Face Recognition using OpenFace

Develop a face recognition system using a pre-trained open face model

Satyam Kumar
Analytics Vidhya

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Photo by Dmitriy Tyukov on Unsplash

A facial recognition system is a technology capable of identifying or verifying a person from a digital image or a video frame from a video source. There are multiple methods in which facial recognition systems work, but in general, they work by comparing selected facial features from a given image with faces within a database. It is also described as a Biometric Artificial Intelligence based application that can uniquely identify a person by analyzing patterns based on the person’s facial textures and shape.

Facial recognition is being used in many businesses. Some of the uses of the face recognition system are to unlock phones, smart advertisement, tagging people on social media platforms, diagnose diseases, track attendance, payment verification, etc.

Difference between Face recognition and Face verification?

Face recognition, verification, and identification are often confused. Face recognition is a general topic that includes both face identification and face verification (also called authentication). On one hand, face verification is concerned with validating a claimed identity based on the image of a face, and either accepting or rejecting the identity claim (one-to-one matching). On the…

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