learning-based insights generation

The refactored post-processing system provides a solid foundation for scalable, maintainable, and powerful analytics capabilities. The clean architecture makes it easy to extend and customize for specific use cases while maintaining consistency and reliability.