Remove camera lag in opencv python

asked 2016-12-25 13:23:34 -0600

irum
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i am working on Odroid and running a face detection using open cv python on it. but there is too much lag in the camera. i have tried a lot of things but couldn't remove the lag. please suggest how can i remove the lag. i want to detect faces from at least 15 feet for that i need a high resolution, but high resolution causes more lag. currently i am having 2 second lag between frames..... if there are any suggestions please share.

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answered 2016-12-26 01:01:08 -0600

berak
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face detection is slow, and it gets worse with larger images, but you can try to:

use a lbp cascade instead of a haar one (they're much faster!)
optimize detectMultiScale params ,like:
- increase the scale factor (less iterations)
- set a proper maxSize() (again, less iterations)
drop frames, now and then. (maybe you do not need to detect a face in each frame)

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i think "set a proper maxSize()" should be "set a proper minSize()"

sturkmen ( 2016-12-26 02:00:45 -0600 )edit

@sturkmen, i might be wrong, but i assumed, that from 5m away, there will be no "full-image-sized" detections, so you can rule out the "large" faces (which are the most expensive ones)