From 69017381af8d647b14242320e3a2c208c2b42d8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prianka Liz Kariat <prianka.kariat@ymedialabs.com>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 19:57:38 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Updated MPPObjectDetectorResult Helpers to return empty
 result instead of nil

---
 .../utils/sources/MPPObjectDetectorResult+Helpers.mm     | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/vision/object_detector/utils/sources/MPPObjectDetectorResult+Helpers.mm b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/vision/object_detector/utils/sources/MPPObjectDetectorResult+Helpers.mm
index b2f9cfc08..3a8a72f71 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/vision/object_detector/utils/sources/MPPObjectDetectorResult+Helpers.mm
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/vision/object_detector/utils/sources/MPPObjectDetectorResult+Helpers.mm
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ using ::mediapipe::Packet;
 
 + (nullable MPPObjectDetectorResult *)objectDetectorResultWithDetectionsPacket:
     (const Packet &)packet {
+
+  NSInteger timestampInMilliseconds = (NSInteger)(packet.Timestamp().Value() /
+                                                                      kMicroSecondsPerMilliSecond);
   if (!packet.ValidateAsType<std::vector<DetectionProto>>().ok()) {
-    return nil;
+    return [[MPPObjectDetectorResult alloc] initWithDetections:@[]
+                                  timestampInMilliseconds:timestampInMilliseconds];
   }
 
   const std::vector<DetectionProto> &detectionProtos = packet.Get<std::vector<DetectionProto>>();
@@ -39,8 +43,7 @@ using ::mediapipe::Packet;
 
   return
       [[MPPObjectDetectorResult alloc] initWithDetections:detections
-                                  timestampInMilliseconds:(NSInteger)(packet.Timestamp().Value() /
-                                                                      kMicroSecondsPerMilliSecond)];
+                                  timestampInMilliseconds:timestampInMilliseconds];
 }
 
 @end