Overview
the project solves the problem of face recognition by solving each of the following problems individually: face detection, face alignment, face embedding and face matching or recognition, the code reflects the academic partition so that each step can be carried out independently with whatever framework or programming language the user prefers and then it will be integrated in the pipeline. the project also works with video or live stream and implement object tracking to get better results and to reduce the computation cost when dealing with high frame rate. the project aims to find a software solution that allows developers to quickly customize a face recognition pipeline depending on their needs, also the project help researchers evaluate their models developed for a specific task (such as face embedding) with different detection and alignment methods. there are many other useful use cases for the project. the code is organized and documented in a good way so that developers can read and make adjustments relatively easy, the docs is built using sphinx so the user can search for any needed documentation.
The code architecture consists of independent units that perform independent tasks, the main block is the class FaceCore which handles the pipeline operation but can be used for single tasks such as detection or embedding. Each class has the option to “clean” the model it leaded, the FaceCore is built to keep the models in memory in order to avoid loading overhead. This boost the performance of facelib in applications. In any time, you can use the clean option to free memory up.
Features
- face detection
- face tracking
- face alignment
- face embedding
- face matching and recognition
- works with images, folders, videos, streaming
Requirements
at least 4 Gigabytes of memory.
Instructions
this code is equipped with a simple UI for testing, however it is made for developers who want to integrate face recognition system in their application, it is simple to use, modular and robust.
this code is for farther development, not for final usage.
