Face Mask Detection Using Artificial Intelligence to Operate Automatic Door

The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most pressing issues of recent times. It is found that the virus can be spread from one human to another through droplets and airborne particles. Despite an ever-increasing pool of scientific evidence pointing to the effectiveness of the simple act of wearing face masks in greatly reducing the number of cases, people are reluctant to wear masks. Therefore, the authors have come up with a project that uses artificial intelligence (AI) through the processing of the image to operate doors to help create a mask-wearing habit in the general populace. The system is designed to detect the faces and determine whether the person is wearing a face mask or not, to decide whether they should be allowed to enter or not.