Chapter 8. Face Recognition using Eigenfaces or Fisherfaces

This chapter will introduce concepts in face detection and face recognition and provide a project to detect faces and recognize them when it sees them again. Face recognition is both a popular and a difficult topic, and many researchers devote years to the field of face recognition. So this chapter will explain simple methods of face recognition, giving the reader a good start if they want to explore more complex methods.

In this chapter, we cover the following:

  • Face detection
  • Face preprocessing
  • Training a machine-learning algorithm from collected faces
  • Face recognition
  • Finishing touches

Introduction to face recognition and face detection

Face recognition is the process of putting a label to ...

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