On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:56 AM, Stefano <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi guys
>
> The project I am working on has a webpage where users register. We
> want to be able to keep track of how many times each user visits our
> premises. Because it is a somewhat "private" business we are unable to
> use some kind of membership card or similar. The identification also
> has to be fast because in one night there can be up to 300 guests of
> which maybe 200 would have to be identified.
>
> The "easiest" solution to this would be a fingerprint identification.
> Alternatively maybe some kind of face detection software. The database
> with the user data is a standard mysql database. Ideally I would be
> able to write something in Ruby but I'm not sure if drivers exist,
> etc.
>
> Throw some ideas over and tell me about any experience you might have
> about something similar.
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Stefano
>
>
Stefano, you might want to take a look at the following:

http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/
http://github.com/ser1zw/ruby-opencv

Good luck,

-Conrad



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