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+# scripts/autolabel_dataset.py
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import time
+from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Dict, Any
+
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+import torch
+from PIL import Image
+from tqdm import tqdm
+from pycocotools import mask as mask_utils
+
+# SAM 3 Imports
+from sam3.model_builder import build_sam3_image_model
+from sam3.model.sam3_image_processor import Sam3Processor
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="SAM 3 Auto-Labeling Data Engine")
+    parser.add_argument("--image_dir", type=str, required=True, help="Path to folder containing images")
+    parser.add_argument("--output_path", type=str, required=True, help="Path to save COCO JSON annotation file")
+    parser.add_argument("--concepts", type=str, nargs='+', required=True, help="List of text concepts to label (e.g. 'person' 'car' 'dog')")
+    parser.add_argument("--batch_size", type=int, default=4, help="Batch size for inference")
+    parser.add_argument("--box_threshold", type=float, default=0.5, help="Confidence threshold for detection")
+    parser.add_argument("--device", type=str, default="cuda", help="Device to run on")
+    parser.add_argument("--compile", action="store_true", help="Use torch.compile for faster inference (requires PyTorch 2.0+)")
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+def binary_mask_to_rle(binary_mask):
+    """Converts a binary mask to COCO RLE format."""
+    rle = mask_utils.encode(np.asfortranarray(binary_mask.astype(np.uint8)))
+    rle["counts"] = rle["counts"].decode("utf-8")
+    return rle
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    
+    # 1. Setup & Model Loading
+    print(f"Loading SAM 3 Model on {args.device}...")
+    model = build_sam3_image_model()
+    model.to(args.device)
+    
+    if args.compile:
+        print("Compiling model backbone with torch.compile()...")
+        model.vision_encoder = torch.compile(model.vision_encoder, mode="max-autotune")
+    
+    processor = Sam3Processor(model)
+    
+    # 2. Prepare COCO Structure
+    categories = [{"id": i+1, "name": name, "supercategory": "object"} for i, name in enumerate(args.concepts)]
+    concept_map = {name: i+1 for i, name in enumerate(args.concepts)}
+    
+    coco_output = {
+        "info": {
+            "description": "Auto-labeled dataset using SAM 3",
+            "year": datetime.now().year,
+            "date_created": datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
+        },
+        "licenses": [],
+        "images": [],
+        "annotations": [],
+        "categories": categories
+    }
+
+    image_files = sorted([
+        f for f in Path(args.image_dir).iterdir() 
+        if f.suffix.lower() in ['.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.bmp']
+    ])
+    
+    print(f"Found {len(image_files)} images. Starting annotation engine...")
+    
+    annotation_id = 1
+    image_id = 1
+
+    # 3. Batch Processing Loop
+    # Note: SAM 3 Processor typically handles one image at a time for setting state, 
+    # but we can pipeline the concept prompts.
+    
+    for img_path in tqdm(image_files):
+        try:
+            # Load Image
+            pil_image = Image.open(img_path).convert("RGB")
+            w, h = pil_image.size
+            
+            coco_output["images"].append({
+                "id": image_id,
+                "width": w,
+                "height": h,
+                "file_name": img_path.name
+            })
+            
+            # Set Image State (Encoder Run)
+            # This is the heavy lifting.
+            inference_state = processor.set_image(pil_image)
+            
+            # Iterate through all concepts for this image
+            # In a true batch scenario, you'd batch concepts, but SAM 3 processes prompt-by-prompt efficiently
+            for concept in args.concepts:
+                # Run Inference for Concept
+                output = processor.set_text_prompt(
+                    state=inference_state, 
+                    prompt=concept
+                )
+                
+                masks = output["masks"] # [N, H, W]
+                scores = output["scores"] # [N]
+                boxes = output["boxes"] # [N, 4]
+                
+                # Filter by threshold
+                valid_indices = torch.where(scores > args.box_threshold)[0]
+                
+                if len(valid_indices) > 0:
+                    # Move to CPU for serialization
+                    masks = masks[valid_indices].cpu().numpy()
+                    boxes = boxes[valid_indices].cpu().numpy()
+                    scores = scores[valid_indices].cpu().numpy()
+                    
+                    for i in range(len(valid_indices)):
+                        mask = masks[i] > 0.5
+                        box = boxes[i].tolist() # xyxy
+                        score = float(scores[i])
+                        
+                        # Calculate Area
+                        area = float(np.sum(mask))
+                        
+                        # Convert Box to COCO format (x, y, w, h)
+                        coco_box = [box[0], box[1], box[2] - box[0], box[3] - box[1]]
+                        
+                        # Convert Mask to RLE
+                        segmentation = binary_mask_to_rle(mask)
+                        
+                        ann = {
+                            "id": annotation_id,
+                            "image_id": image_id,
+                            "category_id": concept_map[concept],
+                            "bbox": coco_box,
+                            "area": area,
+                            "segmentation": segmentation,
+                            "iscrowd": 0,
+                            "score": score
+                        }
+                        coco_output["annotations"].append(ann)
+                        annotation_id += 1
+            
+            image_id += 1
+            
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Error processing {img_path.name}: {e}")
+            continue
+
+    # 4. Save Output
+    print(f"Saving annotations to {args.output_path}...")
+    with open(args.output_path, 'w') as f:
+        json.dump(coco_output, f)
+    
+    print("Done! Data Engine complete.")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()