# PriorBox {#openvino_docs_ops_detection_PriorBox_8}

**Versioned name**: *PriorBox-8*

**Category**: *Object detection*

**Short description**: *PriorBox* operation generates prior boxes of specified sizes and aspect ratios across all dimensions.

**Detailed description**:

*PriorBox* computes coordinates of prior boxes by the following rules:
1.  First, it calculates *center_x* and *center_y* of a prior box:
    \f[
    W \equiv Width \quad Of \quad Image \\
    H \equiv Height \quad Of \quad Image
    \f]
    *   If step equals 0:
        \f[
        center_x=(w+0.5) \\
        center_y=(h+0.5)
        \f]
    *   else:
        \f[
        center_x=(w+offset)*step \\
        center_y=(h+offset)*step \\
        w \subset \left( 0, W \right ) \\
        h \subset \left( 0, H \right )
        \f]
2.  Then, it calculates coordinates of prior boxes for each \f$ s \subset \left( 0, min\_sizes \right ) \f$:
    \f[
    xmin = \frac{\frac{center_x - s}{2}}{W}
    \f]
    \f[
    ymin = \frac{\frac{center_y - s}{2}}{H}
    \f]
    \f[
    xmax = \frac{\frac{center_x + s}{2}}{W}
    \f]
    \f[
    ymin = \frac{\frac{center_y + s}{2}}{H}
    \f]
3. If *clip* attribute is set to true, each output value is clipped between \f$ \left< 0, 1 \right> \f$.

**Attributes**:

* *min_size (max_size)*

  * **Description**: *min_size (max_size)* is the minimum (maximum) box size in pixels.
  * **Range of values**: positive floating-point numbers
  * **Type**: `float[]`
  * **Default value**: []
  * **Required**: *no*

* *aspect_ratio*

  * **Description**: *aspect_ratio* is a variance of aspect ratios. Duplicate values are ignored.
  * **Range of values**: a set of positive integer numbers
  * **Type**: `float[]`
  * **Default value**: []
  * **Required**: *no*

* *flip*

  * **Description**: *flip* is a flag that denotes that each *aspect_ratio* is duplicated and flipped. For example, *flip* equals 1 and *aspect_ratio* equals `[4.0,2.0]`, meaning that the aspect_ratio is equal to `[4.0,2.0,0.25,0.5]`.
  * **Range of values**:
    * false or 0 - each *aspect_ratio* is flipped
    * true or 1  - each *aspect_ratio* is not flipped
  * **Type**: `boolean`
  * **Default value**: false
  * **Required**: *no*

* *clip*

  * **Description**: *clip* is a flag that denotes if each value in the output tensor should be clipped to the `[0,1]` interval.
  * **Range of values**:
    * false or 0 - clipping is not performed
    * true or 1 - each value in the output tensor is clipped to the `[0,1]` interval.
  * **Type**: `boolean`
  * **Default value**: false
  * **Required**: *no*

* *step*

  * **Description**: *step* is a distance between box centers.
  * **Range of values**: floating-point non-negative number
  * **Type**: `float`
  * **Default value**: 0
  * **Required**: *no*

* *offset*

  * **Description**: *offset* is a shift of a box to the top left corner respectively.
  * **Range of values**: floating-point non-negative number
  * **Type**: `float`
  * **Required**: *yes*

* *variance*

  * **Description**: *variance* denotes a variance of adjusting bounding boxes. The attribute could contain 0, 1, or 4 elements.
  * **Range of values**: floating-point positive numbers
  * **Type**: `float[]`
  * **Default value**: []
  * **Required**: *no*

* *scale_all_sizes*

  * **Description**: *scale_all_sizes* is a flag that denotes type of inference. For example, *scale_all_sizes* equals 0 means that *max_size* attribute is ignored.
  * **Range of values**:
    * false - *max_size* is ignored
    * true  - *max_size* is used
  * **Type**: `boolean`
  * **Default value**: true
  * **Required**: *no*

* *fixed_ratio*

    * **Description**: *fixed_ratio* is an aspect ratio of a box.
    * **Range of values**: a list of positive floating-point numbers
    * **Type**: `float[]`
    * **Default value**: []
    * **Required**: *no*

* *fixed_size*

    * **Description**: *fixed_size* is an initial box size in pixels.
    * **Range of values**: a list of positive floating-point numbers
    * **Type**: `float[]`
    * **Default value**: []
    * **Required**: *no*

* *density*

    * **Description**: *density* is the square root of the number of boxes of each type.
    * **Range of values**: a list of positive floating-point numbers
    * **Type**: `float[]`
    * **Default value**: []
    * **Required**: *no*

* *min_max_aspect_ratios_order*

  * **Description**: *min_max_aspect_ratios_order* is a flag that denotes the order of output prior box. If set true, the output prior box is in [min, max, aspect_ratios] order, which is consistent with Caffe. Note that the order affects the weights order of the preceding convolution layer and does not affect the final detection results.
  * **Range of values**:
    * false - the output prior box is in [min, aspect_ratios, max] order
    * true  - the output prior box is in [min, max, aspect_ratios] order
  * **Type**: `boolean`
  * **Default value**: true
  * **Required**: *no*

**Inputs**:

*   **1**: `output_size` - 1D tensor of type *T_INT* with two elements `[height, width]`. Specifies the spatial size of generated grid with boxes. **Required.**

*   **2**: `image_size` - 1D tensor of type *T_INT* with two elements `[image_height, image_width]`. Specifies shape of the image for which boxes are generated. **Required.**

**Outputs**:

*   **1**: 2D tensor of shape `[2, 4 * height * width * priors_per_point]` and type *T_OUT* with box coordinates. The `priors_per_point` is the number of boxes generated per each grid element. The number depends on operation attribute values.

**Types**

* *T_INT*: any supported integer type.
* *T_OUT*: supported floating-point type.

**Example**

```xml
<layer type="PriorBox" ...>
    <data aspect_ratio="2.0" clip="false" density="" fixed_ratio="" fixed_size="" flip="true" max_size="38.46" min_size="16.0" offset="0.5" step="16.0" variance="0.1,0.1,0.2,0.2"/>
    <input>
        <port id="0">
            <dim>2</dim>        <!-- values: [24, 42] -->
        </port>
        <port id="1">
            <dim>2</dim>        <!-- values: [384, 672] -->
        </port>
    </input>
    <output>
        <port id="2">
            <dim>2</dim>
            <dim>16128</dim>
        </port>
    </output>
</layer>
```