load_sample_image (original) (raw)

sklearn.datasets.load_sample_image(image_name)[source]#

Load the numpy array of a single sample image.

Read more in the User Guide.

Parameters:

image_name{china.jpg, flower.jpg}

The name of the sample image loaded.

Returns:

img3D array

The image as a numpy array: height x width x color.

Examples

from sklearn.datasets import load_sample_image china = load_sample_image('china.jpg')
china.dtype
dtype('uint8') china.shape
(427, 640, 3) flower = load_sample_image('flower.jpg') flower.dtype
dtype('uint8') flower.shape
(427, 640, 3)