CenterPoint: Optimized for Mobile Deployment

3D object detection model optimized for LiDAR-based autonomous driving scenarios

CenterPoint is a LiDAR-based 3D object detection model that detects objects by predicting their centers and regressing other attributes. It is designed for high accuracy and real-time performance in autonomous driving applications.

This repository provides scripts to run CenterPoint on Qualcomm® devices. More details on model performance across various devices, can be found here.

Model Details

• Model Type: Model_use_case.driver_assistance
• Model Stats:
  • Model checkpoint: PointPillars
  • Input resolution: 5x20x5, 5x4, 5
  • Number of parameters: 21.8M
  • Model size: 83.3 MB

Model	Precision	Device	Chipset	Target Runtime	Inference Time (ms)	Peak Memory Range (MB)	Primary Compute Unit	Target Model
CenterPoint	float	QCS8275 (Proxy)	Qualcomm® QCS8275 (Proxy)	TFLITE	6306.256 ms	2606 - 2614 MB	CPU	CenterPoint.tflite
CenterPoint	float	QCS8275 (Proxy)	Qualcomm® QCS8275 (Proxy)	QNN_DLC	903.929 ms	1 - 477 MB	NPU	CenterPoint.dlc
CenterPoint	float	QCS8450 (Proxy)	Qualcomm® QCS8450 (Proxy)	TFLITE	5789.615 ms	2624 - 2634 MB	CPU	CenterPoint.tflite
CenterPoint	float	QCS8450 (Proxy)	Qualcomm® QCS8450 (Proxy)	QNN_DLC	506.619 ms	2 - 1017 MB	NPU	CenterPoint.dlc
CenterPoint	float	QCS8550 (Proxy)	Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy)	TFLITE	5637.13 ms	2590 - 2592 MB	CPU	CenterPoint.tflite
CenterPoint	float	QCS8550 (Proxy)	Qualcomm® QCS8550 (Proxy)	QNN_DLC	316.182 ms	2 - 651 MB	NPU	CenterPoint.dlc
CenterPoint	float	QCS9075 (Proxy)	Qualcomm® QCS9075 (Proxy)	TFLITE	5477.555 ms	2605 - 2613 MB	CPU	CenterPoint.tflite
CenterPoint	float	QCS9075 (Proxy)	Qualcomm® QCS9075 (Proxy)	QNN_DLC	380.61 ms	1 - 711 MB	NPU	CenterPoint.dlc
CenterPoint	float	Samsung Galaxy S24	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	TFLITE	3950.172 ms	2619 - 2628 MB	CPU	CenterPoint.tflite
CenterPoint	float	Samsung Galaxy S24	Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile	QNN_DLC	240.189 ms	2 - 827 MB	NPU	CenterPoint.dlc
CenterPoint	float	Samsung Galaxy S25	Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile	TFLITE	3094.501 ms	2611 - 2620 MB	CPU	CenterPoint.tflite
CenterPoint	float	Samsung Galaxy S25	Snapdragon® 8 Elite For Galaxy Mobile	QNN_DLC	202.993 ms	0 - 447 MB	NPU	CenterPoint.dlc
CenterPoint	float	Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 QRD	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	TFLITE	2584.068 ms	2583 - 2593 MB	CPU	CenterPoint.tflite
CenterPoint	float	Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 QRD	Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile	QNN_DLC	165.811 ms	2 - 670 MB	NPU	CenterPoint.dlc
CenterPoint	float	Snapdragon X Elite CRD	Snapdragon® X Elite	QNN_DLC	309.805 ms	2 - 2 MB	NPU	CenterPoint.dlc

Installation

Install the package via pip:

# NOTE: 3.10 <= PYTHON_VERSION < 3.14 is supported.
pip install "qai-hub-models[centerpoint]"

Configure Qualcomm® AI Hub Workbench to run this model on a cloud-hosted device

Sign-in to Qualcomm® AI Hub Workbench with your Qualcomm® ID. Once signed in navigate to Account -> Settings -> API Token.

With this API token, you can configure your client to run models on the cloud hosted devices.

qai-hub configure --api_token API_TOKEN

Navigate to docs for more information.

Demo off target

The package contains a simple end-to-end demo that downloads pre-trained weights and runs this model on a sample input.

python -m qai_hub_models.models.centerpoint.demo

The above demo runs a reference implementation of pre-processing, model inference, and post processing.

NOTE: If you want running in a Jupyter Notebook or Google Colab like environment, please add the following to your cell (instead of the above).

%run -m qai_hub_models.models.centerpoint.demo

Run model on a cloud-hosted device

In addition to the demo, you can also run the model on a cloud-hosted Qualcomm® device. This script does the following:

• Performance check on-device on a cloud-hosted device
• Downloads compiled assets that can be deployed on-device for Android.
• Accuracy check between PyTorch and on-device outputs.

python -m qai_hub_models.models.centerpoint.export

How does this work?

This export script leverages Qualcomm® AI Hub to optimize, validate, and deploy this model on-device. Lets go through each step below in detail:

Step 1: Compile model for on-device deployment

To compile a PyTorch model for on-device deployment, we first trace the model in memory using the jit.trace and then call the submit_compile_job API.

import torch

import qai_hub as hub
from qai_hub_models.models.centerpoint import Model

# Load the model
torch_model = Model.from_pretrained()

# Device
device = hub.Device("Samsung Galaxy S25")

# Trace model
input_shape = torch_model.get_input_spec()
sample_inputs = torch_model.sample_inputs()

pt_model = torch.jit.trace(torch_model, [torch.tensor(data[0]) for _, data in sample_inputs.items()])

# Compile model on a specific device
compile_job = hub.submit_compile_job(
    model=pt_model,
    device=device,
    input_specs=torch_model.get_input_spec(),
)

# Get target model to run on-device
target_model = compile_job.get_target_model()

Step 2: Performance profiling on cloud-hosted device

After compiling models from step 1. Models can be profiled model on-device using the target_model. Note that this scripts runs the model on a device automatically provisioned in the cloud. Once the job is submitted, you can navigate to a provided job URL to view a variety of on-device performance metrics.

profile_job = hub.submit_profile_job(
    model=target_model,
    device=device,
)
        

Step 3: Verify on-device accuracy

To verify the accuracy of the model on-device, you can run on-device inference on sample input data on the same cloud hosted device.

input_data = torch_model.sample_inputs()
inference_job = hub.submit_inference_job(
    model=target_model,
    device=device,
    inputs=input_data,
)
    on_device_output = inference_job.download_output_data()

With the output of the model, you can compute like PSNR, relative errors or spot check the output with expected output.

Note: This on-device profiling and inference requires access to Qualcomm® AI Hub Workbench. Sign up for access.

Run demo on a cloud-hosted device

You can also run the demo on-device.

python -m qai_hub_models.models.centerpoint.demo --eval-mode on-device

NOTE: If you want running in a Jupyter Notebook or Google Colab like environment, please add the following to your cell (instead of the above).

%run -m qai_hub_models.models.centerpoint.demo -- --eval-mode on-device

Deploying compiled model to Android

The models can be deployed using multiple runtimes:

• TensorFlow Lite (.tflite export): This tutorial provides a guide to deploy the .tflite model in an Android application.

• QNN (.so export ): This sample app provides instructions on how to use the .so shared library in an Android application.

View on Qualcomm® AI Hub

Get more details on CenterPoint's performance across various devices here. Explore all available models on Qualcomm® AI Hub

License

• The license for the original implementation of CenterPoint can be found here.

Community

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