Face detection using Cascade Classifier in opencv python

Question

I am using the inbuilt cascade classifier for the face detection. This is how the code is (OpenCV Python Tutorials):

import numpy as np
import cv2

face_casc         


        

Answer 1

You do NOT need to download or copy the .xml files. According to the OpenCV-Python PyPi page, you can simply use the packaged path to the installed cascades - cv2.data.haarcascades:

import cv2

# Globals
FACE_CLASSIFIER = cv2.CascadeClassifier(cv2.data.haarcascades + 'haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml')
EYE_CLASSIFIER = cv2.CascadeClassifier(cv2.data.haarcascades + 'haarcascade_eye.xml')
SCALE_FACTOR = 1.3
BLUE_COLOR = (255, 0, 0)
MIN_NEIGHBORS = 5

# Then use it however you'd like
try:
    faces = FACE_CLASSIFIER.detectMultiScale(gray, SCALE_FACTOR, MIN_NEIGHBORS)
    for (x, y, w, h) in faces:
        cv2.rectangle(self.roi_frame, (x, y), (x+w, y+h), BLUE_COLOR, HAAR_LINE_THICKNESS)
        roi_gray = gray[y:y+h, x:x+w]
        roi_color = self.roi_frame[y:y+h, x:x+w]
        eyes = EYE_CLASSIFIER.detectMultiScale(roi_gray)
        for (ex, ey, ew, eh) in eyes:
            cv2.rectangle(roi_color, (ex, ey), (ex+ew, ey+eh), GREEN_COLOR, HAAR_LINE_THICKNESS)
except Exception as e:
    warnings.warn('{}.show_haar_features: got exception {}'.format(__name__, e))