Deploying OpenAI's CLIP Model on a NVIDIA Jetson Orin

The blog post by Ryan Ball outlines the process of deploying OpenAI's CLIP model on a NVIDIA Jetson Orin device using JetPack 5.1.1, leveraging Roboflow's open-source inference server for efficient implementation. The CLIP model, developed by OpenAI, is an open-source vision model that generates text and image embeddings, enabling a range of computer vision tasks such as image similarity identification, semantic image searches, and auto-labeling for image classification. The guide provides detailed instructions on setting up the Jetson device, including flashing it with the appropriate software and running the Roboflow Inference Docker Container specifically designed for NVIDIA Jetsons. Additionally, it explains how to use the server to make POST requests to the CLIP model and compute image similarity scores using embedding vectors, thus allowing CLIP to be used effectively at the edge for various application needs.