deepdoctection 0.42.1__py3-none-any.whl → 0.43__py3-none-any.whl

deepdoctection/pipe/concurrency.py

@@ -41,53 +41,64 @@ from .registry import pipeline_component_registry
 @pipeline_component_registry.register("ImageCroppingService")
 class MultiThreadPipelineComponent(PipelineComponent):
     """
-    Running a pipeline component in multiple thread to increase through put. Datapoints will be queued
-    and processed once calling the `start`.
+    This module provides functionality for running pipeline components in multiple threads to increase throughput.
+    Datapoints are queued and processed once calling the `start` method.
 
-    The number of threads is derived from the list of pipeline components. It makes no sense to create the various
-    components.
+    Note:
+        The number of threads is derived from the list of `pipeline_components`. It makes no sense to create various
+        components.
 
-    Think of the pipeline component as an asynchronous process. Because the entire data flow is loaded into memory
-    before the process is started, storage capacity must be guaranteed.
+        Think of the pipeline component as an asynchronous process. Because the entire data flow is loaded into memory
+        before the process is started, storage capacity must be guaranteed.
 
-    If pre- and post-processing are to be carried out before the task within the wrapped pipeline component, this can
-    also be transferred as a function. These tasks are also assigned to the threads.
+        If pre- and post-processing are to be carried out before the task within the wrapped pipeline component, this
+        can also be transferred as a function. These tasks are also assigned to the threads.
 
-    Note that the order in the dataflow and when returning lists is generally is no longer retained.
+        The order in the dataflow and when returning lists is generally no longer retained.
 
+    Example:
+        ```python
         some_component = SubImageLayoutService(some_predictor, some_category)
-        some_component:clone = some_component.clone()
+        some_component_clone = some_component.clone()
 
-        multi_thread_comp = MultiThreadPipelineComponent(pipeline_components=[some_component,some_component_clone],
-                                                         pre_proc_func=maybe_load_image,
-                                                         post_proc_func=maybe_remove_image)
+        multi_thread_comp = MultiThreadPipelineComponent(
+            pipeline_components=[some_component, some_component_clone],
+            pre_proc_func=maybe_load_image,
+            post_proc_func=maybe_remove_image
+        )
 
         multi_thread_comp.put_task(some_dataflow)
         output_list = multi_thread_comp.start()
+        ```
 
-    You cannot run `MultiThreadPipelineComponent` in `DoctectionPipe` as this requires batching datapoints and neither
-    can you run `MultiThreadPipelineComponent` in combination with a humble 'PipelineComponent` unless you take care
-    of batching/unbatching between each component by yourself. The easiest way to build a pipeline with
-    `MultiThreadPipelineComponent` can be accomplished as follows:
+    Info:
+        You cannot run `MultiThreadPipelineComponent` in `DoctectionPipe` as this requires batching datapoints and
+        neither can you run `MultiThreadPipelineComponent` in combination with a humble `PipelineComponent` unless you
+        take care of batching/unbatching between each component by yourself. The easiest way to build a pipeline with
+        `MultiThreadPipelineComponent` can be accomplished as follows:
 
