Systems and methods for direct random information generation from quantum random events
AssigneeQwerx Inc.
InventorsJohn Ellingson, Matthew Richardson
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Abstract
A random number generator system is disclosed that includes a quantum event source for generating a quantum event, a quantum event detector for detecting the generated quantum event, a clock circuit providing a looping counting signal including a plurality of counts (n0, n1 etc.), a converter circuit for associating the detected quantum event with a contemporaneous count of the plurality of counts, and a processing system for providing a random number based on the contemporaneous count.
Claims26
A random information generator system comprising:
- a quantum event source for generating a quantum event at an unspecified time;
- a quantum event detector for detecting and occurrence of the generated quantum event;
- a looping count circuit providing a looping counting signal including a plurality of counts, the looping counting signal continuously looping through the plurality of counts irrespective of the occurrence of the quantum event;
- a converter circuit for associating the occurrence of the quantum event with a contemporaneous count of the plurality of counts of the looping counting signal;
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- a processing system for providing a random unit of information based on the contemporaneous count.
A method of generating a random unit of information, said method comprising:
- generating a quantum event at an unspecified time;
- detecting an occurrence of the generated quantum event;
- providing a looping counting signal including a plurality of counts, the looping counting signal continuously looping through the plurality of counts irrespective of the occurrence of the quantum event;
- associating the occurrence of the quantum event with a contemporaneous count of the plurality of counts of the looping counting signal;
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- providing a random unit of information based on the contemporaneous count.
A random information generator system comprising:
- a quantum event detector for detecting an occurrence of a quantum event;
- a processing system including a looping count circuit providing a loop counting signal including a plurality of counts, the looping counting signal continuously looping through the plurality of counts irrespective of the occurrence of the quantum event, a converter circuit for associating the detected occurrence of the quantum event with a contemporaneous count of the plurality of counts, and providing a random unit of information responsive to the occurrence of the detected quantum event as associated with the contemporaneous count of the plurality of counts;
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- a subsequent application processing system for receiving the random unit of information with no attendant means to deconstruct the generation of the random unit of information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.