US Patent 10140856 Automatic detection of lane closures using probe data

A plurality of instances of probe data are received. Each instance is received from a probe apparatus of a plurality of probe apparatuses each comprising a plurality of sensors and being onboard a vehicle. An instance comprises location information indicating a location of the corresponding probe apparatus. For each of one or more instances, a distance parameter is determined based on the location information and a road segment corresponding to the location. A set of distance parameters is defined based on the distance parameter determined for each of the one or more instances. The set of distance parameters is analyzed to identify clusters of probe data. The number of clusters identified is determined and compared to a historical number of clusters. If the number of clusters identified is less than the historical number of clusters, it is determined that there is a lane closure corresponding to the road segment.