ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,719, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Sound Health Systems Inc. (Los Altos, Calif.).

"Acoustic resonance applied as a sleep aid" was invented by Paramesh Gopi (Los Altos, Calif.) and Bryant Lin (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and device for integrating the application of acoustic resonance, as correlated with a wearer of the device, based on a volume of the wearer's skull. The aspects disclosed herein may be used to improve sleep. In one embodiment, the volume of the skull is achieved by using a photo of the wearer, and digital image processing used to extract crano facial points."

The patent was...