How to increase haar detector's window size in OpenCV - opencv

Question

I am using the code available in this website: http://nashruddin.com/OpenCV_Face_Detection to do face detection.
I would like to increase the size of the detected face region. I am not sure how to do it. Need some help on it..
The code i am using is this:
//
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <cv.h>
#include <highgui.h>
CvHaarClassifierCascade *cascade;
CvMemStorage *storage;
void detectFaces( IplImage *img );
int main( int argc, char** argv )
{
CvCapture *capture;
IplImage *frame;
int key;
char *filename = "C:/OpenCV2.1/data/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml";
cascade = ( CvHaarClassifierCascade* )cvLoad( filename, 0, 0, 0 );
storage = cvCreateMemStorage( 0 );
capture = cvCaptureFromCAM( 0 );
assert( cascade && storage && capture );
cvNamedWindow( "video", 1 );
while( key != 'q' ) {
frame = cvQueryFrame( capture );
if( !frame ) {
fprintf( stderr, "Cannot query frame!\n" );
break;
}
cvFlip( frame, frame, -1 );
frame->origin = 0;
detectFaces( frame );
key = cvWaitKey( 10 );
}
cvReleaseCapture( &capture );
cvDestroyWindow( "video" );
cvReleaseHaarClassifierCascade( &cascade );
cvReleaseMemStorage( &storage );
return 0;
}
void detectFaces( IplImage *img )
{
int i;
CvSeq *faces = cvHaarDetectObjects(
img,
cascade,
storage,
1.1,
3,
0 /*CV_HAAR_DO_CANNY_PRUNNING*/,
cvSize( 40, 40 ) );
for( i = 0 ; i < ( faces ? faces->total : 0 ) ; i++ ) {
CvRect *r = ( CvRect* )cvGetSeqElem( faces, i );
cvRectangle( img,
cvPoint( r->x, r->y ),
cvPoint( r->x + r->width, r->y + r->height ),
CV_RGB( 255, 0, 0 ), 1, 8, 0 );
}
cvShowImage( "video", img );
}

Answer 1

This increases the size of the rectangle around the face. If you meant increasing the haar detector's window size, please update your question.
int padding_width = 30; // pixels
int padding_height = 30; // pixels
for( i = 0 ; i < ( faces ? faces->total : 0 ) ; i++ ) {
CvRect *r = ( CvRect* )cvGetSeqElem( faces, i );
// Yes yes, all of this could be written much more compactly.
// It was written like this for clarity.
int topleft_x = r->x - (padding_width / 2);
int topleft_y = r->y - (padding_height / 2);
if (topleft_x < 0)
topleft_x = 0;
if (topleft_y < 0)
topleft_y = 0;
int bottomright_x = r->x + r->width + (padding_width / 2);
int bottomright_y = r->y + r->height + (padding_height / 2);
if (bottomright_x >= img->width)
bottomright_x = img->width - 1;
if (bottomright_y >= img->height)
bottomright_y = img->height - 1;
cvRectangle( img,
cvPoint(topleft_x, topleft_y),
cvPoint(bottomright_x, bottomright_y),
CV_RGB( 255, 0, 0 ), 1, 8, 0 );
}