IRJET- Class Attendance using Face Detection and Recognition with OPENCV

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Class Attendance Using Face Detection and Recognition with OPENCV
K. Yamini1, S. Mohan Kumar2, S. Sonia3, P. V. Yugandhar4, T. Bharath kumar5
1Assistant Professor of Electronics and Communication Technology, Mother Theresa Institute of Engineering and
Technology, Palamaner, Andhra Pradesh, India
2,3,4,5UG Students, Department of Electronics and Communication Technology, Mother Theresa Institute of
Engineering and Technology, Palamaner, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Abstract – Attendance is important for each and every
students in schools and colleges. This paper deals with the
process of taking the attendance with use camera and
automating the attendance process that will mark the
attendance for the students in easy and simple manner
without wasting of time and reduce Statistical process. This
proposed system uses face detection for identification of face
from objects and face recognition for matching of faces from
stored database images (authentication) and provide
attendance according to the matched face. To attain this face
detection and recognition, we use viola-Jones algorithm
(Haar’s Cascade) for face detection and linear binary pattern
histograms for face authentication using python and
importing the OPENCV framework to python IDE. This system
updates attendance of the student and sends message to the
Head of the Department.
KEYWORDS: Python IDE, OPENCV, Haar’s Cascade, Viola-
Jones framework, LBPH recognizer, Camera.
1. INTRODUCTION
The present day attendance system is manual. It wastes a
considerable amount of time both for teachers andstudents.
The waiting time of the students is increased if attendance is
taken manually. There are still chances for false attendance
in the class when attendance is taken manual. Manual
attendance always a have a cost of human error. When we
manually mark attendance it is of time and increase in
Statistical process. To solve the current problem is through
automation of attendance system using face recognition.
Face is the primary identification for any human. So
automating the attendance process will increase the
productivity of the class face. To attain this face detection
and recognition, we use viola-Jones algorithm (Haar’s
Cascade) for face detection and linear binary pattern
histograms for face authentication. This module can be
utilized for different applications where face
acknowledgment can be utilised for validation. The Main
aim is to give the effective way of attendance marking
system and reducing human handling by using Viola Jones
algorithm for face detection and LBP histogram for
recognition.
2. EXISTING SYSTEMS
1. RFID Scanner: Scanning ID cards using of RFID Tags
2. Biometrics: Authentication between two human
fingerprints
2.1 Drawbacks of RFID Scanner
1. Costly
2. Easy disrupted
3. Reader and Tag Collision
4. Security, Privacy and Ethics Problem
5. RFID tags can be read without your Knowledge
2.2 Drawbacks of Biometrics
1. Copy of fingerprints
2. Waiting time is large
3. PROPOSED SYSTEM
This proposed approach deals with the automation of
attendance system using face detection and recognition.
This approach has three modules:
1. Face Detection
2. Face Training
3. Face Recognition
Advantages
1. Increases security level
2. Less statistical process
3. Fast and Flexible
3.1 Face detection and training
The efficient algorithm used in face detection process is
Haar’s Cascades proposed by Viola- Jones for face detection.

The algorithm can be used as Cascade Object detector. We
have used the built in method but we have modified its
implementation to increase its accuracy. Detected faces are
then converted into Grayscale images for better accuracy.
Viola Jones Algorithm Overview
Viola Jones face detection algorithm is used for real-time
object detection. Although it can be trained to detect faces.
The main disadvantage of this algorithm is its detector is
most effective only on frontal images of faces.
Viola Jones method for detection of faces contains three
techniques:
1. Features from Integral Image
2. Adaboost algorithm
3. Cascading Classifiers
Features from Integral Image
Rectangular features serve simple classifier. In this Viola
Jones algorithm begins with the computation of simple
rectangular features. Viola Jones algorithm uses Haar like
features. The algorithm that is provided with use of Viola-
jones algorithm needs a lot of positive imagesandnegative
images to train the Haar cascades classifier. Positive
images are clear faces where negative images are without
any faces. Each feature is represented as a single value
obtained from the difference of the sums of pixels in white
rectangle from the sum of all pixels in the black rectangle.
As the number of classifiers increase the arithmetic
computations seems to take a long time. We have a
drawback, so we use the concept of Integral Image. The
Integral Image is used to calculate the sum of pixel values
in a given image – or a rectangular subset of a grid.
Fig-1: Integral Image Point (x, y)
Integral image is derived by using the formula.
The integral image is formed by the sum of the pixels above
and to the left of x, y.
Where I (x, y) is the integral image and I ( x’, y’) is the original
image.
Fig-2: Rectangle features shown relative to the enclosing
detection window (Haar cascade)
Adaboost algorithm
From the rectangle features available, an algorithm choose
the features that give the best results for easy process. Viola
Jones algorithm chose a variantofAdaboosttoselectfeatures
and to train a classifier. To reduce number of classifiers
applied for calculation. We go with the improved Adaboost
machine learning algorithm, which is inbuilt in OPENCV
library that iscascadeclassifier, to eliminatethe redundancy
of the classifiers. The classifier which has a probability of
having 50% of more in detection of features is treated as
weak classifier. The Summation of all weak classifier gives a
strong classifier which makes the decision about detection
which reduces the classifiers. It is very uncertain to classify
with one strong classifier we use the cascade of classifiers.
We don’t prefer to use classifiers on that region which is
discarded. The region which passes all the stages i.e. all
strong classifiers isconsider as detected face. It trainsasetof
weak classifiers to develop a strong linear classifier.
Cascade Classifiers
Cascade of classifiers increased detection performance and
reduce computation time. Classifiers which are constructed
which reject many of the negative sub-windows while
detecting almost all positive instances. This removes false
faces from each stage.
3.2 Face recognition
After the face detection next procedure is to extract the
features of facewhichiscalledfeatureextraction.Themodule
recognizes the face of students registeredforthecourse.This
module match the features ofthe student present in theclass
with the stored images in the database. For face recognition
we used several algorithms.
They are
1. Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG),
2. Local Binary Patterns (LBP)

Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG)
HOG is a reliable feature extraction system mainly used in
image processing for object detection. This system works
similarly like edgeoriented histograms but differs inthatitis
computed on a dense grid of uniformly spaced cells and uses
overlapping local contrast normalization for improved
accuracy. HOG works by dividing the image into very small
connected regions which are called cells and for each cell,
finding histogram of gradient direction inside the cell. HOG
tries to describe every objects within the image with edge
direction or intensity gradients
To improve the accuracy, block is defined as histograms
can be contrast-normalized by calculating a measureofthe
intensity across a larger region of the image and thenusing
this value to normalize all cells within the block. This
normalization results in better invariance to changes in
illumination and shadowing.
Fig-3: HOG Feature (a) sample image and (b) Extracted
HOG Features of sample image.
Local Binary Pattern (LBP)
We use LBP histogram forfacerecognition. Thelocal binary
pattern (LBP) texture analysis operator is defined as,
Basically , it is gray-scale invariant texture measure which
is derived from a general definition of texture in a local
neighborhood. It is a type of visual descriptor used for
classification in computer vision. Face recognition
algorithms assumes that the face images are well
structured and aligned to have a similar pose. It is
impossible to meet these conditions. Histograms of Local
Binary Patterns have proven to be highly discriminative
descriptors and best approach for face recognition. The
area of face are first divided into small regions from which
Local Binary Pattern histograms are extracted and
concatenated into a single, specially enhanced feature
histogram efficiently representing the face image. The
operator has been extended to use neighborhoods of
different sizes. Using a circular neighborhood and
bilinearly interpolating values at non-integer pixel
coordinates allow any radius and number of pixels in the
neighborhood. The notation (P; R) is generally used for
pixel neighborhoods to refer to P sampling points on a
circle of radius R
Fig- 4: Circularly symmetric neighbor sets
The calculation of the LBP codes can be done within in a
single scan through the image.
The value of LBP code of a pixel ( xc : yc ) is given by
4. PYTHON AND OPENCV
4.1 Python
Python is high level programming language with dynamics
semantics. Python is also the scripting language where the
application can be developed and can be used for many
purposes. There areseveralmodulestwocanbeimportwhile
implementing the code from algorithm. Some of python
interpreter and the extensive standard library are available
without any charge. Python is simple to learn where reduces
the cost of program maintenance.
Python supports multi-paradigms:
1. Object-oriented
2. Imperative
3. Functional
4. Procedural
5. Reflective
4.2 OPENCV
OPENCV is popular library for computer vision. This is used
as image processing framework. This use machine learning
algorithm for detection of faces and recognition of faces.
There will be thousands of small patterns and features that
must be authenticated. The algorithms breaks the task of
identifying the face into thousands of smaller, bite-sized
tasks, each of which is easy to solve. These tasks are also
called classifiers. OPENCV data used to detect objects. We
initialize the code with the cascade we want,andthenitdoes
the work.
We import OPENCV framework with use of module “CV2”
import CV2

5. WORKING OF PROPOSED SYSTEM
1. Creation of Student Dataset
2. Turning on camera
3. Capturing the video of present student
4. Detect faces and extract feature
5. Matching
6. Marking attendance and sent to mail
Creation of Student Dataset
At first student database is created withoutanyerrorsi.e., no
other faces are accepted while saving the database of single
students and python program is implemented using CV2
module to create the datasets of the students.
Turning on camera
Camera is one of the important part, whichisused tocapture
the frames of faces.
Detect faces and extract feature
Detection of Faces is done using viola-Jones algorithm. So
that detection of face can be easy and face features are
extracted from the frames. Python program is implemented
using CV2 module for training and recognition of multiple
faces
Matching
Face Recognition is done through LBP histograms. This is
easy to compare the features of two image. So as to match
the images that are stored in database with the input image.
Python program is implemented using CV2 module for
matching of two images.
Marking attendance and sent to mail
Attendance is being updated oncefora daywhenthestudent
enters into the class along with time. Whenhe enteredinthe
class and at the last hour of the day mail is sent to the Head
of department. Python program is implemented using CV2
module for updating of the attendance in Notepad and
sending message through mail.
Fig-5 Flowchart
Initially, image of the students is provided by standing near
to the camera for about 2 seconds. Then Frames of images
captured and they are being compared with the datasets in
which each and every student datasets are stored. While
capturing faces 24*24 window is created to detect only face.
While storing the datasets of the students color of the
students i.e., RGB gets turned to GRAY SCALE Image. If the
input image is match with any of the datasets of the student
and their face is matched and attendanceisprovidedtothem
and get printed on the Notepad and again at the last hour of
the day message is sent to the Head ofthedepartment. When
this process goes with full automation, easy and with high
security. It can detect multiple face and match the features
with datasets within seconds and saves huge time and
maintain accuracy in detection of facesandauthenticationof
faces.
6. RESULTS
6.1 output of the project
Fig-6: Output of the project

6.2 outputs sent to mail
Fig-7: Output sent to mail
7. CONCLUSION
Hence we have accomplished to build up a solid and
productive participation framework to actualize an image
handling algorithm to identify faces in classroom and to
perceive confronts precisely to check the attendance. So to
defeat RFID and fingerprint framework and provide better
solid arrangement from each keen of timeandsecurityusing
face detection and recognition.
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