System and method for detecting active road work zones

A method for detecting active road work zones, the method comprising:

• obtaining first sensor data associated with a detection of a road work zone, using a first sensor type;
• obtaining second sensor data associated with presence of at least one individual in the road work zone, using a second sensor type;
• determining a confidence level associated with the detection of the road work zone based on fusing of the first sensor data obtained from the first sensor type and the second sensor data obtained from the second sensor type;
• classifying the detected road work zone as at least one of the active road work zone or a non-active road work zone, based on the determined confidence level;
• and
• updating map data associated with a map of a region based on the classification.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions which when executed by at least one processor, cause the processor to carry out operations for detecting active road work zones, the operations comprising:

• obtaining first sensor data associated with a detection of a road work zone, using a first sensor type;
• obtaining second sensor data associated with presence of at least one individual in the road work zone, using a second sensor type;
• determining a confidence level associated with the detection of the road work zone based on fusing of the first sensor data and the second sensor data;
• classifying the detected road work zone as at least one of the active road work zone or a non-active road work zone, based on the confidence level;
• and
• updating map data associated with a map of a region based on the classification.