Facial Recognition - customize your mirror for every user!

zachlan

Potentially stupid question here, apologies in advance if I’ve missed something obvious. I have the mirror and the face recognition working (Yay!) but when it’s running, on the left side of the screen it shows “MMM-Facial-Recognition” and module-10-mmm-facial-recognition underneath. I though about removing the position tag, but that’s there in the readme version so did not. How do I remove the text showing the running facial recognition module?
Thanks!Zach

paviro

@rvdgeer that sucks sorry about that. Recognition can be tricky sometimes :/

@shashank check the trainingFile in your config, does it really exist at that location?

Update: I see you figured it out, was a wrong location the problem? Just remove the position part is isn’t relevant anymore sorry :)

paviro

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shashank

@paviro

yes , i copied the training file from //MMM-Facial-Recognition-Tools/facetrainer

to // Path to your training xml
trainingFile: ‘modules/MMM-Facial-Recognition/training.xml’,

s1084836

Hello, First of all thanks a lot for building this great module!

I am trying to get it to work, I’ve installed the module and it looks like It doens’t start:

Output when I start the NPM:

`pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start

magicmirror@2.0.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
electron js/electron.js
Loading config ...
Loading module helpers ...
Initializing new module helper ...
Initializing new module helper ...
All module helpers loaded.
Starting server op port 8080 ...
Server started ...
Connecting socket for: camera
camera helper started ...
Connecting socket for: MMM-Facial-Recognition
Staring module helper: MMM-Facial-Recognition
Sockets connected & modules started ...
Launching application.
initializing nodemailer
`
It looks like its installed fine, because of the starting module helper: MMM-Facial-Recognition.
But I am not getting the normal output like I see by other people:
[MMM-Facial-Recognition] Facerecognition started...
[MMM-Facial-Recognition] Loading training data...

My Config.json file:
`/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
*

By Tom & Joey
MIT Licensed.
*/
var config = {
port: 8080,

language: 'nl',
timeFormat: 24,
units: 'metric',

modules: [



	{
            module: 'camera',
	    position: 'top_center',
	    config: { 
		selfieInterval: 3,  // Time interval in seconds before the photo will be taken.
	        emailConfig: {
	            service: 'Hotmail', // Email provider to use to send email with a photo.
	            auth: {
	                user: '<s1084836@hotmail.com>', // Your email account
	                pass: '<test12345>'        // Your password for email account
	            }
	        }
	}
	},

	{
	    module: 'MMM-Facial-Recognition',
	    position: 'top_left',
	    config: {
		        // 1=LBPH | 2=Fisher | 3=Eigen
			recognitionAlgorithm: 1,
			// Threshold for the confidence of a recognized face before it's considered a
			// positive match.  Confidence values below this threshold will be considered
			// a positive match because the lower the confidence value, or distance, the
			// more confident the algorithm is that the face was correctly detected.
			lbphThreshold: 50,
			fisherThreshold: 250,
			eigenThreshold: 3000,
			// force the use of a usb webcam on raspberry pi (on other platforms this is always true automatically)
			useUSBCam: true,
			// Path to your training xml
			trainingFile: 'modules/MMM-Facial-Recognition/training.xml',
			// recognition intervall in seconds (smaller number = faster but CPU intens!)
			interval: 2,
			// Logout delay after last recognition so that a user does not get instantly logged out if he turns away from the mirror for a few seconds
			logoutDelay: 15,
			// Array with usernames (copy and paste from training script)
			users: ['Tom'],
			//Module set used for strangers and if no user is detected
			defaultClass: "default",
			//Set of modules which should be shown for every user
			everyoneClass: "everyone"
                        }
				},

	]
};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {module.exports = config;}

Is there anything I’m doing wrong ? :D

Note from admin: Please use Markdown on code snippets for easier reading!

awarrington

@paviro thanks creating such a cool module!
I have followed the instructions to capture the training images and have successfully created a training.xml file :)

When I add the MMM-Facial-Recognition module to my Magic Mirror config.js file I get “WARNING! Could not validate config file. Please correct syntax errors. Starting with default configuration” in the terminal and the Magic Mirror shows an error page saying config.js not found.

My config.js is:

var config = {
	port: 8080,

	language: 'en',
	timeFormat: 12,
	units: 'metric',

	modules: [
		
//-------------------------------------------------
		{
			module: 'clock',
			position: 'top_left'
			classes: 'everyone'
		},
//-------------------------------------------------		
		{
			module: 'compliments',
			position: 'lower_third'
			classes: 'andy'
		},
//-------------------------------------------------		
		{
			module: 'MMM-Facial-Recognition',
			config: {
				recognitionAlgorithm: 1,		
				lbphThreshold: 50,			
				fisherThreshold: 250,			
				eigenThreshold: 3000,			
				useUSBCam: false,			
				trainingFile: '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Facial-Recognition/training.xml',	
				interval: 3,				
				logoutDelay: 15,			
				users: ['andy'],			
				defaultClass: "default",		
				everyoneClass: "everyone"		
			}
		},		
//-------------------------------------------------
	]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {module.exports = config;}

If I comment out " classes: ‘everyone’ " and " classes: ‘andy’ " in the other modules the MagicMirror loads with no errors but blank black screen.