+    Example:
+        ```python
         # define the pipeline component
-        ome_component = SubImageLayoutService(some_predictor, some_category)
-        some_component:clone = some_component.clone()
+        some_component = SubImageLayoutService(some_predictor, some_category)
+        some_component_clone = some_component.clone()
 
         # creating two threads, one for each component
-        multi_thread_comp = MultiThreadPipelineComponent(pipeline_components=[some_component,some_component_clone],
-                                                         pre_proc_func=maybe_load_image,
-                                                         post_proc_func=maybe_remove_image)
+        multi_thread_comp = MultiThreadPipelineComponent(
+            pipeline_components=[some_component, some_component_clone],
+            pre_proc_func=maybe_load_image,
+            post_proc_func=maybe_remove_image
+        )
 
         # currying `to_image`, so that you can call it in `MapData`.
         @curry
-        def _to_image(dp,dpi):
-            return to_image(dp,dpi)
+        def _to_image(dp, dpi):
+            return to_image(dp, dpi)
 
         # set-up the dataflow/stream, e.g.
         df = SerializerPdfDoc.load(path, max_datapoints=max_datapoints)
         df = MapData(df, to_image(dpi=300))
-        df = BatchData(df, batch_size=32,remainder=True)
+        df = BatchData(df, batch_size=32, remainder=True)
         df = multi_thread_comp.predict_dataflow(df)
         df = FlattenData(df)
         df = MapData(df, lambda x: x[0])
@@ -95,7 +106,8 @@ class MultiThreadPipelineComponent(PipelineComponent):
         df.reset_state()
 
         for dp in df:
-           ...
+            ...
+        ```
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -106,13 +118,12 @@ class MultiThreadPipelineComponent(PipelineComponent):
         max_datapoints: Optional[int] = None,
     ) -> None:
         """
-        :param pipeline_components: list of identical pipeline component. Number of threads created is determined by
-                                    `len`
-        :param pre_proc_func: pass a function, that reads and returns an image. Will execute before entering the pipe
-                              component
-        :param post_proc_func: pass a function, that reads and returns an image. Will execute after entering the pipe
-                               component
-        :param max_datapoints: max datapoints to process
+        Args:
+            pipeline_components: List of identical `PipelineComponent`. Number of threads created is determined by
+                                 `len`.
+            pre_proc_func: Function that reads and returns an image. Will execute before entering the pipe component.
+            post_proc_func: Function that reads and returns an image. Will execute after entering the pipe component.
+            max_datapoints: Maximum datapoints to process.
         """
 
         self.pipe_components = pipeline_components
@@ -125,20 +136,29 @@ class MultiThreadPipelineComponent(PipelineComponent):
 
     def put_task(self, df: Union[DataFlow, list[Image]]) -> None:
         """
-        Put a dataflow or a list of datapoints to the queue. Note, that the process will not start before `start`
-        is called. If you do not know how many datapoints will be cached, use max_datapoint to ensure no oom.
+        Put a `DataFlow` or a list of datapoints to the queue.
+
+        Note:
+            The process will not start before `start` is called. If you do not know how many datapoints will be cached,
+            use `max_datapoints` to ensure no OOM.
 
-        :param df: A list or a dataflow of Image
+        Args:
+            df: A list or a `DataFlow` of `Image`.
         """
 
         self._put_datapoints_to_queue(df)
 
     def start(self) -> list[Image]:
         """
-        Creates a worker for each component and starts processing the data points of the queue. A list of the results
-        is returned once all points in the queue have been processed.
+        Creates a worker for each component and starts processing the datapoints of the queue.
 
-        :return: A list of Images
+        Example:
+            ```python
+            output_list = multi_thread_comp.start()
+            ```
+
+        Returns:
+            A list of `Image` objects.
         """
         with ThreadPoolExecutor(
             max_workers=len(self.pipe_components), thread_name_prefix="EvalWorker"
@@ -195,11 +215,15 @@ class MultiThreadPipelineComponent(PipelineComponent):
 
     def pass_datapoints(self, dpts: list[Image]) -> list[Image]:
         """
-        Putting the list of datapoints into a thread-save queue and start for each pipeline
-        component a separate thread. It will return a list of datapoints where the order of appearance
-        of the output might be not the same as the input.
-        :param dpts:
-        :return:
+        Put the list of datapoints into a thread-safe queue and start a separate thread for each pipeline component.
+
+        The order of appearance of the output might not be the same as the input.
+
+        Args:
+            dpts: List of `Image` datapoints.
+
+        Returns:
+            List of processed `Image` datapoints.
         """
         for dp in dpts:
             self.input_queue.put(dp)
@@ -212,10 +236,13 @@ class MultiThreadPipelineComponent(PipelineComponent):
 
     def predict_dataflow(self, df: DataFlow) -> DataFlow:
         """
-        Mapping a datapoint via `pass_datapoint` within a dataflow pipeline
+        Map a datapoint via `pass_datapoints` within a dataflow pipeline.
+
+        Args:
+            df: An input `DataFlow`.
 
