diff --git a/utils/plots.py b/utils/plots.py
index e75bc7b3..fdacc438 100644
--- a/utils/plots.py
+++ b/utils/plots.py
@@ -431,3 +431,59 @@ def plot_results(start=0, stop=0, bucket='', id=(), labels=(), save_dir=''):
 
     ax[1].legend()
     fig.savefig(Path(save_dir) / 'results.png', dpi=200)
+    
+    
+def output_to_keypoint(output):
+    # Convert model output to target format [batch_id, class_id, x, y, w, h, conf]
+    targets = []
+    for i, o in enumerate(output):
+        kpts = o[:,6:]
+        o = o[:,:6]
+        for index, (*box, conf, cls) in enumerate(o.cpu().numpy()):
+            targets.append([i, cls, *list(*xyxy2xywh(np.array(box)[None])), conf, *list(kpts.cpu().numpy()[index])])
+    return np.array(targets)
+
+
+def plot_skeleton_kpts(im, kpts, steps, orig_shape=None):
+    #Plot the skeleton and keypointsfor coco datatset
+    palette = np.array([[255, 128, 0], [255, 153, 51], [255, 178, 102],
+                        [230, 230, 0], [255, 153, 255], [153, 204, 255],
+                        [255, 102, 255], [255, 51, 255], [102, 178, 255],
+                        [51, 153, 255], [255, 153, 153], [255, 102, 102],
+                        [255, 51, 51], [153, 255, 153], [102, 255, 102],
+                        [51, 255, 51], [0, 255, 0], [0, 0, 255], [255, 0, 0],
+                        [255, 255, 255]])
+
+    skeleton = [[16, 14], [14, 12], [17, 15], [15, 13], [12, 13], [6, 12],
+                [7, 13], [6, 7], [6, 8], [7, 9], [8, 10], [9, 11], [2, 3],
+                [1, 2], [1, 3], [2, 4], [3, 5], [4, 6], [5, 7]]
+
+    pose_limb_color = palette[[9, 9, 9, 9, 7, 7, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16]]
+    pose_kpt_color = palette[[16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9]]
+    radius = 5
+    num_kpts = len(kpts) // steps
+
+    for kid in range(num_kpts):
+        r, g, b = pose_kpt_color[kid]
+        x_coord, y_coord = kpts[steps * kid], kpts[steps * kid + 1]
+        if not (x_coord % 640 == 0 or y_coord % 640 == 0):
+            if steps == 3:
+                conf = kpts[steps * kid + 2]
+                if conf < 0.5:
+                    continue
+            cv2.circle(im, (int(x_coord), int(y_coord)), radius, (int(r), int(g), int(b)), -1)
+
+    for sk_id, sk in enumerate(skeleton):
+        r, g, b = pose_limb_color[sk_id]
+        pos1 = (int(kpts[(sk[0]-1)*steps]), int(kpts[(sk[0]-1)*steps+1]))
+        pos2 = (int(kpts[(sk[1]-1)*steps]), int(kpts[(sk[1]-1)*steps+1]))
+        if steps == 3:
+            conf1 = kpts[(sk[0]-1)*steps+2]
+            conf2 = kpts[(sk[1]-1)*steps+2]
+            if conf1<0.5 or conf2<0.5:
+                continue
+        if pos1[0]%640 == 0 or pos1[1]%640==0 or pos1[0]<0 or pos1[1]<0:
+            continue
+        if pos2[0] % 640 == 0 or pos2[1] % 640 == 0 or pos2[0]<0 or pos2[1]<0:
+            continue
+        cv2.line(im, pos1, pos2, (int(r), int(g), int(b)), thickness=2)