DIY Portable Face Recogniser Files

We have all the components connected to each other, and software libraries are installed with previous tutorials.
Now we need a program to orchestrate them to work together.
We use the Python programming language in this tutorial to do so.

A Folder to Keep the Files Together

mkdir DIY_Portable_Face_Recogniser

The folder name is just an example and this tutorial will refer to this folder as the Program Folder.

You only need 2 files in the Program Folder to begin with (3 more will be created automatically after running the program).

1. haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml – Trained face detection model
2. main.py – The Python program we create

Trained Face Detection Model

The trained face detection model will be used to instruct OpenCV what human faces generally look like.

Alternatively, you can also download zipped version from below.

The other 3 files that will be created automatically are:

• face_recogniser.db – The database to record names
• face_recogniser.yml – The face recognition model file
• voice.wav – Temporary voice file to speak

What’s Next?

We will start coding using Python programing language.