https://github.com/rvinas/prosopagnosia

https://github.com/rvinas/prosopagnosia

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rvinas/prosopagnosia
• Owner: rvinas
• Created: 2021-03-27T09:29:27.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2021-03-27T10:08:28.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-01T09:43:43.280Z (2 months ago)
• Language: Jupyter Notebook
• Size: 1.12 MB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Prosopagnosia

Prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness, is a cognitive disorder of face perception in which the ability to recognize familiar faces is impaired. This sometimes includes one's own face. It is estimated that around two and a half percent of the world population are affected by this condition.

Here, we developed a solution to prosopagnosia. Essentially, the main idea is to develop a machine learning model to match a query face with a set of reference, known faces. This model can then be deployed on glasses such as [Spectacles](https://www.spectacles.com/uk/), which are equipped with small, hidden cameras. Using this method, people with prosopagnosia can discreetly indentify the person in front of them.



We implemented a prototype of the approach based on the [face_recognition](https://github.com/ageitgey/face_recognition) Python library and the [Labeled Faces in the Wild](http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/lfw/) database from the University of Massachusetts. Please see `demo.ipynb` for a quick demonstration.

# Credits

Thanks to Jo Baker, Doris Webb, Anton Chepaldin, Hector Minto, and Owain Williams for the nice ideas and insightful comments. Thanks to the organisers of the AstraZeneca Neurodiversity Hackathon.