Facial Recognition Based Attendance System

Prerequisites

• CMake, Dlib
• Python 3.9

Windows

Install Microsoft C++ build tools from here - https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/?q=build+tools

Linux

sudo apt install cmake

The first thing to do is to clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/shreyan-haldankar/FaceRec.git
$ cd FaceRec

Create a virtual environment

python -m venv env

Activate the virtual environment

.\env\Scripts\activate

Install dependencies using pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Once pip has finished installing the dependencies:
Run the mainwindow.py file

In order to test the Face Recognition System, insert a photo of a person in the Images Attendance Folder, and then run the mainwindow.py file and scan the face of the person and Clock In. Then Open the Attendance.csv file to check whether the person has Clocked In.

Resources

• Adam Geitgey : How Face Recognition works