An Automated Attendance System Based on the Concept of Histogram of Oriented Gradients

Abstract

This paper concentrates on an automated attendance system that makes use of face recognition to identify the person and mark attendance for that particular student. The proposed system intends to facilitate the administrators and other stake holders who are responsible for maintaining the attendance of an institution. We aim to minimise, not eliminate though, the human interactions in the process of marking attendance, which when done manually is more tedious, time consuming and includes the usage of lot of resources like papers. In addition, the use of modern technology to support, replace or reinstate the typical way of marking attendance can be seen as an advancement towards a brighter and well managed future in the field with effective work done through automation