Vision: Face Recognition: Active Learning: Demo

The download package below contains demo program for building and using and initial face model to bootstrap Active Face Learning

To use these, you'll need a computer running Microsoft Windows and Microsoft's DirectX. (Windows XP comes with DirectX built in. On other Windows versions, you might need to install DirectX to try these programs.) You'll also need a webcam.

The demo programs use framecap to access the webcam frames. For convenience, framecap, and the dll it communicates through, are included in the download package. Simply unzip everything into one directory and run from there if you don't already use framecap.

To use the demo,

1. Unzip all files into one directory
2. Plug in a webcam
3. Launch framecap to enable video feed
4. After framecap is running, and displaying live video, launch InitialFaceModel and follow the on-screen instructions. When drawing the face ellipse, extend the lower edge of the ellipse a bit below the chin line
5. After InitialFaceModel has finished, close it and launch FaceFinder
6. Select either detection alone, or detection plus tracking. The combination of detection plus tracking improves detection quality
7. Click Start to recognize using the initial face model

Download the demo