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c++opencvface-detection
reetesh11
reetesh11

Reputation: 701

orientation of face using opencv C++

I am currently working on face detection and thereafter eyes, mouth, nose and other facial features.For above detection I have used haarcascade( frontal face, eyes, right_ear, left_ear and mouth).Now, everything works perfectly, if the face is frontal and straight. But I am not getting good result if the face is in side view or it is rotated. For side view, I have used lbscascade_profile.xml( it works only for right side of face). But for rotated face, I am not able to detect face.Can anyone help me out in above context.I am adding my code here for better understanding. P.S : Thanks in advance and Pardon me for childish question( it might be because I am very new to programming).

void detectAndDisplay( Mat frame)
{


// create a vector array to store the face found
std::vector<Rect> faces;

Mat frame_gray;
bool mirror_image = false;    
// convert the frame image into gray image file 
cvtColor( frame, frame_gray, CV_BGR2GRAY);
//equalize the gray image file
equalizeHist( frame_gray, frame_gray);

//find the frontal faces and store them in vector array 
face_cascade1.detectMultiScale(frame_gray,
                               faces,
                               1.1, 2,
                               0|CV_HAAR_SCALE_IMAGE|CV_HAAR_FIND_BIGGEST_OBJECT,
                               Size(40, 40),
                               Size(200, 200));

// find the right side face and store that in the face vector 
if(!(faces.size()))
{
    profileface_cascade.detectMultiScale( frame_gray,
                                          faces,
                                          1.2, 3,
                                          0|CV_HAAR_SCALE_IMAGE|CV_HAAR_FIND_BIGGEST_OBJECT,
                                          Size(40, 40),
                                          Size(200, 200));
}

// find whether left face exist or not by flipping the frame and checking through lbsprofile 
if(!faces.size())
{
    cv::flip(frame_gray, frame_gray, 1);
    profileface_cascade.detectMultiScale( frame_gray,
                                          faces,
                                          1.2, 3,
                                          0|CV_HAAR_SCALE_IMAGE|CV_HAAR_FIND_BIGGEST_OBJECT,
                                          Size(40, 40),
                                          Size(200, 200));
    mirror_image = true;
}

// if the frame is not flipped then the it could be directly drawn into frame
if(mirror_image and faces.size())
{
    // flip the frame
    cv::flip(frame_gray, frame_gray, 1);
}

if(faces.size())
{
    //draw rectangle for the faces detected 
    rectangle(frame, faces[0], cvScalar(0, 255, 0, 0), 1, 8, 0);

}

// check whether any face is present in frame or not 
else
    image_not_found++;

imshow("Face Detection", frame);
}

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6418

Answers (1)

marol
marol

Reputation: 4074

Flandmark will be your friend, then! I've been using it recently quite often, and it turned out to be a successful tool in head pose estimation hence particular in detecting "rotated" face. It works quite reasonable in range of angles: tilt (rotation around axis parallel to image's width) from -30 to +30 degrees, pan (rotation around axis parallel to image's height) from -45 to +45 degrees. Also it is a robust solution.

Upvotes: 5

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