    def get_initial_fiducials(self):
        """ see RARE paper Fig. 6 (a) """
        F = self.F
        ctrl_pts_x = np.linspace(-1.0, 1.0, int(F / 2))
        ctrl_pts_y_top = np.linspace(0.0, -1.0, num=int(F / 2))
        ctrl_pts_y_bottom = np.linspace(1.0, 0.0, num=int(F / 2))
        ctrl_pts_top = np.stack([ctrl_pts_x, ctrl_pts_y_top], axis=1)
        ctrl_pts_bottom = np.stack([ctrl_pts_x, ctrl_pts_y_bottom], axis=1)
        initial_bias = np.concatenate([ctrl_pts_top, ctrl_pts_bottom], axis=0)
        return initial_bias
see RARE paper Fig. 6 (a)
pytorchocr/modeling/transforms/tps.py