-        :param df: An input dataflow
-        :return: A output dataflow
+        Returns:
+            An output `DataFlow`.
         """
         return MapData(df, self.pass_datapoints)
 

deepdoctection/pipe/doctectionpipe.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 """
-Module for pipeline with Tensorpack predictors
+Module for document processing pipeline
 """
 
 import os
@@ -42,6 +42,21 @@ from .common import PageParsingService
 def _collect_from_kwargs(
     **kwargs: Union[Optional[str], bytes, DataFlow, bool, int, PathLikeOrStr, Union[str, List[str]]]
 ) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Union[str, Sequence[str]], bool, int, str, DataFlow, Optional[bytes]]:
+    """
+    Collects and validates keyword arguments for dataflow construction.
+
+    Args:
+        **kwargs: Keyword arguments that may include `path`, `bytes`, `dataset_dataflow`, `shuffle`, `file_type`, and
+            `max_datapoints`.
+
+    Returns:
+        Tuple containing `path`, `file_type`, `shuffle`, `max_datapoints`, `doc_path`, `dataset_dataflow`, and
+        `b_bytes`.
+
+    Raises:
+        ValueError: If neither `path` nor `dataset_dataflow` is provided, or if required arguments are missing.
+        TypeError: If argument types are incorrect.
+    """
     b_bytes = kwargs.get("bytes")
     dataset_dataflow = kwargs.get("dataset_dataflow")
     path = kwargs.get("path")
@@ -115,10 +130,35 @@ def _to_image(
     width: Optional[int] = None,
     height: Optional[int] = None,
 ) -> Optional[Image]:
+    """
+    Converts a data point to an `Image` object.
+
+    Args:
+        dp: The data point, which can be a string or a mapping.
+        dpi: Dots per inch for the image.
+        width: Width of the image.
+        height: Height of the image.
+
+    Returns:
+        An `Image` object or None.
+    """
     return to_image(dp, dpi, width, height)
 
 
 def _doc_to_dataflow(path: PathLikeOrStr, max_datapoints: Optional[int] = None) -> DataFlow:
+    """
+    Creates a dataflow from a PDF document.
+
+    Args:
+        path: Path to the PDF document.
+        max_datapoints: Maximum number of data points to consider.
+
+    Returns:
+        A `DataFlow` object.
+
+    Raises:
+        FileExistsError: If the file does not exist.
+    """
     if not os.path.isfile(path):
         raise FileExistsError(f"{path} not a file")
 
@@ -129,28 +169,24 @@ def _doc_to_dataflow(path: PathLikeOrStr, max_datapoints: Optional[int] = None)
 
 class DoctectionPipe(Pipeline):
     """
-    Prototype for a document layout pipeline. Contains implementation for loading document types (images in directory,
-    single PDF document, dataflow from datasets), conversions in dataflows and building a pipeline.
-
+    Prototype for a document layout pipeline.
 
+    Contains implementation for loading document types (images in directory, single PDF document, dataflow from
+     datasets), conversions in dataflows, and building a pipeline.
 
     See `deepdoctection.analyzer.dd` for a concrete implementation.
 
     See also the explanations in `base.Pipeline`.
 
-    By default, `DoctectionPipe` will instantiate a default `PageParsingService`
-
-        PageParsingService(text_container=LayoutType.word,
-                           text_block_categories=[LayoutType.title,
-                                                  LayoutType.text,
-                                                  LayoutType.list,
-                                                  LayoutType.table])
-
-    but you can overwrite the current setting:
+    By default, `DoctectionPipe` will instantiate a default `PageParsingService`:
 
-    **Example:**
+    Example:
+        ```python
+        pipe = DoctectionPipe([comp_1, com_2], PageParsingService(text_container= my_custom_setting))
+        ```
 
-            pipe = DoctectionPipe([comp_1, com_2], PageParsingService(text_container= my_custom_setting))
+    Note:
+        You can overwrite the current setting by providing a custom `PageParsingService`.
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -158,8 +194,17 @@ class DoctectionPipe(Pipeline):
         pipeline_component_list: List[PipelineComponent],
         page_parsing_service: Optional[PageParsingService] = None,
     ):
+        """
+        Initializes the `DoctectionPipe`.
+
+        Args:
+            pipeline_component_list: List of pipeline components.
+            page_parsing_service: Optional custom `PageParsingService`.
+        """
         self.page_parser = (
-            PageParsingService(text_container=IMAGE_DEFAULTS["text_container"])
+            PageParsingService(
+                text_container=IMAGE_DEFAULTS.TEXT_CONTAINER,
+            )
             if page_parsing_service is None
             else page_parsing_service
         )
@@ -216,13 +261,19 @@ class DoctectionPipe(Pipeline):
         shuffle: bool = False,
     ) -> DataFlow:
         """
-        Processing method for directories
+        Processing method for directories.
 
