eigenFaces

Face recognition using Eigen faces method

init.py

Initialises eigen vectors

teach.py

Learns and stores eigen coefficients

recognize.py

Recognizes faces

Dependencies

• OpenCV 2.4.9+

• Numpy

Trial

• Initialize eigen vectors:

$ python init.py data/train.txt data

• Teach faces ( from an image/video ):

# Teach an image
$ python teach.py data templates <label-your_name> image /path/to/image

# Teach from a video
$ python teach.py data templates <label-your_name> video

• For realtime face recognition:

# Recognize an image
$ python recognize.py data templates image /path/to/image

# Recognize faces from a live video feed
$ python recognize.py data templates video

The code can be reused with any other face dataset by regenerating data/train.txt appropriately.

Sample outputs

Dataset

Yale faces dataset

References

Matthew A. Turk and Alex P. Pentland - "Face recognition using Eigenfaces"