Open a door when a face is recognised using the ESP32-CAM
This page contains code and other information for the the YouTube video found here: https://youtu.be/mu3-Sff0B9w
The code is a combination of the ESP32-CAM Face Recognition for Home Automation and ESP-WHO Face Recognition with WebSocket Communication tutorials.
As mentioned in the video, while this demonstration works well, the ESP32-CAM and associated IDF and Arduino libraries don’t match professional face based access control systems. It can be easily tricked and doesn’t check for ‘liveness’. It could be used as a secondary control system to open doors or activate systems for people that have already passed through another access control system.
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Here’s the current code used. You can download this with the other files you need here: https://github.com/robotzero1/esp32cam-access-control
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Hi !
Thankk you for the code , but i have a problem with esp32 cam when i enter access control it freezes then crashes and i have to restart it to work again , can it be a problem of overheating or something else ? any idea to fix this ?
Hi, I was sometimes seeing this. I’m not sure if it’s a bug in the Espressif libraries (I think someone else has reported this) or the camera is just overheating. It seemed random to me.
Hi !
I’m thai and love this project,so plz tell me how to detect intruder in code i’m beginner.
Hi, I’m not sure what you mean but check out the other tutorials on the site and maybe there’s something to help.
First of all congrats for this great work!
I’m facing an issue on this project…Everything was running perfect until the last couple of days i was no longer able to stream from the esp-32 cam, as a result it couldn’t detect or recognize faces anymore. I updated the boards and libraries, i even tried it from different computer and browser but still the same. I still can browse into the web UI but it won’t stream any image from the left window. I tested my esp32-cam board on other projects and it’s fully functional. So, any thoughts what’s causing this issue? Thanks!
Does the camerawebserver example work for you? If you load that up can see the video at http://your-ip-address:81/stream ? Might be the camera.
Success, installed 12/1/2019! Did the partition table changes and installed the code from the zip file. Worked great, no issues!
Tried to strip down the code for OTA but couldn’t get that to work, only had about 10 minutes to work on the OTA, I’ll try again later.
Thanks very much for posting this and the YouTube video!
Great! It’s always nice to hear when people have a project working.
Thanks for sharing this. I implemented it and tried compiling the code; but got the following error message:
‘ Sketch too big; see http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#size for tips on reducing it.
Error compiling for board ESP32 Wrover Module. ”
Please, what should I do to solve this? If I change partition scheme to ”Huge App (3MB No OTA…), it compiles.
Did you create a new partition following this tutorial – https://robotzero.one/esp32-face-door-entry/ ? It’s a big application but also needs the partition for storing faces.
Hi, I’ve followed what you’ve done but when I copy the code in I get the following error:
‘struct mtmn_config_t’ has no member named ‘type’
Any solutions to this?
Hi, Probably the wrong ESP32 Hardware library is installed. Which version are you using?
Hi, sorted that out, yup I was using the wrong hardware. Sorry to ask a question a little unrelated here, but if say i wanted to store the enrolled faces on a google firebase database, which function do I call that contains the blob information?
I’m quite new to this and I haven’t found any help online.
I’m not sure how you would save the face information somewhere different from the flash memory. I don’t know how well the recognition would work if it was testing against face data that wasn’t stored locally… it might be too slow.
hey i want ask about something
I have followed all the ways to be done but I found an error
Camera Ready! Use’http://192.168.1.68′ to connect
[D] [WiFiClient.cpp:509] connected(): Disconnected: RES: -1, ERR:104
[E] [WiFiClient.cpp:392] write(): fail on fd 60, errno: 104, “Connection reset by peer”
[E] [WiFiClient.cpp:392] write(): fail on fd 61, errno: 104, “Connection reset by peer”
can you help me? why show this error
Do you know which version of the ESP32 Hardware libraries you are using? Does it always happen?
Im using v1.0.4
Yes it always happens, and until now it’s still like that
Hmmm. I’m not sure. I thought it was a problem with a previous version of the Wi-Fi library. It works fine on my ESP-EYE so it should be OK on the Ai-Thinker.
I noticed that when I close the browser I see that message which means it comes up when the connection to the browser is lost for whatever reason.
Can you move closer to the router? Might be a power issue as well if the radio for the Wi-Fi doesn’t have enough juice.
whenever i click the ip given in serial monitor it shows like
WiFi connected
httpd_start
Camera Ready! Use ‘http://192.168.43.116’ to connect
[E][WiFiClient.cpp:392] write(): fail on fd 60, errno: 104, “Connection reset by peer”
IT shows an error.Please hep me out
Does it work at all? I guess you are using the 1.0.4 of the ESP Hardware libraries? Can you try moving closer to your router?
Hello, thanks for the great code snippet.
I also faced the same issue, when I entered access control the camera freezes and the system reboots.
I have made a small changes and the issue is resolved.
Under the recognition branch statement above the line of code “if(f)” the piece of code
“Serial.println(f->id_name);” is removed. Before validating the condition the name is printed in serial monitor causing load prohibited error and causing the system to reboot in my scenario.
Thanks again..
Ah.. thanks for pointing that out. I hadn’t noticed that line sitting there. I’ve removed it.
Please help..
Showing error during compliling. It shows “camrea_index.h” no such file or director ”..
“Multiple libraries were found ” for WiFi.h
You need to read the tutorial entirely. You’ve not got all the files you need in the directory.
Sir I am getting error on line 200 saying “static inline int do_enrollment(face_id_name_list *face_list, dl_matrix3d_t *new_id)”
can you help me.
hope to hear form you soon
Hi. What error do you see?
