Attendance System with mask detection

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What's next for Attendance System with mask detection

We all are experiencing the escalating COVID - 19 situation and we are also experiencing the way in which technology is helping us to tackle this. Wearing mask is a precaution that we all are been advised to follow and we all can feel that after wearing mask it is a bit difficult to identify who the person is. Our project aims to detect whether the person at the entrance is wearing mask or not and recognize who the person is, which can help to take attendance of employees or students.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, wearing mask has become a necessity. Everyone is advised to wear a mask at a public place. At places like offices, schools, colleges, etc. attendance systems are already present. We can upgrade those systems to detect masks as well. This system will not mark the attendance of the concerned person unless he wears a mask. The system will request him/her to wear a mask if the person is not wearing a mask. After the person wears a mask, the system will then detect who the person is and accordingly mark the attendance of that person. The attendance marked can then be used to evaluate monthly data like number of days the person was present, working hours, number of leaves, etc. This data can be used to calculate the salary.

Future Scope: Our Attendance system with Mask Detection has a great scope of improvement as our topic highlights the problem solving that is associated with current COVID-19. First thing that is needed is thermal screening, which is only possible when we have a thermal camera and this is the reason we are not able to include thermal screening as a part of our project. Next thing will be the registration of unknown who are entering the premises. Then keeping the count of number of people inside the premises at an instant because there are rules of limited entry of people. To monitor if social distancing is maintained in the queue outside the premises.