From b3f21dd95d14eda4faa47be8b359596f5abe1133 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tong Gao <gaotongxiao@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 11:08:01 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] [Fix] Explictly create np object array for compatability
 (#1691)

---
 mmocr/utils/polygon_utils.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mmocr/utils/polygon_utils.py b/mmocr/utils/polygon_utils.py
index c505b340..1d532dc7 100644
--- a/mmocr/utils/polygon_utils.py
+++ b/mmocr/utils/polygon_utils.py
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ def offset_polygon(poly: ArrayLike, distance: float) -> ArrayLike:
     pco.AddPath(poly, pyclipper.JT_ROUND, pyclipper.ET_CLOSEDPOLYGON)
     # Returned result will be in type of int32, convert it back to float32
     # following MMOCR's convention
-    result = np.array(pco.Execute(distance))
+    result = np.array(pco.Execute(distance), dtype=object)
     if len(result) > 0 and isinstance(result[0], list):
         # The processed polygon has been split into several parts
         result = np.array([])