ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,522, issued on June 17, was assigned to Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).
"Checkout devices" was invented by Youchao Xu (Hangzhou, China) and Zhiyuan Chen (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations of this application provide a checkout device, including a housing, a display screen, and a near-field communication (NFC) module. The housing includes a support portion for support of the housing on a countertop. The display screen is fastened to the housing, and when the checkout device is used, the display screen faces a consumer. The NFC module is located in space enclosed by the ...