#ProjectOxford – New features for #FaceAPI: beard, moustache, smile detection and more !!!

Hello!

New Face API and Emotion API features: detection of beards, moustaches, smiles and much more.

These days I have been reviewing some projects where I’ve used some Project Oxford APIs and I found that the APIs have changed a little.

The Newtonsoft.Json is already a classic: updates all the time. However I made some research on the new features for Face API. So here are a couple of them

• The documentation is now integrated within MSDN. A Must Have for a 1.0 version
• The new ability to detect new attributes for each face like as the beard, mustache or smiles

• Now we also have the possibility of obtaining landmarks in detected faces.

And finally the official changes that are discussed in the Project Oxford page.

• API Signature
  In Project Oxford Face V1.0, Service root endpoint changes from “https://api.projectoxford.ai/face/v0/” to “https://api.projectoxford.ai/face/v1.0/”
  There are several signature changes for API, such as Face – Detect, Face – Identify, Face – Find Similar, Face – Group.
• The previous version of Project Oxford Face API was not clear about the smallest face sizes the API could detect. With the new V1.0, the API correctly sets the minimal detectable size to 36×36 pixels. Faces smaller 36×36 pixels will not be detected.
• Persisted Data
  Existing Person Group and Person data which has been setup with Project Oxford Face V0 cannot be accessed with Project Oxford Face V1.0 service. This incompatible issue will occur for only this one time, following API updates will not affect persisted data any more.

Greetings @ Madrid

-El Bruno

References

• Project Oxford
  • Project Oxford Emotion APIs
  • Project Oxford Face APIs
  • Project Oxford Vision APIs
• My Azure ML Vision APIs series
  • A detailed sample of thumbnail generation and Smart Cropping with VisionAPI
  • Creating thumbnails using Vision API
  • Add a frame for each detected text
  • VisionAPI implementation for image analysis
  • Adding Vision API capabilities in our apps
• My Azure ML Emotion APIs series
  • Display Emotions API and Face API in the detected face frame
  • Hello Emotions! Face APIs and Emotions APIs are the perfect combo to analyze people moods!
  • Complete sample of Face APIs and Emotions APIs
• My Azure ML Face APIs series
  • Face APIs in Azure
  • Hello Face: Face APIs in a Console App
  • Hello Face: Face APIs in a WPF App
  • Hello Face: Face APIs in a Windows 8.1 App
  • Hello Face: Frame in each detected face in Windows 8.1 App
  • Hello Face: Windows 8.1 Apps and MVVM
  • Hello Face: Webcam and Windows 8.1 Apps