US 12,217,022 B2
Systems and methods for direct random information generation from quantum random events
John Ellingson, Haymarket, VA (US); and Matthew Richardson, Falls Church, VA (US)
Assigned to Qwerx Inc., Vienna, VA (US)
Filed by Qwerx Inc., Vienna, VA (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,918.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/388,152, filed on Jul. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0012619 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 7/58 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 7/588 (2013.01) 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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; and
a processing system for providing a random unit of information based on the contemporaneous count.