myfacedetect 0.4.0

High-performance face detection and recognition library with CPU-only support

🚀 MyFaceDetect v0.4.0 - State-of-the-Art Face Detection & Recognition

Enterprise-grade face detection and recognition library with modular architecture, advanced detection methods, and cutting-edge features.

🌟 What's New in v0.4.0

🏗️ Modular Architecture

• Plugin-based detector system with factory pattern
• YAML-based configuration management
• Interchangeable components for maximum flexibility

🔍 Advanced Detection Methods

• HaarDetector: Enhanced Haar cascades with multiple classifiers and NMS
• MediaPipeDetector: Improved MediaPipe integration with better configuration
• RetinaFaceDetector: State-of-the-art detection using InsightFace (optional)
• YOLOv8Detector: Ultra-fast real-time detection (optional)
• EnsembleDetector: Sophisticated voting system combining multiple methods

🧠 Recognition System

• Deep learning embeddings with ArcFace/InsightFace
• Professional face database management
• Similarity matching with configurable thresholds
• Metadata and version tracking

🔒 Security Features

• Liveness Detection: Anti-spoofing with blink, smile, head movement detection
• Privacy Protection: Differential privacy, face anonymization, secure storage
• Template Protection: Homomorphic encryption, secure comparison

⚡ Performance Optimization

• GPU Acceleration: CUDA/OpenCL support for 10x+ speedup
• Intelligent Caching: Multi-layer caching system with LRU eviction
• Model Optimization: ONNX runtime, quantization, TensorRT support
• Memory Management: Smart memory pools and efficient algorithms

🎨 Advanced Preprocessing

• Face Alignment: Landmark-based geometric correction
• Image Enhancement: CLAHE, gamma correction, super-resolution
• Noise Reduction: Bilateral filtering, NLMeans denoising
• Normalization: Multiple normalization strategies

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

# Basic installation
pip install myfacedetect

# With advanced features (recommended)
pip install myfacedetect[advanced]

# Development installation
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/myfacedetect.git
cd myfacedetect
pip install -e .

CPU-only Quick Start

If you are on a CPU-only system (no GPU), a lightweight setup and scripts are provided in docs/CPU_SETUP.md and examples/.

PowerShell quick commands:

python -m venv facedetect_env
facedetect_env\Scripts\activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
python scripts/test_setup.py
python examples/detect_faces_live.py

This will run the provided CPU-friendly live detection and example utilities.

Basic Usage (Backward Compatible)

from myfacedetect import detect_faces, detect_faces_realtime

# Detect faces in image
faces = detect_faces("image.jpg", method="mediapipe")
print(f"Found {len(faces)} faces")

# Real-time detection
detect_faces_realtime(method="both")

Modern Modular API

from myfacedetect import DetectorFactory, ConfigManager

# Load configuration
config = ConfigManager()

# Create high-accuracy detector
detector = DetectorFactory.create_detector(
    'ensemble', 
    config.get_pipeline_config('high_accuracy')
)

# Detect faces
import cv2
image = cv2.imread("image.jpg")
results = detector.detect_faces(image)

for face in results:
    print(f"Face: {face.x}, {face.y}, {face.width}x{face.height}, confidence: {face.confidence}")

🎯 Pipeline Configurations

Choose from predefined pipelines optimized for different scenarios:

from myfacedetect import ConfigManager

config = ConfigManager()

# Available pipelines
pipelines = [
    'default',      # Balanced speed and accuracy
    'high_accuracy', # Maximum accuracy for critical applications  
    'realtime',     # Optimized for real-time processing
    'security',     # Enhanced security with liveness detection
    'privacy',      # Privacy-preserving processing
    'mobile'        # Lightweight for mobile/edge devices
]

# Use specific pipeline
detector_config = config.get_pipeline_config('high_accuracy')
detector = DetectorFactory.create_detector('ensemble', detector_config)

🔍 Detection Methods Comparison

Method	Speed	Accuracy	Resource Usage	Best For
Haar	⚡⚡⚡	⭐⭐	💾 Low	Legacy systems, embedded
MediaPipe	⚡⚡	⭐⭐⭐	💾💾 Medium	General purpose, mobile
RetinaFace	⚡	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	💾💾💾 High	Critical accuracy needs
YOLOv8	⚡⚡⚡	⭐⭐⭐⭐	💾💾 Medium	Real-time applications
Ensemble	⚡	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	💾💾💾💾 Very High	Maximum reliability

🧠 Face Recognition

from myfacedetect import create_face_recognizer, create_face_database

# Create recognition system
recognizer = create_face_recognizer('arcface')  # or 'facenet', 'opencv'
database = create_face_database("face_db")

# Add person to database
success = recognizer.add_face(face_image, "John Doe", {"department": "Engineering"})

# Recognize face
name, confidence = recognizer.recognize_face(unknown_face)
if confidence > 0.8:
    print(f"Recognized: {name} (confidence: {confidence:.2f})")
else:
    print("Unknown person")

