Web based interface for face detection with OpenCV

A sample project for demonstrating web-based GUI for OpenCV. This project using web technologies (HTML5, Javascript, PHP) for the frontend of my face detection program.

Project page: http://goo.gl/jI4xA
Video demo: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0ZDQ7ZH76i0

Requirements

1. Apache web server
2. PHP 5.3 or above
3. OpenCV 2.4.3 or above
4. HTML5 enabled web browser (Google Chrome is recommended)

Installation

1. First you need to compile face-detect/face-detect.cpp.

g++ \`pkg-config --cflags --libs opencv\` face-detect.cpp -o face-detect

1. Create a directory in your htdocs, e.g: web-face-detect and copy all files into the directory.
2. Start your web server.
3. Open http://localhost/web-face-detect with your browser.
4. Try the sample images in assets/img/.

Image credits

The sample images in assets/img/ are Creative Commons licensed.

• 1.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
• 2.jpg - Flickr
• 3.jpg - Flickr
• 4.jpg - Flickr