thearn/webcam-pulse-detector
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A python application that detects and highlights the heart-rate of an individual (using only their own webcam) in real-time.
8 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 1 story, 7 comments · first 2013-04-16 · latest 2019-06-13
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…the person is alive. [1] has one example, Google "use webcam to detect heartbeat" to find more. [1] https://github.com/thearn/webcam-pulse-detector
comment by jpalomaki · 2019-06-13 · in Show HN: Never-Blink: Blink and Lose. An Online Web Game -
This was something I had to find out the hard way in the process of writing this https://github.com/thearn/webcam-pulse-detector Without interpolative resampling, it didn't work well for me at all.
comment by thearn4 · 2018-01-20 · in Learn FFmpeg the hard way -
…together, that uses OpenCV for video frame extraction & display but bare numpy/scipy for the rest. https://github.com/thearn/webcam-pulse-detector
comment by thearn4 · 2017-06-28 · in Ask HN: What are the best resources to learn computer vision? -
…unmoving patches). NASA Glenn's thearn has developed another approach which has the same problems ( https://github.com/thearn/webcam-pulse-detector ). We developed our own solution, involving (among other things) pixel-accurate facial…
comment by ororm · 2016-10-22 · in Show HN: See what makes presidential candidates' hearts beat faster (Live) -
If the camera works well, real-time biometrics are definitely a possibility: https://github.com/thearn/webcam-pulse-detector
comment by thearn4 · 2015-09-12 · in Show HN: Make a programmable mirror -
Probably what will matter is not just detecting your face, but what you do with that, like https://github.com/thearn/webcam-pulse-detector Anyway, would go a bit forward into computer vision/opencv, not just face detection, but…
comment by gmuslera · 2013-12-15 · in Open source technologies that will drive new innovations -
I have the same problem and have opened an issue: https://github.com/thearn/webcam-pulse-detector/issues/1 Maybe somebody that knows more about OpenCV than I do can figure out what's wrong.
comment by Inufu · 2013-04-16 · in Webcam Pulse Detector -
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