From 94d2f4fbe08bfccfe640ec9bf0d9bc754b5df83a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emiliana <38952746+emilianavt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2020 18:48:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] With this, the face tracker will actually track at the
 specified FPS, saving CPU especially at lower tracking frame rates.

---
 facetracker.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/facetracker.py b/facetracker.py
index 9bde89e..a11a739 100644
--- a/facetracker.py
+++ b/facetracker.py
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ if args.log_data != "":
     log.flush()
 
 try:
+    frame_time = time.perf_counter()
+    target_duration = 0
+    if fps > 0:
+        target_duration = 1. / float(fps)
     while input_reader.is_open():
         if not input_reader.is_ready():
             time.sleep(0.001)
@@ -232,6 +236,12 @@ try:
             cv2.imshow('OpenSeeFace Visualization', frame)
             if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
                 break
+
+        duration = time.perf_counter() - frame_time
+        while duration < target_duration:
+            time.sleep(target_duration - duration)
+            duration = time.perf_counter() - frame_time
+        frame_time = time.perf_counter()
 except KeyboardInterrupt:
     if args.silent == 0:
         print("Quitting")