ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,546, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL S.R.O (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Gaze-assisted verification of pilot activities" was invented by Michal Kosik (Dolny Kubin, Slovak Republic), Richard Granec (Spisska Nova Ves, Slovak Republic) and Sergij Cernicko (Brno, Czech Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for verification of a pilot's activities in an aircraft cockpit has been developed. The system includes a camera located in the aircraft cockpit that monitors the pilot's eye position, head position and direction of gaze in the cockpit during aircraft operations. A computer system is located onboa...