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Trying to Detect Face

asked 2014-11-06 17:14:21 -0600

Nimble_Ninja gravatar image

updated 2014-11-07 12:13:13 -0600

I am trying to detect faces but cascade file will not load: I have set path correctly and in addition added files to all folders related to C++ program I also tried adding the files in Visual Studio but that did not work either... I am running windows 8.1, VS2013, OpenCV249 and 64bit configuration. Code:(copied from http://docs.opencv.org/doc/tutorials/objdetect/cascade_classifier/cascade_classifier.html#cascade-classifier)

#include "opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"

 #include <iostream>
 #include <stdio.h>

 using namespace std;
 using namespace cv;

 /** Function Headers */
 void detectAndDisplay( Mat frame );

 /** Global variables */
 String face_cascade_name = "haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml";
 String eyes_cascade_name = "haarcascade_eye_tree_eyeglasses.xml";
 CascadeClassifier face_cascade;
 CascadeClassifier eyes_cascade;
 string window_name = "Capture - Face detection";
 RNG rng(12345);

 /** @function main */
 int main( int argc, const char** argv )
 {
   CvCapture* capture;
   Mat frame;

   //-- 1. Load the cascades
   if( !face_cascade.load( face_cascade_name ) ){ printf("--(!)Error loading\n"); return -1; };
   if( !eyes_cascade.load( eyes_cascade_name ) ){ printf("--(!)Error loading\n"); return -1; };

   //-- 2. Read the video stream
   capture = cvCaptureFromCAM( -1 );
   if( capture )
   {
     while( true )
     {
   frame = cvQueryFrame( capture );

   //-- 3. Apply the classifier to the frame
       if( !frame.empty() )
       { detectAndDisplay( frame ); }
       else
       { printf(" --(!) No captured frame -- Break!"); break; }

       int c = waitKey(10);
       if( (char)c == 'c' ) { break; }
      }
   }
   return 0;
 }

/** @function detectAndDisplay */
void detectAndDisplay( Mat frame )
{
  std::vector<Rect> faces;
  Mat frame_gray;

  cvtColor( frame, frame_gray, CV_BGR2GRAY );
  equalizeHist( frame_gray, frame_gray );

  //-- Detect faces
  face_cascade.detectMultiScale( frame_gray, faces, 1.1, 2, 0|CV_HAAR_SCALE_IMAGE, Size(30, 30) );

  for( size_t i = 0; i < faces.size(); i++ )
  {
    Point center( faces[i].x + faces[i].width*0.5, faces[i].y + faces[i].height*0.5 );
    ellipse( frame, center, Size( faces[i].width*0.5, faces[i].height*0.5), 0, 0, 360, Scalar( 255, 0, 255 ), 4, 8, 0 );

    Mat faceROI = frame_gray( faces[i] );
    std::vector<Rect> eyes;

    //-- In each face, detect eyes
    eyes_cascade.detectMultiScale( faceROI, eyes, 1.1, 2, 0 |CV_HAAR_SCALE_IMAGE, Size(30, 30) );

    for( size_t j = 0; j < eyes.size(); j++ )
     {
       Point center( faces[i].x + eyes[j].x + eyes[j].width*0.5, faces[i].y + eyes[j].y + eyes[j].height*0.5 );
       int radius = cvRound( (eyes[j].width + eyes[j].height)*0.25 );
       circle( frame, center, radius, Scalar( 255, 0, 0 ), 4, 8, 0 );
     }
  }
  //-- Show what you got
  imshow( window_name, frame );
 }

I have searched this issues for over a week and can not find anything that actually solves this problem....most mention to correctly reference the path and that does not work. Any help is appreciated

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and updated code

/** Global variables */
String face_cascade_name = "C:\\OpenCV\\sources\\data\\haarcascades\\haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml";
String eyes_cascade_name = "C:\\OpenCV\\sources\\data\\haarcascades\\haarcascade_eye_tree_eyeglasses.xml";
CascadeClassifier face_cascade;
CascadeClassifier eyes_cascade;
string window_name = "Capture - Face detection";
RNG rng(12345);
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answered 2014-11-07 06:33:52 -0600

thdrksdfthmn gravatar image

updated 2014-11-07 06:38:28 -0600

Is there a "haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml" or "haarcascade_eye_tree_eyeglasses.xml" where your .exe is, or in your project folder?

Just try to change the two lines with the right path:

String face_cascade_name = "/path/to/the/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml";
String eyes_cascade_name = "/path/to/the/haarcascade_eye_tree_eyeglasses.xml";

or (if you are on Windows)

String face_cascade_name = "path\\to\\the\\haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml";
String eyes_cascade_name = "path\\to\\the\\haarcascade_eye_tree_eyeglasses.xml";

If you do not know what "/path/to/the/" means, it is something like "/home/ninja/opencv/data/haarcascades/", or "C:\\opencv\\data\\haarcascades\\" for Windows


Another thing what you can do is to post the error code you are getting, or the result of the comportment of the application. I supposed that you have not put the right path, because in your code is not posted.

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Thanks for the response!

I tried the correct path and it did not work as well... below is the code I changed: String face_cascade_name = "C:\OpenCV\sources\data\haarcascades\haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml"; String eyes_cascade_name = "C:\OpenCV\sources\data\haarcascades\haarcascade_eye_tree_eyeglasses.xml";

The error I get is in the command window and is the text from the code where it states "Error loading" for the face cascade

Nimble_Ninja gravatar imageNimble_Ninja ( 2014-11-07 11:57:37 -0600 )edit
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try "C:\OpenCV\sources\data\haarcascades\haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml" or put haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml to folder with *.exe and use "haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml". If this will not work, check that you use release lib with release in VS (or debug with debug), then reinstall OpenCV :)

fedor gravatar imagefedor ( 2014-11-07 12:16:35 -0600 )edit

"use release lib with release in VS (or debug with debug), then reinstall OpenCV"... not sure I understand what this means. I have run other applications using opencv files and they have worked, but never anything from the cascade files. BTW, I am a ChemE and not a programmer so please excuse me if I am stating something that makes no sense. I did try the path you mentioned and then pasted a copy of the two xml files in the folder containing the application file(the .exe file). But that did not work either.

Nimble_Ninja gravatar imageNimble_Ninja ( 2014-11-07 15:50:02 -0600 )edit
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Ok...got it past load errors!!! Thank you fedor, it was the lib files... I added them to a global property sheet and not on an individual one for the debug. Code still not finding the face however...but I can figure this part out by reading some more... Thank you ALL for helping me get opencv running!!!

Nimble_Ninja gravatar imageNimble_Ninja ( 2014-11-08 10:21:29 -0600 )edit

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