ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,394, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).

"Systems and methods for minimizing cognitive decline using augmented reality" was invented by Bodiyabaduge Dimithri Joseph Perera (Sydney), Lisa Nicole Matthews (Bella Vista, Australia), Clare Donker (Sydney), Peter James Dassos (Sydney), Corey Anthony Spink (Sydney) and Francis Eric Saunders (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary device, according to the present disclosure, provides a housing, an AR lens, a projector, a memory, and a control system. The control system and memory determine when the user is confused. The control system th...