Real Time Face Tracking Robot With Arduino and Matlab

Real time face tracking refers to the task of locating human faces in a video stream and tracking the detected or recognized faces.Nowadays , there are many real world applications of face detection and other image processing techniques.There are many algorithms like Viola Jones , Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi ,camshift etc. that are quite helpful in face detection.

In our project , we made use of some functions (in Matlab) that together make up the Viola-Jones face detection algorithm.We built a robot that tracks the movement of a face from the video stream using Matlab and Arduino.

Step 1: Components Used

1. Arduino Uno Microcontroller.

2. Matlab software(R2012b , installed with arduino I/O support package).

3. Arduino IDE(1.0.6)

4. Servo Motors x 2.

5. Usb Webcam (Logitech 720p).

6. Jumper cables.

Step 2: Working

Codes could be found attached in this step.

1. Firstly , code in Matlab detects a face from every frame of the live video stream and inserts a bounding box around the Region of Interest., which is a face in this case(by detecting some haar features present in the human faces).The project code follows the Viola Jones algorithm for face detection.

2. The set of frames with bounding boxes make up the addition of a bounding box around the face in live video.While adding a bounding box , we also calculate the coordinates of centroid of the bounding box.

3. These coordinates are sent as a string to the arduino UNO microcontroller., from Matlab and these are processed according to the code written on arduino IDE for the movement of motors.

4. During processing , the arduino gets the positions of PAN and TILT servo motors (that are attached as shown in the project image).Then , arduino checks if the centroid coordinates lie in the centre region of the screen. We are trying to move the camera in such a way that the centroid lies at the centre of the frame.(The pan and tilt servos are given to the digital pins 9 and 10 respectively...)

5. For this reason the frame is divided into left and right halves and also top and bottom halves.If the centroid falls in the left half , the camera is panned right and if it falls in the right half , camera is panned left and the same with the top and bottom halves and tilting.

Step 3: References and Team Members

1. https://www.instructables.com/id/Face-detection-and...

2. https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/304

3. http://in.mathworks.com/help/vision/examples/face-...

4. http://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange...

5. http://in.mathworks.com/help/vision/examples/face-...

Credits to(Team Members) :

1. M.Bharath (bharath01028)
2. A.Harika (Harika28)
3. P.Jagadeesh
4. M.K.Chaitanya

Comments

[sayamegu]

I'm use this code. But when I run MATLAB and bbox appear. Servo motors rotate camera away. Make the bbox disappear.

[thomas.shaw.750]

so this is just my opinion and i have probably no room to talk, but you may have messed up the servo orientations. try making them face the other way so that they will go the right directions.

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[norma.rhernandez]

Hi!
How can I upload code on Arduino Uno?
Ive a demo blink and runs correctly... but i want to run standalone
%% BLINK
for i = 1:20
writeDigitalPin(a, 'D13', 0);
pause(0.3);
writeDigitalPin(a, 'D13', 1);
pause(0.3);
end

[RiddhimanD]

Hello,
We have followed the instructions step by step, but in the end only the x axis tracks the face, whereas the y axis just rotates in one direction whenever it recognises the face. Is there any way we can fix this issue?

[ErwingL]

the same problem happens to me :c... I have followed step by step and nothing works with the y axis.. i

[Yokayyo]

Hello! Please answer, please.

How does the fopen(arduino) work? How does matlab know which arduino code file to access?

[TroyC61]

Typing in the right serial number and also open the file in Arduino

[GenialG]

we are supposed to get an orange image in the video player pls debug this problem

[Jackd155]

Hello, I am getting the error
"% Report error if one occurred.

if errorOccurred

if length(jobject) == 1

warning(warnState);

error(message('MATLAB:serial:fopen:opfailed', msg));

else

warning(message('MATLAB:serial:fopen:invalid'));"
How can I fix this?

[Jackd155]

Hello, do you think I could see the cables and connections clearly? I can't see the cables using the video and images. I am new to arduino

[muhammadusama3607]

Greetings. I am using the same code, but servo motor rotate camera in one direction only, once it moved in one direction, i want it to go back as face move to backward position, but it doesnot . how to tackle this

[sayamegu]

me too.

[rhishabh_raunak]

Nice work buddy...

Is the USB cable attached to arduino be replaced by a battery ? Is it used for power supply only or if not how can I make it laptop free ?

[BharathM3]

Yes, you can replace the USB with the battery ...

[HossamT3]

fopen(arduino);

this line gives me error

what do you think?

[Thuta Zaw]

same

[BhaskarP6]

check this line, rename COM6 with your arduino com port,say COM14 etc

[MariaJ62]

my matlab got stuck while loading the program whats the problem???