REAL TIME FACE DETECTION AND RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING HAAR CASCADE CLASSIFIER AND NEURAL NETWORKS

Home protection and privacy have become one of the most critical aspects in today's world. As technology progresses at an exponential pace, the times are not far ahead for each house to be fitted with sophisticated security systems to deal with regular burglary and theft. But as one side of the tech progresses, so do its detrimental counterparts. DES encryption can be an indicator of how easily an encrypted piece of information can be deciphered. Not long after its release, DES encryption was referred to as 'unsafe' and with today's modern application, anything like DES might be an open invitation to hack. With many developments in the field, the technology has, in many respects, surpassed the use of biometrics (finger prints). Face recognition, nowadays, is present in almost every smart device that has some piece of information stored that holds importance to its users. With facial recognition gaining popularity, many tech companies have come with their own patent to make a technology related to Facial Recognition on the market. This paper suggests a somewhat related concept as to how home protection can be improved by using a face detection and recognition algorithm (Haar Cascade Classifier).