Detect face with openCV

Simple script to recognize a human face from a given folder of similar human faces.

Python requirements

Python 3.0 or newer

How to use it

Make a folder in the folder where the python script "face_recognition.py" is there and name it as "faces". Then put the images of the people that the script needs to recognize in the "faces" folder. Before running the script, install the requirements of the script using the command:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Setup and activate virtual environment :

For Unix based systems please execute the following command to create venv and install requirements.

make init
source .venv/bin/activate