-        :param path: path to directory
-        :param file_type: file type to consider (single str or list of strings)
-        :param max_datapoints: max number of datapoints to consider
-        :param shuffle: Shuffle file names in order to stream them randomly
-        :return: dataflow
+        Args:
+            path: Path to directory.
+            file_type: File type to consider (single string or list of strings).
+            max_datapoints: Maximum number of data points to consider.
+            shuffle: Whether to shuffle file names for random streaming.
+
+        Returns:
+            A `DataFlow` object.
+
+        Raises:
+            NotADirectoryError: If the path is not a directory.
         """
         if not os.path.isdir(path):
             raise NotADirectoryError(f"{os.fspath(path)} not a directory")
@@ -232,11 +283,14 @@ class DoctectionPipe(Pipeline):
     @staticmethod
     def doc_to_dataflow(path: PathLikeOrStr, max_datapoints: Optional[int] = None) -> DataFlow:
         """
-        Processing method for documents
+        Processing method for documents.
 
-        :param path: path to directory
-        :param max_datapoints: max number of datapoints to consider
-        :return: dataflow
+        Args:
+            path: Path to the document.
+            max_datapoints: Maximum number of data points to consider.
+
+        Returns:
+            A `DataFlow` object.
         """
         return _doc_to_dataflow(path, max_datapoints)
 
@@ -245,13 +299,19 @@ class DoctectionPipe(Pipeline):
         path: str, b_bytes: bytes, file_type: Union[str, Sequence[str]], max_datapoints: Optional[int] = None
     ) -> DataFlow:
         """
-        Converts a bytes object to a dataflow
+        Converts a bytes object to a dataflow.
+
+        Args:
+            path: Path to directory or an image file.
+            b_bytes: Bytes object.
+            file_type: File type, e.g., `.pdf`, `.jpg`, or a list of image file types.
+            max_datapoints: Maximum number of data points to consider.
 
-        :param path: path to directory or an image file
-        :param b_bytes: bytes object
-        :param file_type: e.g. ".pdf", ".jpg" or [".jpg", ".png", ".jpeg", ".tif"]
-        :param max_datapoints: max number of datapoints to consider
-        :return: DataFlow
+        Returns:
+            A `DataFlow` object.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If the combination of arguments is not supported.
         """
 
         file_name = os.path.split(path)[1]
@@ -280,10 +340,13 @@ class DoctectionPipe(Pipeline):
 
     def dataflow_to_page(self, df: DataFlow) -> DataFlow:
         """
-        Converts a dataflow of images to a dataflow of pages
+        Converts a dataflow of images to a dataflow of pages.
+
+        Args:
+            df: Dataflow.
 
-        :param df: Dataflow
-        :return: Dataflow
+        Returns:
+            A dataflow of pages.
         """
         return self.page_parser.predict_dataflow(df)
 
@@ -291,18 +354,16 @@ class DoctectionPipe(Pipeline):
         self, **kwargs: Union[str, bytes, DataFlow, bool, int, PathLikeOrStr, Union[str, List[str]]]
     ) -> DataFlow:
         """
-        `kwargs key dataset_dataflow:` Transfer a dataflow of a dataset via its dataflow builder
-
-        `kwargs key path:` A path to a directory in which either image documents or pdf files are located. It is
-                           assumed that the pdf documents consist of only one page. If there are multiple pages,
-                           only the first page is processed through the pipeline.
-                           Alternatively, a path to a pdf document with multiple pages.
-
-        `kwargs key bytes:` A bytes object of an image
-
-        `kwargs key file_type:` Selection of the file type, if: args:`file_type` is passed
-
-        `kwargs key max_datapoints:` Stops processing as soon as max_datapoints images have been processed
+        Args:
+            `kwargs:
+                 dataset_dataflow (Dataflow):` Transfer a dataflow of a dataset via its dataflow builder
+                 path (TypeOrStr):` A path to a directory in which either image documents or pdf files are located. It
+                               is assumed that the pdf documents consist of only one page. If there are multiple pages,
+                               only the first page is processed through the pipeline.
+                               Alternatively, a path to a pdf document with multiple pages.
+                 bytes:` A bytes object of an image
+                 file_type:` Selection of the file type, if: args:`file_type` is passed
+                 max_datapoints:` Stops processing as soon as max_datapoints images have been processed
 
