#!/usr/bin/python # The contents of this file are in the public domain. See LICENSE_FOR_EXAMPLE_PROGRAMS.txt # # This example program shows how to find frontal human faces in a webcam stream using OpenCV. # It is also meant to demonstrate that rgb images from Dlib can be used with opencv by just # swapping the Red and Blue channels. # # You can run this program and see the detections from your webcam by executing the # following command: # ./opencv_face_detection.py # # This face detector is made using the now classic Histogram of Oriented # Gradients (HOG) feature combined with a linear classifier, an image # pyramid, and sliding window detection scheme. This type of object detector # is fairly general and capable of detecting many types of semi-rigid objects # in addition to human faces. Therefore, if you are interested in making # your own object detectors then read the train_object_detector.py example # program. # # # COMPILING/INSTALLING THE DLIB PYTHON INTERFACE # You can install dlib using the command: # pip install dlib # # Alternatively, if you want to compile dlib yourself then go into the dlib # root folder and run: # python setup.py install # # Compiling dlib should work on any operating system so long as you have # CMake installed. On Ubuntu, this can be done easily by running the # command: # sudo apt-get install cmake # # Also note that this example requires Numpy which can be installed # via the command: # pip install numpy import sys import dlib import cv2 detector = dlib.get_frontal_face_detector() cam = cv2.VideoCapture(0) color_green = (0,255,0) line_width = 3 while True: ret_val, img = cam.read() rgb_image = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB) dets = detector(rgb_image) for det in dets: cv2.rectangle(img,(det.left(), det.top()), (det.right(), det.bottom()), color_green, line_width) cv2.imshow('my webcam', img) if cv2.waitKey(1) == 27: break # esc to quit cv2.destroyAllWindows()