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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def async_batch_annotate_images( self, requests, output_config, retry=google.api_core.gapic_v1.method.DEFAULT, timeout=google.api_core.gapic_v1.method.DEFAULT, metadata=None, ):
 """ Run asynchronous image detection and annotation for a list of images. Progress and results can be retrieved through the ``google.longrunning.Operations`` interface. ``Operation.metadata`` contains ``OperationMetadata`` (metadata). ``Operation.response`` contains ``AsyncBatchAnnotateImagesResponse`` (results). This service will write image annotation outputs to json files in customer GCS bucket, each json file containing BatchAnnotateImagesResponse proto. Example: Args: requests (list[Union[dict, ~google.cloud.vision_v1p4beta1.types.AnnotateImageRequest]]):
 Individual image annotation requests for this batch. If a dict is provided, it must be of the same form as the protobuf message :class:`~google.cloud.vision_v1p4beta1.types.AnnotateImageRequest` output_config (Union[dict, ~google.cloud.vision_v1p4beta1.types.OutputConfig]):
 Required. The desired output location and metadata (e.g. format). If a dict is provided, it must be of the same form as the protobuf message :class:`~google.cloud.vision_v1p4beta1.types.OutputConfig` retry (Optional[google.api_core.retry.Retry]):
 A retry object used to retry requests. If ``None`` is specified, requests will not be retried. timeout (Optional[float]):
 The amount of time, in seconds, to wait for the request to complete. Note that if ``retry`` is specified, the timeout applies to each individual attempt. metadata (Optional[Sequence[Tuple[str, str]]]):
 Additional metadata that is provided to the method. Returns: A :class:`~google.cloud.vision_v1p4beta1.types._OperationFuture` instance. Raises: google.api_core.exceptions.GoogleAPICallError: If the request failed for any reason. google.api_core.exceptions.RetryError: If the request failed due to a retryable error and retry attempts failed. ValueError: If the parameters are invalid. """

        # Wrap the transport method to add retry and timeout logic.
        if "async_batch_annotate_images" not in self._inner_api_calls:
            self._inner_api_calls[
                "async_batch_annotate_images"
            ] = google.api_core.gapic_v1.method.wrap_method(
                self.transport.async_batch_annotate_images,
                default_retry=self._method_configs["AsyncBatchAnnotateImages"].retry,
                default_timeout=self._method_configs[
                    "AsyncBatchAnnotateImages"
                ].timeout,
                client_info=self._client_info,
            )

        request = image_annotator_pb2.AsyncBatchAnnotateImagesRequest(
            requests=requests, output_config=output_config
        )
        operation = self._inner_api_calls["async_batch_annotate_images"](
            request, retry=retry, timeout=timeout, metadata=metadata
        )
        return google.api_core.operation.from_gapic(
            operation,
            self.transport._operations_client,
            image_annotator_pb2.AsyncBatchAnnotateImagesResponse,
            metadata_type=image_annotator_pb2.OperationMetadata,
        )