Granted Patent B2

US 12,190,204 · App. 17/555,003 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Inventors: Frederik Frank Flöther (Schlieren, CH); Jared Andrew Limberg (Shaker Heights, OH); Vinod A. Valecha (Pune, IN); Freddy Lorge (Clos du Pré Madame, BE)

Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

G06N10/40

Abstract

Claims (45)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

two or more qubit representation devices that interact with one another in a defined manner; and

a display component operatively coupled to at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices, wherein the display component outputs, onto a respective surface of at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices, a visual indicator comprising a first visual indicator of quantum entanglement between the two or more qubit representation devices and a second visual indicator of a quantum state of at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a memory that stores computer executable components; and

a processor that executes at least one of the computer executable components that:

receives at least one of an inputted quantum state of at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices or an inputted degree of quantum entanglement between the two or more qubit representation devices;

determines a probability of finding at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices in a given state after a measurement of respective quantum states of the at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices; and

signals the display component to configure the visual indicator based on the probability.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the at least one of the computer executable components further:

executes measurement instructions from one or more users that sequentially updates at least one of the inputted quantum state of the at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices or the inputted degree of quantum entanglement between the two or more qubit representation devices.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display component comprises one or more light emitting diodes.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the two or more qubit representation devices are spherical in shape.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices comprises a plastic thermochromic material.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the visual indicator comprises different colors on different regions of the respective surface of the at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices to indicate a level of quantum entanglement between the two or more qubit representation devices.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display component comprises an augmented reality device that outputs the visual indicator depending on which qubit representation device of the two or more qubit representation devices a user looks at.

9. A system comprising:

two or more qubit representation devices respectively representing different qubits of one or more quantum computing devices;

at least one display component operatively coupled to at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices;

a memory that stores computer executable components; and

a processor that executes at least one of the computer executable components that:

controls the at least one display component to output, onto at least one surface of at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices, a visual indicator of quantum entanglement amongst the different qubits using the two or more qubit representation devices.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one of the computer executable components further:

receives input specifying at least one of a respective inputted quantum state of at least one of the different qubits or an inputted degree of quantum entanglement between the different qubits;

determines a probability of finding at least one of the different qubits in a given state after a measurement of respective quantum states of the at least one of the different qubits; and

signals the at least one display component to configure the visual indicator based on the probability.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one of the computer executable components further:

determines a degree of quantum entanglement amongst the different qubits after the measurement of respective quantum states of the at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices; and

signals the at least one display component to configure the visual indicator based on the probability and the degree of quantum entanglement.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one display component comprises one or more light emitting diodes.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the visual indicator comprises a first visual indicator of the quantum entanglement amongst the different qubits and a second visual indicator of a quantum state of at least one of the different qubits.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the visual indicator comprises different colors on different regions of the at least one surface of the at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices to indicate a level of quantum entanglement amongst the two or more qubit representation devices.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the two or more qubit representation devices are spherical in shape.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices comprises a plastic thermochromic material.

17. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

determining, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a degree of quantum entanglement amongst different qubits of one or more quantum computing devices; and

outputting, by the system onto a respective surface of at least one of two or more qubit representation devices respectively representing the different qubits, a visual indicator comprising a first visual indicator of quantum entanglement amongst the different qubits and a second visual indicator of a quantum state of at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , further comprising:

receiving, by the system, input specifying at least one of a respective inputted quantum state of at least one of the different qubits or an inputted degree of quantum entanglement between the different qubits,

determining, by the system, a probability of finding at least one of the different qubits in a given state after a measurement of respective quantum states of the at least one of the different qubits; and

configuring, by the system, the visual indicator based on the probability.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 , further comprising:

determines a degree of quantum entanglement amongst the different qubits after the measurement of respective quantum states of the at least one of the two or more qubit representation devices; and

configuring the visual indicator based on the probability and the degree of quantum entanglement.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , wherein the two or more qubit representation devices are spherical in shape.

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