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+# Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
+import argparse
+import gzip
+import os
+import os.path as osp
+import tarfile
+import tempfile
+
+import mmcv
+
+STARE_LEN = 20
+TRAINING_LEN = 10
+
+
+def un_gz(src, dst):
+    g_file = gzip.GzipFile(src)
+    with open(dst, 'wb+') as f:
+        f.write(g_file.read())
+    g_file.close()
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Convert STARE dataset to mmsegmentation format')
+    parser.add_argument('image_path', help='the path of stare-images.tar')
+    parser.add_argument('labels_ah', help='the path of labels-ah.tar')
+    parser.add_argument('labels_vk', help='the path of labels-vk.tar')
+    parser.add_argument('--tmp_dir', help='path of the temporary directory')
+    parser.add_argument('-o', '--out_dir', help='output path')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    return args
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    image_path = args.image_path
+    labels_ah = args.labels_ah
+    labels_vk = args.labels_vk
+    if args.out_dir is None:
+        out_dir = osp.join('data', 'STARE')
+    else:
+        out_dir = args.out_dir
+
+    print('Making directories...')
+    mmcv.mkdir_or_exist(out_dir)
+    mmcv.mkdir_or_exist(osp.join(out_dir, 'images'))
+    mmcv.mkdir_or_exist(osp.join(out_dir, 'images', 'training'))
+    mmcv.mkdir_or_exist(osp.join(out_dir, 'images', 'validation'))
+    mmcv.mkdir_or_exist(osp.join(out_dir, 'annotations'))
+    mmcv.mkdir_or_exist(osp.join(out_dir, 'annotations', 'training'))
+    mmcv.mkdir_or_exist(osp.join(out_dir, 'annotations', 'validation'))
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=args.tmp_dir) as tmp_dir:
+        mmcv.mkdir_or_exist(osp.join(tmp_dir, 'gz'))
+        mmcv.mkdir_or_exist(osp.join(tmp_dir, 'files'))
+
+        print('Extracting stare-images.tar...')
+        with tarfile.open(image_path) as f:
+            f.extractall(osp.join(tmp_dir, 'gz'))
+
+        for filename in os.listdir(osp.join(tmp_dir, 'gz')):
+            un_gz(
+                osp.join(tmp_dir, 'gz', filename),
+                osp.join(tmp_dir, 'files',
+                         osp.splitext(filename)[0]))
+
+        now_dir = osp.join(tmp_dir, 'files')
+
+        assert len(os.listdir(now_dir)) == STARE_LEN, \
+            'len(os.listdir(now_dir)) != {}'.format(STARE_LEN)
+
+        for filename in sorted(os.listdir(now_dir))[:TRAINING_LEN]:
+            img = mmcv.imread(osp.join(now_dir, filename))
+            mmcv.imwrite(
+                img,
+                osp.join(out_dir, 'images', 'training',
+                         osp.splitext(filename)[0] + '.png'))
+
+        for filename in sorted(os.listdir(now_dir))[TRAINING_LEN:]:
+            img = mmcv.imread(osp.join(now_dir, filename))
+            mmcv.imwrite(
+                img,
+                osp.join(out_dir, 'images', 'validation',
+                         osp.splitext(filename)[0] + '.png'))
+
+        print('Removing the temporary files...')
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=args.tmp_dir) as tmp_dir:
+        mmcv.mkdir_or_exist(osp.join(tmp_dir, 'gz'))
+        mmcv.mkdir_or_exist(osp.join(tmp_dir, 'files'))
+
+        print('Extracting labels-ah.tar...')
+        with tarfile.open(labels_ah) as f:
+            f.extractall(osp.join(tmp_dir, 'gz'))
+
+        for filename in os.listdir(osp.join(tmp_dir, 'gz')):
+            un_gz(
+                osp.join(tmp_dir, 'gz', filename),
+                osp.join(tmp_dir, 'files',
+                         osp.splitext(filename)[0]))
+
+        now_dir = osp.join(tmp_dir, 'files')
+
+        assert len(os.listdir(now_dir)) == STARE_LEN, \
+            'len(os.listdir(now_dir)) != {}'.format(STARE_LEN)
+
+        for filename in sorted(os.listdir(now_dir))[:TRAINING_LEN]:
+            img = mmcv.imread(osp.join(now_dir, filename))
+            # The annotation img should be divided by 128, because some of
+            # the annotation imgs are not standard. We should set a threshold
+            # to convert the nonstandard annotation imgs. The value divided by
+            # 128 equivalent to '1 if value >= 128 else 0'
+            mmcv.imwrite(
+                img[:, :, 0] // 128,
+                osp.join(out_dir, 'annotations', 'training',
+                         osp.splitext(filename)[0] + '.png'))
+
+        for filename in sorted(os.listdir(now_dir))[TRAINING_LEN:]:
+            img = mmcv.imread(osp.join(now_dir, filename))
+            mmcv.imwrite(
+                img[:, :, 0] // 128,
+                osp.join(out_dir, 'annotations', 'validation',
+                         osp.splitext(filename)[0] + '.png'))
+
+        print('Removing the temporary files...')
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=args.tmp_dir) as tmp_dir:
+        mmcv.mkdir_or_exist(osp.join(tmp_dir, 'gz'))
+        mmcv.mkdir_or_exist(osp.join(tmp_dir, 'files'))
+
+        print('Extracting labels-vk.tar...')
+        with tarfile.open(labels_vk) as f:
+            f.extractall(osp.join(tmp_dir, 'gz'))
+
+        for filename in os.listdir(osp.join(tmp_dir, 'gz')):
+            un_gz(
+                osp.join(tmp_dir, 'gz', filename),
+                osp.join(tmp_dir, 'files',
+                         osp.splitext(filename)[0]))
+
+        now_dir = osp.join(tmp_dir, 'files')
+
+        assert len(os.listdir(now_dir)) == STARE_LEN, \
+            'len(os.listdir(now_dir)) != {}'.format(STARE_LEN)
+
+        for filename in sorted(os.listdir(now_dir))[:TRAINING_LEN]:
+            img = mmcv.imread(osp.join(now_dir, filename))
+            mmcv.imwrite(
+                img[:, :, 0] // 128,
+                osp.join(out_dir, 'annotations', 'training',
+                         osp.splitext(filename)[0] + '.png'))
+
+        for filename in sorted(os.listdir(now_dir))[TRAINING_LEN:]:
+            img = mmcv.imread(osp.join(now_dir, filename))
+            mmcv.imwrite(
+                img[:, :, 0] // 128,
+                osp.join(out_dir, 'annotations', 'validation',
+                         osp.splitext(filename)[0] + '.png'))
+
+        print('Removing the temporary files...')
+
+    print('Done!')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()