Thor: A Deep Learning Approach for Face Mask Detection to Prevent the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Published in: Proceedings of IEEE Southeastcon pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Snyder, Shay E., Husari, Ghaith
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 10.03.2021
• Subjects: Convolutional neural networks; COVID-19; Deep learning; face detection; Faces; Feature extraction; machine learning; mask detection; Personnel; Videos

With the rapid worldwide spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19 and COVID-20), wearing face masks in public becomes a necessity to mitigate the transmission of this or other pandemics. However, with the lack of on-ground automated prevention measures, depending on humans to enforce face mask-wearing polici...