def _sort_and_unique_bboxes(self, kpts, key='bbox_id'):
        """sort kpts and remove the repeated ones."""
        kpts = sorted(kpts, key=lambda x: x[key])
        num = len(kpts)
        for i in range(num - 1, 0, -1):
            if kpts[i][key] == kpts[i - 1][key]:
                del kpts[i]

        return kpts
sort kpts and remove the repeated ones.
ppdet/metrics/keypoint_metrics.py