🎯 Face Recognition Attendance System

A Python-based real-time Face Recognition Attendance System that detects faces using a webcam and automatically marks attendance in an Excel file.

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📌 Features

• Real-time face detection
• Face encoding and matching
• Automatic attendance marking
• Excel report generation
• Present & Absent list creation
• Sound alert on successful recognition

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🛠 Tech Used

• Python
• OpenCV
• Face Recognition
• Pandas
• NumPy
• OpenPyXL
• Pygame

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📂 Project Structure

• main.ipynb → Main project notebook
• details.xlsx → Registered user details
• known_faces/ → Folder with face images
• attendance_output.xlsx → Generated attendance report

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⚙️ How It Works

1. Load user details from Excel file.
2. Encode registered face images.
3. Start webcam for real-time detection.
4. Match detected faces with stored encodings.
5. Mark attendance if match found.
6. Generate attendance report in Excel.

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🚀 How to Run

1. Install required libraries:

   pip install opencv-python pip install face-recognition pip install pandas pip install numpy pip install pygame pip install openpyxl

2. Open and run:

   main.ipynb

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🎯 Use Cases

• School Attendance System
• College Classroom Automation
• Office Employee Attendance
• Exam Hall Verification
• Event Entry Management