         :return: dataflow
         """

deepdoctection/pipe/language.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Module for language detection pipeline component
 from typing import Optional, Sequence
 
 from ..datapoint.image import Image
-from ..datapoint.view import Page
+from ..datapoint.view import ImageDefaults, Page
 from ..extern.base import LanguageDetector, ObjectDetector
 from ..utils.error import ImageError
 from ..utils.settings import PageType, TypeOrStr, get_type
@@ -36,20 +36,22 @@ class LanguageDetectionService(PipelineComponent):
 
     There are two ways to use this component:
 
-    - By analyzing the already extracted and ordered text. For this purpose, a page object is parsed internally and
-      the full text is passed to the language_detector. This approach provides the greatest precision.
-
-    - By previous text extraction with an object detector and subsequent transfer of concatenated word elements to the
-      language_detector. Only one OCR detector can be used here. This method can be used, for example, to select an OCR
-      detector that specializes in a language using. Although the word recognition is less accurate
-      when choosing any detector, the results are confident enough to rely on the results, especially when extracting
-      longer text passages. So, a TextExtractionService, for example, can be selected as the subsequent pipeline
-      component. The words determined by the OCR detector are not transferred to the image object.
-
-          lang_detector = FasttextLangDetector(path_weights,profile.categories)
-          component = LanguageDetectionService(lang_detector, text_container="word",
-                                               text_block_names=["text","title","table"])
-
+    1. By analyzing the already extracted and ordered text. For this purpose, a `Page` object is parsed internally and
+    the full text is passed to the `language_detector`. This approach provides the greatest precision.
+
+    2. By previous text extraction with an object detector and subsequent transfer of concatenated word elements to the
+    `language_detector`. Only one OCR detector can be used here. This method can be used, for example, to select an OCR
+    detector that specializes in a language. Although the word recognition is less accurate
+    when choosing any detector, the results are confident enough to rely on, especially when extracting
+    longer text passages. So, a `TextExtractionService`, for example, can be selected as the subsequent pipeline
+    component. The words determined by the OCR detector are not transferred to the image object.
+
+    Example:
+        ```python
+        lang_detector = FasttextLangDetector(path_weights, profile.categories)
+        component = LanguageDetectionService(lang_detector, text_container="word",
+                                             text_block_names=["text", "title", "table"])
+        ```
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -60,18 +62,20 @@ class LanguageDetectionService(PipelineComponent):
         floating_text_block_categories: Optional[Sequence[TypeOrStr]] = None,
     ):
         """
-        :param language_detector: Detector to determine text
-        :param text_container: text container, needed to generate the reading order. Not necessary when passing a
-                               text detector.
-        :param text_detector: Object detector to extract text. You cannot use a Pdfminer here.
-
-        :param floating_text_block_categories: text blocks, needed for generating the reading order. Not necessary
-                                 when passing a text detector.
+        Initializes a `LanguageDetectionService` instance.
+
+        Args:
+            language_detector: Detector to determine text.
+            text_container: Text container, needed to generate the reading order. Not necessary when passing a
+                `text_detector`.
+            text_detector: Object detector to extract text. You cannot use a Pdfminer here.
+            floating_text_block_categories: Text blocks, needed for generating the reading order. Not necessary
+                when passing a `text_detector`.
         """
 
         self.predictor = language_detector
         self.text_detector = text_detector
-        self.text_container = get_type(text_container) if text_container is not None else text_container
+        self.text_container = get_type(text_container) if text_container is not None else ImageDefaults.TEXT_CONTAINER
         self.floating_text_block_categories = (
             tuple(get_type(text_block) for text_block in floating_text_block_categories)
             if (floating_text_block_categories is not None)
@@ -81,8 +85,21 @@ class LanguageDetectionService(PipelineComponent):
         super().__init__(self._get_name(self.predictor.name))
 
     def serve(self, dp: Image) -> None:
+        """
+        Serves the language detection on the given `Image`.
+
+        Args:
+            dp: The `Image` datapoint to process.
+
+        Raises:
+            ImageError: If `dp.image` is `None` and a `text_detector` is used.
+        """
         if self.text_detector is None:
-            page = Page.from_image(dp, self.text_container, self.floating_text_block_categories)
+            page = Page.from_image(
+                image_orig=dp,
+                text_container=self.text_container,
+                floating_text_block_categories=self.floating_text_block_categories,
+            )
             text = page.text_no_line_break
         else:
             if dp.image is None:

deepdoctection/pipe/layout.py

@@ -43,11 +43,20 @@ def skip_if_category_or_service_extracted(
     """
     Skip the processing of the pipeline component if the category or service is already extracted.
 
