Thanks for the information regarding the ESP32-AI-Thinker board’s inability to run Face Recognition.
I’ll use it to do snapshots!
This is not so much a question as information regarding Face Detection/Recognition on an ESP32 board with the S3 chip.
I purchased a FREENOVE ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 board. I was able to run the CameraWebServer program from the Examples->ESP->Camera repository.
Here is what I observed as the program’s behavior.
When I select Face Detection and I’m not too far away from the camera AND I remain reasonably still, I see a YELLOW box around my face. I have no idea what is happening beyond seeing the yellow box!
When I select Face Recognition along with the distance and stillness requirements, I see a GREEN box around my face along with what appears to be a matrix specification such as ID[n] : followed by what looks like a time specification. It comes and goes. The ‘n’ changes in what appears to be a random fashion such as 1, 7, 4, etc.
I was even able to observe (in RED) a message of “Intruder Alert”.
However, all of this is completely chaotic — I have no way of deciding if anything actually works. Part of the problem is I cannot find a written explanation of how the program should behave as a result of me clicking on the buttons!!
Lacking a video showing the operation of the program or a written explanation of it’s behavior, I can only conclude it either doesn’t actually work as intended or I’m too far from my router and there are too many interruptions in the data flow.
I guess I’m going to have to use my laptop for the program and sit right beside the router.
One of the things I can’t figure out is how do I know when the Enroll Face phase is complete, and I can then do a Face Recognition operation?
Also, where does it save the Face it is supposed to later Recognize? Does it require the SD-CARD or is it in memory?
I’m using the built-in antenna, because I’m slightly terrified of trying to unsolder the shorting jumper and resoldering it to the other position so I can use my external antenna.
I began by saying this is not so much a question — it appears I was wrong!