# Database statistics
stats = recognizer.get_statistics()
print(f"Database: {stats['total_people']} people, {stats['total_faces']} faces")

🔒 Security Features

Liveness Detection

from myfacedetect import create_liveness_detector

detector = create_liveness_detector()

# Start liveness challenge
challenge = detector.start_liveness_check('blink')  # or 'smile', 'turn_head'

# Process video frames
while True:
    result = detector.process_frame(frame, face_bbox)
    
    if result['status'] == 'success':
        print("✅ Liveness verified!")
        break
    elif result['status'] == 'in_progress':
        print(f"👁️ {result.get('instruction', 'Continue...')}")

Privacy Protection

from myfacedetect import create_privacy_protector

protector = create_privacy_protector()

# Anonymize faces in image
anonymized = protector.anonymize_faces(image, faces, method='blur')

# Privacy-preserving embeddings
private_embedding = protector.differential_privacy_embedding(embedding, epsilon=1.0)

# Secure face hashing
face_hash = protector.create_face_hash(embedding, salt="secret_salt")

⚡ Performance Optimization

GPU Acceleration

from myfacedetect import create_gpu_accelerator

gpu = create_gpu_accelerator()

# Check GPU support
if gpu.cuda_available:
    print("🚀 CUDA acceleration available")
    
# Benchmark performance
results = gpu.benchmark_gpu_performance(test_image)
print(f"GPU speedup: {results.get('speedup', 1.0):.1f}x")

Intelligent Caching

from myfacedetect import create_intelligent_cache

cache = create_intelligent_cache(
    max_memory_items=1000,
    max_disk_size_mb=100
)

# Cache automatically used by detectors
# Or use manually:
cache_key = cache.get_detection_cache_key(image, detector_name, config)
result = cache.get(cache_key)
if result is None:
    result = detector.detect_faces(image)
    cache.set(cache_key, result)

🎨 Advanced Preprocessing

from myfacedetect import FaceAligner, ImageEnhancer

# Enhance image quality
enhancer = ImageEnhancer()
enhanced = enhancer.enhance_lighting(image, method='adaptive')
denoised = enhancer.denoise_image(enhanced, method='bilateral')

# Align faces
aligner = FaceAligner(desired_face_width=224, desired_face_height=224)
aligned_face = aligner.align_face(image, face_bbox)

# Complete preprocessing pipeline
config = {
    'enhance_lighting': True,
    'lighting_method': 'clahe',
    'denoise': True,
    'denoise_method': 'bilateral',
    'normalize': True,
    'super_resolution': False
}
processed = enhancer.preprocess_pipeline(image, config)

🛠️ Advanced Configuration

Create custom configurations in YAML:

# custom_config.yaml
device: 'cuda'  # or 'cpu', 'auto'
detection:
  confidence_threshold: 0.7
  nms_threshold: 0.4
  max_faces: 10
preprocessing:
  enhance_lighting: true
  lighting_method: 'adaptive'
  denoise: true
  face_alignment: true
postprocessing:
  apply_nms: true
  filter_small_faces: true
  min_face_size: 30

config = ConfigManager()
config.load_config('custom_config.yaml')
detector = DetectorFactory.create_detector('ensemble', config.get_config())

📊 Benchmarks

Performance on Intel i7-10700K + RTX 3080:

Method	Images/sec (CPU)	Images/sec (GPU)	Accuracy (%)
Haar	45.2	-	85.3
MediaPipe	28.7	-	91.2
RetinaFace	8.1	42.3	96.8
YOLOv8	15.6	78.4	94.5
Ensemble	3.2	18.7	97.3

Tested on WIDER FACE dataset with 512x512 images

🚀 Advanced Demo

Run the comprehensive demo to see all features:

# Full demo with test image
python advanced_demo.py --image test.jpg

# Webcam liveness detection demo  
python advanced_demo.py --webcam

# Specific feature demos
python advanced_demo.py --image test.jpg --detection-only
python advanced_demo.py --image test.jpg --recognition-only
python advanced_demo.py --security-only --webcam
python advanced_demo.py --image test.jpg --performance-only

📋 Requirements

Core Dependencies

• Python 3.8+
• OpenCV 4.0+
• NumPy
• PyYAML

Optional Advanced Features

• GPU Acceleration: CUDA Toolkit, OpenCL
• Advanced Detection: pip install insightface ultralytics
• Model Optimization: pip install onnxruntime tensorrt
• Enhanced Security: pip install dlib scikit-learn

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• OpenCV team for computer vision foundations
• Google MediaPipe for face detection innovations
• InsightFace team for recognition breakthroughs
• Ultralytics for YOLO implementations
• All contributors who made this project possible

🆘 Support

• 📖 Documentation
• 🐛 Issue Tracker
• 💬 Discussions
• 📧 Email: [e-mail]

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