Streaming Face Detection, Training, Recognition

Version 2.1.0.0 (88 KB) by Brett Shoelson
Demonstrates live acquisition, detection, training, and recognition of faces!
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Just connect a webcam to your computer and run "streamingFaceRecognition." This demo program:
• Initializes the webcam and starts a streaming preview of the audience;
• automatically detects faces;
• captures a specified number of qualified face images;
• writes them to an auto-created, labeled subdirectory;
• asks (in a while loop) if you want to capture another face;
• prompts one to (optionally) provide names for the faces;
• automatically and quickly trains a recognizer.
With no downtime, continue to point the camera at the audience and detected faces will be AUTOMATICALLY LABELED!!!

Cite As

Brett Shoelson (2026). Streaming Face Detection, Training, Recognition (https://nl.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/49914-streaming-face-detection-training-recognition), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2014b
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
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Version Published Release Notes
2.1.0.0

The files are the same; I simply added a "README" Doc that explains the algorithm behind the functionality herein.
2.0.0.0

I changed preprocessing and capture defaults to improve performance in a wider range of settings. Now captures 8 images per person (by default), and gives you an opportunity to discard bad captures. Should be faster and better.
1.4.0.0

Fixes an occasional error-triggering problem with mismatched image sizes. Should be more robust now.
1.3.0.0

Based on some of the comments I received, I modified some of the default parameters and fixed a couple of minor bugs. I believe that this version will be faster, and may even give better performance, than the first version.
1.1.0.0

Omits an unnecessary file.