I've been searching around for information on how to recognize facial expressions in Processing, and as far as I can tell, there is no previous work on the subject. It seems like there would be, but I just can't find it. Does anyone else know about a project or a library that I can start from?
My short term goal is to program a mimic that sees your face in the webcam and copies your expression to a smiley-face kind of illustration. Concurrently I'd implement a hardware version of the smiley. I hope to ultimately add some intelligence to the face, where it might attempt to interact rather than just react.
If I can't find anything Processing specific, I guess I will have to use OpenCV or something like that to detect eyes, eyebrows, mouth, etc. and write some algorithms to determine their expression. I have not yet searched for recognizing facial expressions in general, and any guidance would be appreciated (though I understand it's beyond the scope of this forum).
Thanks for your help.
My short term goal is to program a mimic that sees your face in the webcam and copies your expression to a smiley-face kind of illustration. Concurrently I'd implement a hardware version of the smiley. I hope to ultimately add some intelligence to the face, where it might attempt to interact rather than just react.
If I can't find anything Processing specific, I guess I will have to use OpenCV or something like that to detect eyes, eyebrows, mouth, etc. and write some algorithms to determine their expression. I have not yet searched for recognizing facial expressions in general, and any guidance would be appreciated (though I understand it's beyond the scope of this forum).
Thanks for your help.
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