Abstract: 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: receiving and processing data indicative of the human operator's gaze direction from at least one monitoring device over a period of time; determining, by the processor, an approximate location of the human operator's gaze on the operating panel at different individual times over the period of time; identifying, by the processor, any individual areas-of-interest (AOI) located at each of the determined approximate locations of the human operator's gaze; and calculating, by the processor, a value for at least one metric using at least the determined approximate locations at different individual times and the identification of any individual AOI at the determined approximate locations to determine the human operator's attention to the operating panel.

Abstract: A dynamic function allocation (DFA) framework balances the workload or achieves other mitigating optimizations for a human operator of a vehicle by dynamically distributing operational functional tasks between the operator and the vehicle's or robot's automation in real-time. DFA operations include those for aviation, navigation, and communication, or to meet other operational needs. The DFA framework provides an intuitive command/response interface to vehicle (e.g., aircraft), vehicle simulator, or robotic operations by implementing a Dynamic Function Allocation Control Collaboration Protocol (DFACCto). DFACCto simulates or implements autonomous control of robot's or vehicle's functional tasks and reallocates some or all tasks between a human pilot and an autonomous system when such reallocation is preferred, and implements the reallocation.

Abstract: A dynamic function allocation (DFA) framework balances the workload or achieves other mitigating optimizations for a human operator of a vehicle by dynamically distributing operational functional tasks between the operator and the vehicle's or robot's automation in real-time. DFA operations include those for aviation, navigation, and communication, or to meet other operational needs. The DFA framework provides an intuitive command/response interface to vehicle (e.g., aircraft), vehicle simulator, or robotic operations by implementing a Dynamic Function Allocation Control Collaboration Protocol (DFACCto). DFACCto simulates or implements autonomous control of robot's or vehicle's functional tasks and reallocates some or all tasks between a human pilot and an autonomous system when such reallocation is determined to be preferred, and implements the reallocation.