Any ideas what’s causing this ?
Thanks

rvdgeer

@awarrington It seems like you’ve missed the comma’s at the end of the line where the position is for the clock and compliments module here:

		{
			module: 'clock',
			position: 'top_left', <--
			classes: 'everyone'
		},

awarrington

@rvdgeer Thank you! All works perfectly now

RobbieMcl

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tidus5

Hi everyone,

my module is working fine and i can loggin with my user
Module with class everyone and default are loading fine.

But for module with my class 'Kevin" it doesnt work.

i have this error "ught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘toLowerCase’ of undefined

my ame class is the same as my user (copy paste)
did i miss something ?

thanksssss

tidus5

Hey :D

little UP - im becoming crazy.
i read and read an read again - add… inside config.js (mirror module) or config.py (model tester)
so users : [‘kevin’]… and the config.py is needed if i want to test with the recognition-tools

right ?
i see if the MMM-Facial use “everyone” or “kevin” that doesnt work

Escenda

I got this problem as well. I had it working but just got a spy cam and had to rpi-update today. Now only “everyone” and “default” classes work. Starting a module with a custom class doesnt work anymore for some reason?

Aly

Hey everyone,

I have also followed the instructions referring taking pics and creating the training file.

If I “start” the MagicMirror nothing happened - only white screen.
If I “start” it without the MMM module (commented it out) everything is working.

Here my config.js:

var config = {
	port: 8080,

	language: 'de',
	timeFormat: 24,
	units: 'metric',

	modules: [
		{
			module: 'alert',
		},
//--------------------------------------------------------------------
		{
			module: 'clock',
			position: 'top_left',
			classes: 'everyone'
		},
//---------------------------------------------------------------------
		{
			module: 'calendar',
			header: 'Österreich Feiertage',
			position: 'top_left',
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: 'calendar-check-o ',
						url: 'webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/Germany-Holidays.ics'
					}
				]
			}
		},
//------------------------------------------------------------------------
		{
			module: 'compliments',
			position: 'lower_third',
			classes: 'Markus'
		},
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
		{
			module: 'currentweather',
			position: 'top_right',
			config: {
				location: 'Braunau am Inn',
				locationID: '2781520',  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org
				appid: '021e48dc7c378757c1fb021bf373d56c'
			}
		},
//------------------------------------------------------------------------
		{
			module: 'weatherforecast',
			position: 'top_right',
			header: 'Weather Forecast',
			config: {
	            location: 'Braunau am Inn',
				locationID: '2781520',  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org
	            appid: '021e48dc7c378757c1fb021bf373d56c'
			}
		},
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
		{
			module: 'newsfeed',
			position: 'bottom_bar',
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "Tagesschau",
						url: "http://www.tagesschau.de/xml/rss2"
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				showPublishDate: true
			}
		},
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
		/*{
	    module: 'MMM-Facial-Recognition',
	    config: {
		        // 1=LBPH | 2=Fisher | 3=Eigen
			recognitionAlgorithm: 1,
			// Threshold for the confidence of a recognized face before it's considered a
			// positive match.  Confidence values below this threshold will be considered
			// a positive match because the lower the confidence value, or distance, the
			// more confident the algorithm is that the face was correctly detected.
			lbphThreshold: 50,
			fisherThreshold: 250,
			eigenThreshold: 3000,
			// force the use of a usb webcam on raspberry pi (on other platforms this is always true automatically)
			useUSBCam: true,
			// Path to your training xml
			trainingFile: 'modules/MMM-Facial-Recognition/training.xml',
			// recognition intervall in seconds (smaller number = faster but CPU intens!)
			interval: 2,
			// Logout delay after last recognition so that a user does not get instantly logged out if he turns away from the mirror for a few seconds
			logoutDelay: 15,
			// Array with usernames (copy and paste from training script)
			users: ['Markus'],
			//Module set used for strangers and if no user is detected
			defaultClass: "default",
			//Set of modules which should be shown for every user
			everyoneClass: "everyone"
                        }
				},*/
//--------------------------------------------------------------	
	
	]

};

bhepler

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tidus5

@Aly
try with classes : ‘default’

You have the same problem as me and @Escenda

custom’s classes doesnt work and everyone’s classes neither
im on it since 6 days and… it cant found the solution

tidus5

@Aly @Escenda
i found the problem - the localtransport module :-)

do you use this module too ? if you remove the module on the config.js its work :D

Aly

@tidus5 No i don’t use this module :/

tidus5

@Aly
could you try to found the module who make the bug by active one by one ?

i found like that

Aly

@tidus5 So it looks like that i have problems with the module itself - not with other modules.

tidus5

@Aly if you use the option “DISPLAY=:0 npm start dev”

do you see the error ?