Live Face Recognition

Simple implementation of live face recognition using OpenCV Python implementing LBPH algorithm for recognizing faces and HaarCascade pretrained model to detect faces.

Installation

Use the package manager pip to install the needed library. If you haven't installed pip, go check their website

Install numpy

pip install numpy

Install OpenCV

pip install opencv-contrib-python

Install Pillow

pip install pillow

Usage

There are 3 python file in this repository

1. register-face.py
2. train.py
3. scan.py

To use this application :

• run the register-face.py to record faces that you want to recognize
• the recorded face data will be saved under the data directory
• after recording faces, run the training.py to train the recognizer and the output will be a file named training.xml
• run the scan.py to implement the training.xml and enjoy a simple live face recognition on your PC

Contributing

I know my codes are messy and ineffective, so I am always happy to accept your pull request to fix my messy code.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.