tf.keras.layers.MaxPooling2D

Max pooling operation for 2D spatial data.

Inherits From: Layer, Module

Used in the notebooks

Used in the guide Used in the tutorials

Downsamples the input along its spatial dimensions (height and width) by taking the maximum value over an input window (of size defined by pool_size) for each channel of the input. The window is shifted by strides along each dimension.

The resulting output, when using the "valid" padding option, has a spatial shape (number of rows or columns) of: output_shape = math.floor((input_shape - pool_size) / strides) + 1 (when input_shape >= pool_size)

The resulting output shape when using the "same" padding option is: output_shape = math.floor((input_shape - 1) / strides) + 1

For example, for strides=(1, 1) and padding="valid":

x = tf.constant([[1., 2., 3.],
                 [4., 5., 6.],
                 [7., 8., 9.]])
x = tf.reshape(x, [1, 3, 3, 1])
max_pool_2d = tf.keras.layers.MaxPooling2D(pool_size=(2, 2),
   strides=(1, 1), padding='valid')
max_pool_2d(x)
<tf.Tensor: shape=(1, 2, 2, 1), dtype=float32, numpy=
  array([[[[5.],
           [6.]],
          [[8.],
           [9.]]]], dtype=float32)>

For example, for strides=(2, 2) and padding="valid":

x = tf.constant([[1., 2., 3., 4.],
                 [5., 6., 7., 8.],
                 [9., 10., 11., 12.]])
x = tf.reshape(x, [1, 3, 4, 1])
max_pool_2d = tf.keras.layers.MaxPooling2D(pool_size=(2, 2),
   strides=(2, 2), padding='valid')
max_pool_2d(x)
<tf.Tensor: shape=(1, 1, 2, 1), dtype=float32, numpy=
  array([[[[6.],
           [8.]]]], dtype=float32)>

Usage Example:

input_image = tf.constant([[[[1.], [1.], [2.], [4.]],
                           [[2.], [2.], [3.], [2.]],
                           [[4.], [1.], [1.], [1.]],
                           [[2.], [2.], [1.], [4.]]]])
output = tf.constant([[[[1], [0]],
                      [[0], [1]]]])
model = tf.keras.models.Sequential()
model.add(tf.keras.layers.MaxPooling2D(pool_size=(2, 2),
   input_shape=(4, 4, 1)))
model.compile('adam', 'mean_squared_error')
model.predict(input_image, steps=1)
array([[[[2.],
         [4.]],
        [[4.],
         [4.]]]], dtype=float32)

For example, for stride=(1, 1) and padding="same":

x = tf.constant([[1., 2., 3.],
                 [4., 5., 6.],
                 [7., 8., 9.]])
x = tf.reshape(x, [1, 3, 3, 1])
max_pool_2d = tf.keras.layers.MaxPooling2D(pool_size=(2, 2),
   strides=(1, 1), padding='same')
max_pool_2d(x)
<tf.Tensor: shape=(1, 3, 3, 1), dtype=float32, numpy=
  array([[[[5.],
           [6.],
           [6.]],
          [[8.],
           [9.],
           [9.]],
          [[8.],
           [9.],
           [9.]]]], dtype=float32)>

pool_size integer or tuple of 2 integers, window size over which to take the maximum. (2, 2) will take the max value over a 2x2 pooling window. If only one integer is specified, the same window length will be used for both dimensions.
strides Integer, tuple of 2 integers, or None. Strides values. Specifies how far the pooling window moves for each pooling step. If None, it will default to pool_size.
padding One of "valid" or "same" (case-insensitive). "valid" means no padding. "same" results in padding evenly to the left/right or up/down of the input such that output has the same height/width dimension as the input.
data_format A string, one of channels_last (default) or channels_first. The ordering of the dimensions in the inputs. channels_last corresponds to inputs with shape (batch, height, width, channels) while channels_first corresponds to inputs with shape (batch, channels, height, width). When unspecified, uses image_data_format value found in your Keras config file at ~/.keras/keras.json (if exists) else 'channels_last'. Defaults to 'channels_last'.

  • If data_format='channels_last': 4D tensor with shape (batch_size, rows, cols, channels).
  • If data_format='channels_first': 4D tensor with shape (batch_size, channels, rows, cols).

  • If data_format='channels_last': 4D tensor with shape (batch_size, pooled_rows, pooled_cols, channels).
  • If data_format='channels_first': 4D tensor with shape (batch_size, channels, pooled_rows, pooled_cols).

A tensor of rank 4 representing the maximum pooled values. See above for output shape.