ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,026, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Entropy Secure Pty Ltd. (Canning Vale, Australia).
"Method and device for random number generation" was invented by David Shelton Jeremy Wilson (Noranda, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for generating random numbers, via photons entering a non-opaque volume, illuminating a plurality of photodetectors with photons producing a stochastic response which is digitized to yield random numbers. Photodetectors may be illuminated via photons exiting via at least one surface which is not parallel to at least one plane in which lies a surface where light is entering, thereby i...