Authors :
Vivek Kumar Pandey
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 8 - August
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DOI :
10.38124/IJISRT20AUG410
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.
Keywords :
Face mask detection, Artificial Intelligence, Computer vision
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.
Keywords :
Face mask detection, Artificial Intelligence, Computer vision
