Visual Neural Network recognizer that breaks up an image into digital image features (nose, mouth, etc) to improve accuracy in object recognition.
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Ideal images for Viola-Jones Haar cascade in OpenCV
I am trying to detect specific objects in images using Haar cascade in OpenCV.
Let's say I am interested in detecting stop signs in landscape images. When defining positive image samples for my training set, which would be the best kind of image:…

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Haar/LBP cascades for mouth detection in profile faces
I am looking for openCV trained xml files of Haar or LBP cascades for mouth detection on profile faces.
Using the available existing LBP cascades, I am able to detect faces but I want to know the location of the mouth/lips as well. I have googled…

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OpenCV Cascade Performance: valid XML error
I am running opencv 2.4.8 inside a conda environment. I am able to train a car detector using
opencv_traincascade -data data -vec cars.vec -bg bg.txt -numPos 500 -numNeg 500 -numStages 2 -w 48 -h 24
However, I can not check the performance using…

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Where to get negative sample images for Haar training?
I need a collection of sample images to train a Haar-based classifier for face detection. I read that a ratio of 2 negative examples for each positive example is acceptable. I searched around the web and found many databases containing positive…
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opencv cascade.xml format
I've just generated using opencv_traincascade.exe (opencv 2.4.11 (vc10)) cascade.xml file.
Then when I try to use it in javacv 0.8 (and 1.0 too), I get this error:
OpenCV Error: Unspecified error (The node does not represent a user object (unknown…

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opencv_createsamples won't create correct *.vec file
I have problem with creating classifier for handwritten number recognition. I am stuck on first step, creating *.vec file with positive samples. I am working with OpenCV library, version 3.
I am using opencv_createsamples tool, I have dataset with…

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haartraining in open cv 2.4.9 and ubuntu 14.04 LTS
I have tried the tutorial from http://coding-robin.de/2013/07/22/train-your-own-opencv-haar-classifier.html
I got error while run this command:
g++ `pkg-config --libs --cflags opencv` -I. -o mergevec mergevec.cpp\
cvboost.cpp cvcommon.cpp…

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Can rectangular images be used for opencv haar training
I am sorry it seems a starting question but just wondering can i use rectangular dimensions for training opencv haar cascade. I tried with square samples and the resultant image was detected fine but when i tried with rectangular width and height as…

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ROC curve for different object detection methods in matlab
There are varieties of object recognition methods, which some of them are already developed in Matlab environment. I was wondering if there were a way that I can evaluate them using RoC curve.
For instance, vision.CascadeObjectDetector in Matlab…

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Accuracy tuning for Haar-Cascade Classifier
I'm using Haar-Cascade Classifier in order to detect faces.
I'm currently facing some problems with the following function:
void ImageManager::detectAndDisplay(Mat frame, CascadeClassifier face_cascade){
string window_name = "Capture - Face…

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In openCV how to load images from vector file generated by opencv_createsamples in python?
Script opencv_createsamples creates .vec file that holds all images necessary for training cascades.
I am wondering if there is a way to load images directly from that file to python script.
Thank you.

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Haar Classifier robustness - train my own or alternative exists?
Having spent a day detecting facing using Haar classifier (for frontal face), here's what I've figured out that it fails to recognize/detect faces where:
Head is slightly tilted to left or right, even with frontal shots
Thick moustache or beard
Non…

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Best approach to detect people in a STATIC camera images ( not using video stream ) - HOG, Haar, BackgroundSubtract in OpenCV?
So I am planning on implementing human detection static camera images - the camera never moves but the lighting conditions do change. Humans can be upright or could be sitting.
Question:
What would be better in this case to detect people in such…

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How to use opencv_haartraining to train a haarcascade
I want to use opencv and haartraining in order to train a new haarcascade with new samples. I have created positives.dat and negative.dat which contains list with positive and negative images. Next step to train haarcascade using…

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Haar.js convert open cv xml to javascript
This project is discontinued , however the project files are still alive , simply i want to use the haar.js project to detect upper body in some media file (video or image ) , the current cascades in project folder doesn't contain upper body…

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