cedinsidedev / face-detection

Uses the Haar Cascade Classifier to detect face in a video feed (webcam used here) and display it in a window

Face Detection

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Introduction

This code uses the Haar Cascade Classifier to detect face in a video feed (webcam used here) and display it in a window

The code has been tested on the following configuration:

1. Windows 7 Professional (64-bit)
2. OpenCV 2.4.2
3. Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate

The build configuration for the project in Visual Studio was x64(Release).

For users using OpenCV for the first time in a Visual Studio project, a custom property sheet has been provided OpenCV.props WARNING: This property sheet can be used only if:

1. You have the OpenCV installation path as: C:\OpenCV-2.4.2\opencv
2. You are using a 64-bit Windows 7 installation

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Downloading the source code

For users unfamiliar with github: You can download the source code as a zip file by clicking here

For users who have used github before: You can simply fork the repository(if you intend to make changes and pull them to master) and/or clone it on your local machine

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Tutorial

If you are looking at a tutorial to help you use OpenCV with Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 7 64-bit, then this blog post is just for you

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LICENSE

Simplified BSD(See the LICENSE file)

For any feedback, comment, advice, bugs, please contact me at: karanjthakkar [at] gmail [dot] com