ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,268, issued on May 20, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Systems and methods for detecting mental fatigue by a user of an IHS (information handling system)" was invented by Loo Shing Tan (Singapore), Seng Khoon Teh (Singapore) and Ruizhi Joyce Lu (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for detecting mental fatigue by a user of an Information Handling System (IHS). Upon the user initiating operation of the IHS, activity by the user and physiological parameters of the user are monitored using capabilities of the IHS and, in some cases by wearable devices. Estimates of the user's m...