US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA on Aug. 11 for "Method and system for collaborative task-based allocation between human and autonomous systems" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,379, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (Washington).

"Method and system for collaborative task-based allocation between human and autonomous systems" was invented by Saeideh E. Samani (Williamsburg, Va.), Richard K. Jessop (Williamsburg, Va.), Tyler D. Fettrow (Hayes, Va.), Angela R. Harrivel (Poquoson, Va.), Chad L. Stephens (Poquoson, Va.) and Alan T. Pope (Poquoson, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a human operator's visual attention to an operating panel of a vehicle during vehicle operation is described. The method includes: receivin...