Face mask detection model using deep learning on edge computing
摘要
Deploying deep learning models for real-time face mask detection on edge devices requires balancing high accuracy with limited computational resources. While existing studies evaluate model-hardware compatibility, a significant research gap exists in understanding the systemic interplay between peripheral I/O and hardware-accelerated kernels, which often serve as hidden performance throttles. This study completes the system orchestration of a High-Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) framework to provide a systematic reference for hardware/software selection. We evaluate the performance trade-offs of object detection (YOLOv4) and image classification (Inception V3, MobileNet, VGG16) across standard CPU-based systems and GPU-accelerated edge environments, specifically the NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX and Raspberry Pi 4 with Intel NCS 2. Experimental results demonstrate that while increasing YOLOv4 resolution to 608 pixels maximizes mAP to 90.01%, it imposes a 14.5 BFLOPS computational penalty. A critical contribution of this work is the quantification of CPU-bound I/O bottlenecks on ARM-based architectures, where inefficient video decoding was found to halve GPU throughput regardless of model efficiency. Furthermore, we establish a 3.8