Multi-facial Recognition Using Multi-task Cascaded Convolutional Neural Networks
摘要
Effective attendance monitoring in educational institutions is crucial for shaping academic performance, particularly as student enrollment rises. Conventional methods, reliant on manual recording and paper-based sign-in sheets, are proving cumbersome and time-consuming. Existing automated systems, including mobile applications, RFID, Bluetooth, and fingerprint models, face challenges related to inaccuracies and inefficiencies. Hence these limitations can be overcome by adopting a smart attendance monitoring system utilizing facial recognition technology, offering a non-intrusive and promising solution. The proposed work introduces a time-integrated model that systematically records the attendance status periodically at regular intervals of time throughout lectures thus enhancing accuracy. A recommended multi-camera system ensures comprehensive coverage of the classroom. An experiment has already been conducted by considering the smart attendance monitoring system in a specific class at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), based on facial recognition and the outcome clearly exhibited a reliable average accuracy rate of 98%, presenting a robust and efficient solution to address challenges posed by traditional attendance methods for academic institutions aiming to enhance attendance monitoring practices.