davidschott / facial-recognition

Facial-Recognition

Requirements

1. Python 2.7 (https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.2/)
2. Python pip
3. OpenCV v2 (http://opencv.org/downloads.html)
4. A working webcam

Installation

pip install -r requirements.txt
python setup.py install

or for development

pip install -r requirements.txt
python setup.py develop

Yale Image Database

• Drop the 'yalefaces' folder in the root directory
• http://vision.ucsd.edu/datasets/yale_face_dataset_original/yalefaces.zip

Face detection instructions (face_recognizer.py)

Run like this:

facerec recognize <selfie-folder>

To exit, press Ctrl+C