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

In newer versions of opencv haarcascades also gets installed you just need the file location of haarcascades, to get it you can use cv2.data.haarcascades just like shown below

cascPath = "haarcascade_frontalface_default.xml"
faceCascade = cv2.CascadeClassifier(cv2.data.haarcascades + cascPath)