| PatNum | IssueDate | Assignee | AssigneeLoc | Patent Title | Abstract |
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| 12703379 | 8/11/2026 | NASA | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Method and system for collaborative task-based allocation between human and autonomous systems | 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 oper... |
| 12703492 | 8/11/2026 | World View Enterprises | Tucson, AZ | High altitude parafoils | A parafoil for operation at high altitudes, in low density air, or at low airspeeds, and methods for opening same. Some versions of the parafoil comprise members connected to the parafoil canopy. When the parafoil canopy is in a stowed configuration, the members are constrained. When the canopy is released from its stowed configuration, the members open or assist with opening the canopy. The members may also be attached to a base structure, which is attached to the payload. The members may comprise rods or hollow tubes and use a fulcrum near the base structure, or a spacer plate. The ends conn... |
| 12703614 | 8/11/2026 | WALMART APOLLO | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | Systems, devices and methods for determining item availability in a shopping space | Systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining item availability are provided. A computer implemented method for determining item availability in a shopping space comprising: receiving a request for an item for purchase, instructing a motorized transport unit to travel to a display space in the shopping space corresponding to the item for the purchase, determining whether the item is available in the display space based on information captured by one or more sensors of the motorized transport unit, and in an event that the item for purchase is not available in the display space: determining... |
| 12706374 | 8/11/2026 | Space Exploration Technologies | Starbase, TX | Radome assembly having an outer layer | In one example of the present disclosure, a radome assembly for use with an antenna assembly is described. The radome assembly may comprise a radome body portion having a first side and a second side, wherein the radome body portion defines a portion of a housing for an antenna assembly. The radome assembly may further comprise an outer layer coupled to the first side of the radome body portion, wherein the outer layer is made from a different material than the radome body portion, and wherein at least a portion of the outer layer is exposed to an outdoor environment and has hydrophobic proper... |
| 12706385 | 8/11/2026 | MacDonald Dettwiler Associates | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, | Dual-band radiating element and modular antenna array | A dual band radiating element and modular antenna array suitable for application in space communications is provided. The dual band radiating element comprises a stacked patch antenna for transmitting RF signal of a first signal frequency band (e.g. S-Band) and receiving RF signals of a second signal frequency band (e.g. L-Band). The concentric design of the radiating element can achieve savings in material and mass compared to other stacked patch antennas. For effective operation in space applications, a first radiation patch in the radiating element is isolated from a second radiation patch ... |
| 12706606 | 8/11/2026 | Blue Origin Manufacturing | Huntsville, AL | Triple module redundant solid state power switch | Herein presented are systems and methods for majority-vote, single fault tolerant switching of a switch using an electrical circuit that involves power transistors that carry relatively large electrical currents through the switch. The number of power transistors in the circuit of a majority-vote, single fault tolerant power switch may be reduced to four, thus saving circuit board space and producing relatively less heat. This may be done by avoiding the use of a third electrical branch that is generally used for triple module redundant power switches. In cases where a power transistor is rela... |
