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Face Detection on iPhone (including source code)

by jcollins on 5/6/09, 1:51 PM with 14 comments

  • by markessien on 5/6/09, 3:10 PM

    This is the base for the face detection, in case you are wondering and don't want to dig through the code:

    http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/FaceDetection

  • by jbum on 5/6/09, 2:43 PM

    It's perhaps worth pointing out that this software is for detecting the presence of any old face, not for detecting a particular face, such as you or Osama Bin Laden.
  • by zacharypinter on 5/6/09, 3:28 PM

    Not that github should be the only location of open source, but does anybody else find themselves surprised when they come across code samples that don't use it?
  • by darragjm on 5/6/09, 6:36 PM

    I'm surprised they didn't include an option to specify how many faces you want it to detect before taking the picture.