import random import torch class ImagePool(): """This class implements an image buffer that stores previously generated images. This buffer enables us to update discriminators using a history of generated images rather than the ones produced by the latest generators. """ def __init__(self, pool_size): """Initialize the ImagePool class Parameters: pool_size (int) -- the size of image buffer, if pool_size=0, no buffer will be created """ self.pool_size = pool_size if self.pool_size > 0: # create an empty pool self.num_imgs = 0 self.images = [] def query(self, images): """Return an image from the pool. Parameters: images: the latest generated images from the generator Returns images from the buffer. By 50/100, the buffer will return input images. By 50/100, the buffer will return images previously stored in the buffer, and insert the current images to the buffer. """ if self.pool_size == 0: # if the buffer size is 0, do nothing return images return_images = [] for image in images: image = torch.unsqueeze(image.data, 0) if self.num_imgs < self.pool_size: # if the buffer is not full; keep inserting current images to the buffer self.num_imgs = self.num_imgs + 1 self.images.append(image) return_images.append(image) else: p = random.uniform(0, 1) if p > 0.5: # by 50% chance, the buffer will return a previously stored image, and insert the current image into the buffer random_id = random.randint(0, self.pool_size - 1) # randint is inclusive tmp = self.images[random_id].clone() self.images[random_id] = image return_images.append(tmp) else: # by another 50% chance, the buffer will return the current image return_images.append(image) return_images = torch.cat(return_images, 0) # collect all the images and return return return_images