Artificial Intelligence Based Face Mask Detection System

Abstract

With the advent of COVID-19 pandemic, use of mask is mandatory as per WHO/ ICMR guidelines to avert spread of CORONA virus. The post lockdown period has seen increase in cases day by day as people have now stepped out of their home to resume their work and recreational activities. Wearing mask all the time has still not found an enduring place in our day to day routine practices. It is a natural human tendency to be complacent and to remove mask while talking, working or after prolong use just use to relax and breathe properly. Thus not only risking own life but also of others who might have come in contact with the person during the period when he/she was not wearing mask. Presently the inspection of people with/ without mask is being done manually and visually by sentries/ guards present at entry/ exit points. Guards/ Sentries cannot be stationed at every place to keep a check on such people who remove their mask and roam around without restraint once they have been scrutinized at the entry gate. In the proposed system, efforts have been made in inspecting people with/ without mask automatically with the help of Computer vision and Artificial Intelligence. This module detects the face of the individual, identifies whether he/she is wearing mask or not and raises an alarm if the person is detected without wearing mask.