Deep Learning based Face-Mask and Shield Detection

ABSTRACT

We all are facing an immense health calamity due to the speedy transmission of Covid-19. People are dying due to this deadly virus. Physical contact with an affected individual can transmit this disease. World Health Organization (WHO) issued many ways to avoid infection of Covid-19. In communal locations, wearing a face mask is one of the most effective strategies to protect oneself. For long periods of time, several countries have been in lockdown. As the world returns to normalcy, wearing a mask in public places might be crucial. Manually monitoring the mob would be challenging. So, we devised a way for determining whether or not a person in the crowd is wearing a mask. The proposed framework can detect masks and face shields with an accuracy of 95.7%. © 2021 IEEE.