Patents Assigned to Alfi, Inc.
  • Methods and apparatus for a tablet computer system incorporating a battery charging station
    Patent number: 10910854
    Abstract: A tablet computer includes a housing, a display, a processing system, a camera system comprising a camera sensor, and a battery system, the battery system positioned within the housing. The battery system is configured to charge an external device. A charging cable retainer is configured to retain one or more cables against or within the housing. One or more integral cables are provide. The one or more integral cables include a cable comprising a first end fixedly coupled to the battery system, a first connector of a first type configured to mate with a first type of external device connector, a second connector of a second type configured to mate with a second type of external device connector, and a lens configured to form images on the camera sensor. The charging cable retainer includes a cable channel or magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Alfi, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Antonio Pereira, Charles Raglan Pereira, John Marvin Cook, II
  • Methods and apparatus for a tablet computer system incorporating a battery charging station
    Patent number: 10784696
    Abstract: A tablet computer includes a housing, a display, a processing system, a camera system comprising a camera sensor, and a battery system, the battery system positioned within the housing. The battery system is configured to charge an external device. A charging cable retainer is configured to retain one or more cables against or within the housing. One or more integral cables are provide. The one or more integral cables include a cable comprising a first end fixedly coupled to the battery system, a first connector of a first type configured to mate with a first type of external device connector, a second connector of a second type configured to mate with a second type of external device connector, and a lens configured to form images on the camera sensor. The charging cable retainer includes a cable channel or magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Alfi, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Antonio Pereira, Charles Raglan Pereira, John Marvin Cook, II