Blinky 📸

A Python Selfie App that captures selfies at the blink of your eyes ;)

Installation

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• OpenCV 3.4+
• imutils
• dlib
• scipy

Download the model:

shape_predictor_68_face_landmarks Save this in the model folder

Usage

Run app.py on the terminal

python3 app.py

• Just blink both your eyes to capture an image the app will close automatically
• If you want to quit, just press 'q'

The image will be saved in output directory.

Further improvements

• New funtionalities will be added
• This program was successfully tested on windows

Thanks

Thanks to @Adrian Rosebrock for his code on Eye blink detection with OpenCV, Python, and dlib, the module that helps in implementing blink detection.For more explaination and detailed understanding of the process do check out his blog post.

Citation

Adrian Rosebrock, Eye blink detection with OpenCV, Python, and dlib, PyImageSearch, https://www.pyimagesearch.com/2017/04/24/eye-blink-detection-opencv-python-dlib/, accessed on 28 April 2020