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OpenCV: Computer Vision Projects with Python
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OpenCV: Computer Vision Projects with Python

by Joseph Howse, Prateek Joshi, Michael Beyeler
October 2016
Intermediate to advanced
558 pages
12h 39m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 3. Detecting and Tracking Different Body Parts

In this chapter, we are going to learn how to detect and track different body parts in a live video stream. We will start by discussing the face detection pipeline and how it's built from the ground up. We will learn how to use this framework to detect and track other body parts, such as eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.

By the end of this chapter, you will know:

  • How to use Haar cascades
  • What are integral images
  • What is adaptive boosting
  • How to detect and track faces in a live video stream
  • How to detect and track eyes in a live video stream
  • How to automatically overlay sunglasses on top of a person's face
  • How to detect ears, nose, and mouth
  • How to detect pupils using shape analysis

Using Haar cascades to ...

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