摘要:
Computer-accessible medium and apparatus for providing subscription-based shipping of items. Embodiments may provide mechanisms that allow customers of an e-commerce Web site to pay a fee to obtain a subscription in a shipping program that provides subscribed customers with free and/or reduced-rate shipping for at least some items ordered via the e-commerce Web site during the period covered by the subscription. The Web site may provide user interface elements on the Web site that may provide one or more shipping and possibly other options only to subscribed customers. Some embodiments may provide mechanisms that allow a subscriber to share a subscription to the shipping program with other customers. One embodiment may provide a mechanism through which a subscribed customer can invite other customers to share a subscription. Some embodiments may provide other exclusive services and/or offers to the subscribers of the shipping program that are not provided or offered to non-subscribers.
摘要:
A section detector 12 detects a section in a source code written in the C++ language for performing a database search process, and a processing time estimator 13 estimates both the processing time for the section by a conventional logic operation and the processing time by quantum computing based on Grover's search algorithm. If it is determined that the latter is shorter than the former by a determiner 14, a replacing processor 15 replaces the section with a program written in C++ corresponding to Grover's search algorithm. Accordingly, a source code is completed in which a portion or portions suitable for computing by quantum computer is replaced. Thus, with the present invention, it is possible to easily develop a program for simulating a cooperative operation between a quantum computer and a conventional computer in a computer system including the two types of computers.
摘要:
Nonlinear elements (200) can efficiently implement quantum information processing systems such as controlled phase shifters (400), non-absorbing detectors including parity detectors (1290), quantum subspace projections (600), non-absorbing Bell state analyzers (800), non-absorbing encoders/entanglers (1200), and fundamental quantum gates such as CNOT gates (1300). The non-absorbing detectors (1640, 1650) permit improvements in the efficiency of a probabilistic quantum gate (1720) by permitting reuse of the same photonic resources during multiple passes through the probabilistic gate (1720).
摘要:
A device capable of efficiently detecting a single-photon signal preserves a photon characteristic such as polarization or angular momentum. The device can include a beam splitter that splits an input photon state into modes that are distinguished by states of a characteristic of signal photons in the input photon state, a non-destructive measurement system capable of measuring a total number of photons in the modes without identifying a photon number for any individual one of the modes; and a beam combiner positioned to combine the modes after output from the non-destructive detection system.
摘要:
Systems and methods convert or transfer quantum information from one photonic representation or state to another. This permits conversion of quantum information from one encoding to another and to representations that are convenient, efficient, or required for desired manipulations.
摘要:
A signal processing device that learns the operation of a user while the user being unconscious of it and allows the user to carry out an operation the most suitable for the user. A learning unit (2) monitors an operation signal fed in response to the operation of the user and judges whether or not it can be used for the learning. If the operation signal is a learning one which can be used for the learning, the learning unit (2), referring to the learning operation signal, learns a correction criterion which is a criterion for correcting an input signal. A correction unit (1) corrects the input signal on the basis of the correction criterion obtained by the learning, and the corrected signal is outputted as an output signal. The signal processing device can be applied to an NR (Noise Reduction) circuit for reducing noise.
摘要:
A method of producing a model for use in predicting time to an event includes obtaining multi-dimensional, non-linear vectors of information indicative of status of multiple test subjects, at least one of the vectors being right-censored, lacking an indication of a time of occurrence of the event with respect to the corresponding test subject, and performing regression using the vectors of information to produce a kernel-based model to provide an output value related to a prediction of time to the event based upon at least some of the information contained in the vectors of information, where for each vector comprising right-censored data, a censored-data penalty function is used to affect the regression, the censored-data penalty function being different than a non-censored-data penalty function used for each vector comprising non-censored data.
摘要:
A control system for an array of qubits is disclosed. The control system according to the present invention provides currents and voltages to qubits in the array of qubits in order to perform functions on the qubit. The functions that the control system can perform include read out, initialization, and entanglement. The state of a qubit can be determined by grounding the qubit, applying a current across the qubit, measuring the resulting potential drop across the qubit, and interpreting the potential drop as a state of the qubit. A qubit can be initialized by grounding the qubit and applying a current across the qubit in a selected direction for a time sufficient that the quantum state of the qubit can relax into the selected state. In some embodiments, the qubit can be initialized by grounding the qubit and applying a current across the qubit in a selected direction and then ramping the current to zero in order that the state of the qubit relaxes into the selected state. The states of two qubits can be entangled by coupling the two qubits through a switch. In some embodiments, the switch that is capable of grounding the qubits can also be utilized for entangling selected qubits.
摘要:
A device capable of efficiently detecting a single-photon signal includes a matter system (112), sources (114 and 610) of a first beam and a second beam, and a measurement (420) system. The matter system (112) has a first energy level and a second energy level such that a signal photon couples to a transition between the first energy level and the second energy level. The first beam contains photons that couple to a transition between the second energy level and a third energy level of the matter system (112), and the second beam contains photons that couple to a transition between the third energy level and a fourth energy level of the matter system (112). The measurement system (420) measures a change in the first or second beam to detect the absence, the presence, or the number of the photons in the signal.
摘要:
Photon resolving detectors with near unit detection efficiency distinguish between a target state including n phontons and a target state including n+1 photons by measuring a change such as a phase shift or attenuation that a probe photon state receives in a quantrum gate. The detection does not destroy the phonons from the target state, so that photons can be used after detection. A system using a non-destructive detector in conjunction with one or more signgle photon storage system can store a determined number of photons and release one or more stored phontons when required to produce a photon state including a determined number of photons.