Facetrainer Tool

This repository contains tools to setup and train the facial recognition module for the MagicMirror.

Facetrainer Tool

The scripts in this directory are based on scripts from pi-facerec-box and should be used on a computer (with a webcam). You need OpenCV installed on your computer. It works on a RaspberryPi.

Usage

Capturing training images

1. Make sure you have all dependencies (see below) installed.
2. Run python capture.py.
3. Decide whether you want to capture images from your web cam or convert existing .jpg images.
4. Enter the name of the person you are about to capture. Images will be stored in a folder named after the captured person in training_data/.
5. Follow screen instructions.

Training model

1. Make sure you have all dependencies (see below) installed.
2. Make sure you have captured all your images.
3. Run python train.py. The script will automatically scan the directory training_data/ for your images.
4. Wait. You will end up with a training.xml file in the current directory.
5. Copy down the ['name', 'name2','name3'] part because you will later need it for setting up your mirror's face recognition and to test your face recognition model.

Facerecognition Test Tool

With this tool you can test if your facerecognition model is working.

Usage

1. Make sure you have all dependencies (see below) installed.
2. Make sure your training.xml from running train.py is in this directory
3. specify the face recognition algorithm in the environment with

export FACE_ALGORITHM=1

4. specify your user labels in the environment with

export FACE_USERS=Alice,Bob,Casey,Doug

5. Run python facerecognition.py.

Dependencies

OpenCV

To install OpenCV run:

sudo apt-get install libopencv-dev python-opencv

If you are using virtual environments you will need to need to copy the opencv python modules into your virutal environment path. That will look something like this:

cp /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cv* ~/.virtualenvs/MY_VIRTUAL_ENV/lib/python2.7/site-packages/

Where python2.7 will be the name of your python version where opencv was installed and MY_VIRTUAL_ENV is the name of your virtual environment.

Python dependancies

Install the required python packages.

pip install -r requirements.txt

Currently this is just the future module for making the scripts python 2 and 3 cross compatible.

Open Source Licenses

###pi-facerec-box The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2018 Antoine Dombrecht