OpenCV facial recognition with BeagleBone Black

After flashing my BBB with Debian, I proceed to install OpenCV and the required Python packages. Using the sample code from here, I could get the facial and eye recognition demo running in a few minutes!

A few points to note:

• I am running Debian Wheezy on my BBB with the image flashed to eMMC. It is a headless setup. Connect to it from my Windows PC using putty and Xming
• BBB seems to be having problem when the webcam resolution is too high. The sample code ran OK when the witdth and height set as 320x240 or 352x288
• For the facial recognition sample, some external XML files are required. You may get them from the OpenCV source code package. Just modify the sample code to point to the correct directory