sklearn.datasets.load_sample_images¶

sklearn.datasets.load_sample_images()[source]¶

Load sample images for image manipulation.

Loads both, china and flower.

Read more in the User Guide.

Returns

dataBunch

Dictionary-like object, with the following attributes.

imageslist of ndarray of shape (427, 640, 3)

The two sample image.

filenameslist

The filenames for the images.

DESCRstr

The full description of the dataset.

Examples

To load the data and visualize the images:

>>> from sklearn.datasets import load_sample_images
>>> dataset = load_sample_images()     #doctest: +SKIP
>>> len(dataset.images)                #doctest: +SKIP
2
>>> first_img_data = dataset.images[0] #doctest: +SKIP
>>> first_img_data.shape               #doctest: +SKIP
(427, 640, 3)
>>> first_img_data.dtype               #doctest: +SKIP
dtype('uint8')