import face_recognition # Often instead of just checking if two faces match or not (True or False), it's helpful to see how similar they are. # You can do that by using the face_distance function. # The model was trained in a way that faces with a distance of 0.6 or less should be a match. But if you want to # be more strict, you can look for a smaller face distance. For example, using a 0.55 cutoff would reduce false # positive matches at the risk of more false negatives. # Note: This isn't exactly the same as a "percent match". The scale isn't linear. But you can assume that images with a # smaller distance are more similar to each other than ones with a larger distance. # Load some images to compare against known_obama_image = face_recognition.load_image_file("obama.jpg") known_biden_image = face_recognition.load_image_file("biden.jpg") # Get the face encodings for the known images obama_face_encoding = face_recognition.face_encodings(known_obama_image)[0] biden_face_encoding = face_recognition.face_encodings(known_biden_image)[0] known_encodings = [ obama_face_encoding, biden_face_encoding ] # Load a test image and get encondings for it image_to_test = face_recognition.load_image_file("obama2.jpg") image_to_test_encoding = face_recognition.face_encodings(image_to_test)[0] # See how far apart the test image is from the known faces face_distances = face_recognition.face_distance(known_encodings, image_to_test_encoding) for i, face_distance in enumerate(face_distances): print("The test image has a distance of {:.2} from known image #{}".format(face_distance, i)) print("- With a normal cutoff of 0.6, would the test image match the known image? {}".format(face_distance < 0.6)) print("- With a very strict cutoff of 0.5, would the test image match the known image? {}".format(face_distance < 0.5)) print()