When using TensorFlow Object Detection API, and FasterCNN model from the Detection Zoo, are you able to store a normalised 2D array (0-1) as floats into a tfrecord and use this as model inputs?
I am running into issues where the model training errors out with “Unknown image file format. One of JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP required.” which suggests otherwise.
I am using sensor data rather than image data so converting each pixel into a U8 value will ultimately mean I lose information.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how else I can preprocess the data or confirm whether normalised 2D array input would work?
Many thanks in advance.