Face Mask Detection

Businessesare constantly overhauling their existing infrastructure and processes to be more efficient, safe, and usable for employees, customers, and the community. With the ongoing pandemic, it's even more important to have advanced applications and services in place to mitigate risk. For public safety and health, authorities are recommending the use of face masks and coverings to control the spread of Coronovirus. The COVID-19 pandemic is devastation to themankind irrespective of caste, creed, gender, and religion. Using a face mask can undoubtedly help in managing the spread of the virus. COVID-19 face mask detector uses deep learning techniques to successfully test whether a person is wearing a face mask or not. Using a deep learning method called Convolutional Neural Network, got an accuracy of 98.6 %. It can work with still images and also works with a live video stream. Cases in which the mask is improperly worn are when the nose and mouth are partially covered is considered as the mask is not worn. Our face mask identifier is the least complex in structure and gives quick results and hence can be used in CCTV footage to detect whether a person is wearing a mask perfectly so that he does not pose any danger to others. Mass screening is possible and hence can be used in crowded places like railway stations, bus stops, markets, streets, mall entrances, schools, colleges, etc. By monitoring the placement of the face mask on the face, we can make sure that an individual wears it the right way and helps to curb the scope of the virus.