Hello Master
I have error
[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 0 – WIFI_READY
[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 2 – STA_START
..[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 5 – STA_DISCONNECTED
[W][WiFiGeneric.cpp:353] _eventCallback(): Reason: 2 – AUTH_EXPIRE
..[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 4 – STA_CONNECTED
[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:337] _eventCallback(): Event: 7 – STA_GOT_IP
[D][WiFiGeneric.cpp:381] _eventCallback(): STA IP: 192.168.43.148, MASK: 255.255.255.0, GW: 192.168.43.121
.
WiFi connected
httpd_start
Camera Ready! Use ‘http://192.168.43.148’ to connect
[D][WiFiClient.cpp:509] connected(): Disconnected: RES: 0, ERR: 128
Now. I use Board 1.0.4 and library manager arduinowebsockets ver. 0.4.10 for Arduino 1.8.12
Before the upgrade went well. But now it can’t.
Can You help me…
Hi, I thought it wasn’t working before updating to 1.0.4? It might be a poor Wi-Fi connection. Does the CameraWebServer example work well for you?
When I try to use the example camera webserver works fine, sir.
Hello, thanks for the great instructions…..
One question can I directly access the camera stream?
Hi. If you just want the stream the easiest way is to load up the CameraWebServer example and open http://ip.address.of.esp32:81/stream
Hello, is it possible to increase the frame size to svga???
Hi, You can stream at SVGA but the face detection etc has to be run at a lower resolution.
Hello, why has the face recognition has to be run at a lower resolution??
It’s a limit of the hardware but mostly face recognition doesn’t need high resolution images.
How can I change the resolution during runtime? Can you show me this?
You can change the resolution like this:
sensor_t * s = esp_camera_sensor_get();s->set_framesize(s, FRAMESIZE_SVGA);
delay(300);
camera_fb_t * fb = esp_camera_fb_get();
But not while grabbing frames. You would have to close the framebuffer with esp_camera_fb_return(fb); then change and restart.
Sorry, but can you help me? What happens is that when editing the html file that comes inside the zip, it does not make the changes, for example it does not change the text to Spanish, but always remains in English
Does anyone know why? or where it has to be modified?
HTML file is just for reference. Check this tutorial for how to edit the HTML – https://robotzero.one/esp32-cam-custom-html/
This is a great work and it works for me fine. Thanks very much
My question how to activate access control on start without clicking
its button from web server ?
This version you can disconnect and it still works – https://robotzero.one/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FaceDoorEntryESP32CAMPremium.zip I’m working on a version that works connected or not.
Thanks for your replay
But I do not want to connect to any external links as this is local home door.
I just want to activate access control at startup
I will wait for your new version.
I have another issue that esp32-cam board gets heated fast and then freeze so I have to power
off and on again every 15 minutes, Any one have this problem ??
# The heat concentrated in WiFi metal shield.
This project is perfect but not practically as if you use it for example for your home you should be connected with web server for start face-recognition.
This means if you out side and one of your family come home he can not come inside as the web server is not connected
Hi, I have the same issue as reported by Dimitris November 14, 2019 at 10:59 am. I’ve loaded the software and did work for a short period of time. I’ve loaded CameraWebServer example and the camera does work correctly. FaceDoorEntry is giving me the following screen:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QcbvuWPS8L-V1lLD91SnGca_Ur1sLygZ/view?usp=sharing
I’ve added an extra output in the code:
void loop() {
Serial.println(“Loop starts”);
auto client = socket_server.accept();
Serial.println(“Clinet created”);
The output gives me “Loop starts”, but not “Clinet created”
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Hi, It seems like you don’t have a very good connection to the Wi-Fi and the websocket connection isn’t being made. Do you have the internal aerial connected: https://robotzero.one/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/esp32-cam-ipex-antenna-jumper.jpg
Is there is a way for face-recognition and open door without web connect ??
You can use the first tutorial you tried. This works without the browser connection: https://robotzero.one/esp32-face-door-entry/ Otherwise wait a few weeks and I’ll have another tutorial like the one above that works with and without Wi-Fi
I have the same problem as radek marko
I used it for 2 weeks without any problem until yesterday, since I no longer let myself in to watch the transmission from the camera.
I get this error:
[D] [WiFiClient.cpp: 509] connected (): Disconnected: RES: 0, ERR: 128
I don’t understand why it happened, it just stopped working.
Has anyone solved this problem?
The first tutorial was working on my board good but now after I flash current tutorial and it works fine , then try to go back to first one but is not working.
The first tutorial now is keep restating, and I notice that when I remove this line ” read_face_id_from_flash(&id_list);”
it works, I think there is something with the partition it can not read from it.
Is there is any way to delete every thing on board and return to factory settings ??
I think you can do this by flashing another Sketch but choose the full partition to wipe the partitions and then go back to the first tutorial.
hi, Stunning work, there is a small problem if I disconnect it from electricity need to re-insert (no image saves), how can I save the pictures to SD card ?? Thanks
Hi, It doesn’t save images at the moment, it just saves a ‘map’ of the faces. These should be stored permanently. Did you set up the new partition?
Hi,
Great project and works very nicely, Thank you.
I am trying to access the gate and video from anywhere. any idea without having to use another computer. direct connection to the http site.
I also noticed the camera freezes and have to restart ??
Hi. You can probably run the ESP32 as an access point to access it directly or alternatively use port forwarding on your router so you can access the project from outside your house. I need to do some more on this project but don’t have much time at the moment.