-    **Example**
-
+    Example:
+        ```python
         detector = # some detector
         item_component = ImageLayoutService(detector)
         item_component.set_inbound_filter(skip_if_category_or_service_extracted(detector.get_categories(as_dict=False)))
+        ```
+
+    Args:
+        dp: The `Image` datapoint to check.
+        category_names: Optional category names or sequence of `ObjectTypes` to check for.
+        service_ids: Optional service IDs or sequence of service IDs to check for.
+
+    Returns:
+        Whether to skip processing based on existing annotation.
     """
 
     if dp.get_annotation(category_names=category_names, service_ids=service_ids):
@@ -58,18 +67,21 @@ def skip_if_category_or_service_extracted(
 @pipeline_component_registry.register("ImageLayoutService")
 class ImageLayoutService(PipelineComponent):
     """
-    Pipeline component for determining the layout. Which layout blocks are determined depends on the Detector and thus
-    usually on the data set on which the Detector was pre-trained. If the Detector has been trained on Publaynet, these
-    are layouts such as text, title, table, list and figure. If the Detector has been trained on DocBank, these are
-    rather Abstract, Author, Caption, Equation, Figure, Footer, List, Paragraph, Reference, Section, Table, Title.
+    Pipeline component for determining the layout.
 
-    The component is usually at the beginning of the pipeline. Cropping of the layout blocks can be selected to simplify
-    further processing.
+    Which layout blocks are determined depends on the `Detector` and thus usually on the data set on which the
+     `Detector` was pre-trained. If the `Detector` has been trained on Publaynet, these are layouts such as text, title
+     , table, list and figure. If the `Detector` has been trained on DocBank, these are rather Abstract, Author,
+      Caption, Equation, Figure, Footer, List, Paragraph, Reference, Section, Table, Title.
 
-    **Example**
+    The component is usually at the beginning of the pipeline. Cropping of the layout blocks can be selected to
+     simplify further processing.
 
-            d_items = TPFrcnnDetector(item_config_path, item_weights_path, {1: 'row', 2: 'column'})
-            item_component = ImageLayoutService(d_items)
+    Example:
+        ```python
+        d_items = TPFrcnnDetector(item_config_path, item_weights_path, {1: 'row', 2: 'column'})
+        item_component = ImageLayoutService(d_items)
+        ```
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -80,13 +92,19 @@ class ImageLayoutService(PipelineComponent):
         padder: Optional[PadTransform] = None,
     ):
         """
-        :param layout_detector: object detector
-        :param to_image: Generate an image for each detected block, e.g. populate `ImageAnnotation.image`. Useful,
-                         if you want to process only some blocks in a subsequent pipeline component.
-        :param crop_image: Do not only populate `ImageAnnotation.image` but also crop the detected block according
-                           to its bounding box and populate the resulting sub image to
-                           `ImageAnnotation.image.image`.
-        :param padder: If not `None`, will apply the padder to the image before prediction and inverse apply the padder
+        Initializes the `ImageLayoutService`.
+
+        Args:
+            layout_detector: The object detector.
+            to_image: Whether to generate an image for each detected block, e.g. populate `ImageAnnotation.image`.
+                Useful if you want to process only some blocks in a subsequent pipeline component.
+            crop_image: Whether to crop the detected block according to its bounding box and populate the resulting sub
+                image to `ImageAnnotation.image.image`.
+            padder: If not `None`, will apply the padder to the image before prediction and inverse apply the padder.
+
+        Note:
+            If `padder` is provided, it will be applied before prediction and inversely applied to the coordinates
+             after prediction.
         """
         self.to_image = to_image
         self.crop_image = crop_image
@@ -95,6 +113,15 @@ class ImageLayoutService(PipelineComponent):
         super().__init__(self._get_name(layout_detector.name), self.predictor.model_id)
 
     def serve(self, dp: Image) -> None:
+        """
+        Serve the pipeline component on the given `Image`.
+
+        Args:
+            dp: The `Image` datapoint to process.
+
+        Raises:
+            ImageError: If `dp.image` is `None`.
+        """
         if dp.image is None:
             raise ImageError("image cannot be None")
         np_image = dp.image