ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,831, issued on Sept. 30.

"Methods for inducing sleep, controlling brain wave frequency, and/or controlling heart rate using music" was invented by Bryan Wisda (Carefree, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations of a method of inducing a desired physiological state may include playing a song including a binaural frequency using an audio playback device and synchronizing one or more brain wave frequencies of a listener to the binaural frequency of the song. The binaural frequency of the song may include a binaural beat, a heart rate rhythm, and a mental target frequency."

The patent was filed on Jan. 28, 2020, under Appli...