Opencv Python program for Face Detection
The objective of the program given is to detect object of interest(face) in real time and to keep tracking of the same object.This is a simple example of how to detect face in Python. You can try to use training samples of any other object of your choice to be detected by training the classifier on required objects.
Here is the steps to download the requirements below.
Steps:
- Download Python 2.7.x version, numpy and Opencv 2.7.x version.Check if your Windows either 32 bit or 64 bit is compatible and install accordingly.
- Make sure that numpy is running in your python then try to install opencv.
- Put the haarcascade_eye.xml & haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml files in the same folder(links given in below code).
Implementation
# OpenCV program to detect face in real time# import libraries of python OpenCV # where its functionality residesimport cv2 # load the required trained XML classifiers# data/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml# Trained XML classifiers describes some features of some# object we want to detect a cascade function is trained# from a lot of positive(faces) and negative(non-faces)# images.face_cascade = cv2.CascadeClassifier('haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml') # /data/haarcascades/haarcascade_eye.xml# Trained XML file for detecting eyeseye_cascade = cv2.CascadeClassifier('haarcascade_eye.xml') # capture frames from a cameracap = cv2.VideoCapture(0) # loop runs if capturing has been initialized.while 1: # reads frames from a camera ret, img = cap.read() # convert to gray scale of each frames gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY) # Detects faces of different sizes in the input image faces = face_cascade.detectMultiScale(gray, 1.3, 5) for (x,y,w,h) in faces: # To draw a rectangle in a face cv2.rectangle(img,(x,y),(x+w,y+h),(255,255,0),2) roi_gray = gray[y:y+h, x:x+w] roi_color = img[y:y+h, x:x+w] # Detects eyes of different sizes in the input image eyes = eye_cascade.detectMultiScale(roi_gray) #To draw a rectangle in eyes for (ex,ey,ew,eh) in eyes: cv2.rectangle(roi_color,(ex,ey),(ex+ew,ey+eh),(0,127,255),2) # Display an image in a window cv2.imshow('img',img) # Wait for Esc key to stop k = cv2.waitKey(30) & 0xff if k == 27: break # Close the windowcap.release() # De-allocate any associated memory usagecv2.destroyAllWindows() |
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Last Updated on March 17, 2022 by admin