    def __init__(self, in_channels, inter_channels, out_features_num=4):
        """
        Adaptive Scale Fusion (ASF) block of DBNet++
        Args:
            in_channels: the number of channels in the input data
            inter_channels: the number of middle channels
            out_features_num: the number of fused stages
        """
        super(ASFBlock, self).__init__()
        self.in_channels = in_channels
        self.inter_channels = inter_channels
        self.out_features_num = out_features_num
        self.conv = nn.Conv2d(in_channels, inter_channels, 3, padding=1)

        self.spatial_scale = nn.Sequential(
            #Nx1xHxW
            nn.Conv2d(
                in_channels=1,
                out_channels=1,
                kernel_size=3,
                bias=False,
                padding=1,
                ),
            nn.ReLU(),
            nn.Conv2d(
                in_channels=1,
                out_channels=1,
                kernel_size=1,
                bias=False,
                ),
            nn.Sigmoid())

        self.channel_scale = nn.Sequential(
            nn.Conv2d(
                in_channels=inter_channels,
                out_channels=out_features_num,
                kernel_size=1,
                bias=False,
                ),
            nn.Sigmoid())
Adaptive Scale Fusion (ASF) block of DBNet++
Args:
in_channels: the number of channels in the input data
inter_channels: the number of middle channels
out_features_num: the number of fused stages
pytorchocr/modeling/necks/db_fpn.py