WORKER-IN-THE-LOOP REAL TIME SAFETY SYSTEM FOR SHORT-DURATION HIGHWAY WORKZONES

An edge device for monitoring safety of a highway work zone is disclosed. The edge device includes at least one camera, one or more processors, and memory. The at least one camera is configured to capture images in sequence. The memory stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to: perform vehicle detection over an input of a data stream of the images, from the at least one camera, utilizing just-in-time processing; determine a level of safety by tracking vehicles detected and performing a time sequence analysis of the vehicles; and send a signal to one or more assisted reality devices indicating the level of safety thereto.