Concept Question: Use OpenCV directly on Raspberry Pi or on stronger PC
Hi,
My question is more conceptual in nature and I hope someone can shed some light on the subject.
Would it be better to record and analyze video for facial recognition and identification directly on a raspberry pi or would it be better to only capture the video with the pi and send it to a stronger pc for the processing and analyzing part?
Thank you in advance!
Kind Regards
Well, there are some examples on youtube showing face recognition in real time on a Raspberry Pi.
Anyway, as the algorithm is probably the same, you can easily invest in a Raspberry Pi and try it yourself.
Sending the images for analysis on a server (especially on a local network) will surely work - but I think it would be interesting for you to make everything on a simple embedded computer.
Anyway, the Raspberry Pi 2/3 are already quite powerful. BTW, there are some similar ARM computers that are much more powerful than the Raspberry Pi, like the Odroid XU4.