Patents Assigned to Alpha Networks Inc.
  • Publication number: 20220161961
    Abstract: A packaging structure having resilient positioning flaps can have a particular shape formed by folding a planar sheet including a left fixing portion, a right fixing portion, and a main body portion whose left and right edges are each respectively connected to a connecting portion. The connecting portions are connected to the left and right fixing portions, respectively. Two spaced-apart pressed lines are formed on each fixing portion so that the fixing portions can be bent toward the main body portion along the press lines. Each fixing portion is formed with an opening having a portion of its periphery formed with cuttings extending away from the opening to form resilient positioning flaps. When the package structure is folded and a product is extended therein from the openings, the resilient positioning flaps can be engaged in a concave space of the product to position the product in the packaging structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Alpha Networks Inc.
    Inventors: PIN-YING WU, HSIN-YI CHANG, TUNG-YEN YANG
  • Patent number: 11336012
    Abstract: An interlaced array antenna includes first and second groups of antenna units, which are of the same size in the same group and different sizes in different groups. Each antenna unit is polygon-shaped with even-numbered edges, and has feed-in terminal and coupling terminal at two corners. A preceding one and a succeeding one of the antenna units included in the first group are interconnected via a specified one of the antenna units in the second group. An input signal is transmitted through the feed-in terminal and then the coupling terminal of the preceding antenna unit, the feed-in terminal and then the coupling terminal of the specified antenna unit, and the feed-in terminal and then the coupling terminal of the succeeding antenna unit in sequence. Configurations of adjacent two antenna units in the same group are identical once one of them is flipped about the x-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Yi Ju Lee, Rong-Fa Kuo
  • Patent number: 11260804
    Abstract: A blind-spot image device with adjustment rings is applicable to a vehicle and includes a housing and a camera module in addition to two adjustment rings, wherein the housing has an opening and is protrudingly provided with an extension portion corresponding in position to the opening; the rear half of the camera module extends into the opening; the front side of the camera module is provided with a lens element; and the adjustment rings are mounted around the camera module and hold the extension portion between them, with one adjustment ring lying outside the housing and the other adjustment ring inside the housing. The blind-spot image device is characterized in that the corresponding sides of the two adjustment rings are inclined, and that the shooting angle of the lens element can be changed by rotating the adjustment rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Jie De Hung, Chun-Wei Wu, Chung Sheng Wu
  • Patent number: 11259211
    Abstract: A channel loading pre-adjusting system for 5G wireless communication adapted to be used for communicating at least one user's device with a core network includes a radio unit, a distributed unit in communication with the radio unit via a specified transmission channel, and a central unit. The distributed unit periodically detects transmission conditions of the specified channel and determines whether to issue an alarm signal accordingly, and in response to the alarm signal, the central unit determines whether to suspend data transmission via the specified transmission channel. The transmission conditions include a first group of latency parameters realized in a first number of consecutive detecting operations of the distributed unit and a temporal threshold derived from a second group of latency parameters realized in a second number of consecutive detecting operations of the distributed unit, and the first group of latency parameters are dynamically updated with time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsin Kuo, Ren-Hao Chen, Po-Wen Tuan, Yan-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11088445
    Abstract: An antenna assembly with compact layout traces includes a circuit board and at least one wireless antenna unit, wherein the circuit board is provided with an antenna module, the at least one wireless antenna unit can be located at the same edge or at different edges of the circuit board, each of the at least one wireless antenna unit includes two antennas of the planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) structure and a neutralization line, and the two antennas are spaced apart from each other and the two ends of the neutralization line are electrically connected to and overlap the two antennas respectively. By arranging antennas of the same working band along the same edge of the circuit board, the corresponding layout traces can be effectively shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: De-Chang Su, Chih-Kai Yang
  • Patent number: 10998722
    Abstract: A main power load signal and a main voltage reference signal correlated to a main power signal. A sub power load signal and a sub voltage reference signal correlated to a sub power signal. A reference voltage is provided and a boost voltage is determined according to a control signal. The main voltage reference signal and the sub voltage reference signal are compared, and when the first comparison result complies with a predetermined condition, a difference between the main voltage reference signal and the sub voltage reference signal is obtained to be further compared with the reference voltage. Then the control signal is determined. The main power load signal and the sub power load signal are compared, and then one of the sub voltage reference signal and the boost voltage is selected as a power source voltage of the sub power control circuit or the load sharing control circuit to generate an adjustment signal for determining current and voltage of the sub power signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventor: Pengfei Song
  • Patent number: 10869233
    Abstract: A method for gathering small cells is provided. In the method, an instruction gathering device gathers connections of the small cells for transmitting control packets, and provides at least two virtual cells to process the connections. When a user device switches the connection to another small cell, the instruction gathering device also assigns another virtual cell to process the control packets related to the user device. The virtual cells partially replace contents of the control packets before forwarding the control packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: ALPHA NETWORKS INC., INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chai-Hien Gan, Shu-Chieh Chang, Shih-Chi Lee
  • Patent number: 10840580
    Abstract: An antenna system includes an antenna array, a control device and a driving mechanism. The antenna array includes a plurality of antenna units disposed on a flexible substrate, wherein a configuration of the flexible substrate is variable so as to change relative positions of at least two of the antenna units. The control device determines the configuration of the flexible substrate according to a default setting or in response to a dynamic input. The driving mechanism is connected between the flexible substrate and the control device for driving the change of the configuration of the flexible substrate in response to a command from the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Anyu Yen, Rong-Fa Kuo
  • Patent number: 10834784
    Abstract: In a data transmission process of a heterogeneous LWA network, the base station device receives a series of data packets and a signal intensity information. A communication address of each of the series of data packet is directed to a specified user mobile device, and the signal intensity information indicates an intensity of a signal transmitted between the specified user mobile device and a wireless network access point device in communication with the base station device and the specified user mobile device. If the signal intensity information complies with a first specific condition and a status of data transmission associated with the user mobile device complies with a second specific condition, partial data packets are assigned to be transferred to the user mobile device by the wireless network access point device, and partial data packets are assigned to be transferred to the user mobile device by the base station device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventor: Sih Hong Wu
  • Patent number: 10790583
    Abstract: A low-profile dual-band high-isolation antenna module is fixed on a substrate and includes two high-frequency antennas and two low-frequency antennas located on two opposite sides of the substrate respectively. The bottom ends of the low-frequency antennas are connected to a grounding of the substrate. A decoupling element is disposed between the high-frequency antennas and the low-frequency antennas. The top end of each high-frequency antenna forms a bent portion, and so does the top end of each low-frequency antenna. The decoupling element has two ends extending to positions corresponding respectively to the low-frequency antennas but is not in contact with the low-frequency antennas or the high-frequency antennas. The bottom end of the decoupling element is connected to the grounding through at least one metal strip. The bent portions effectively reduce the space occupied by the antennas while the decoupling element provides isolation between the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Kuang-Wei Lin, De-Chang Su
  • Patent number: 10785685
    Abstract: A cloud radio access network system includes remote signal sources, a baseband processing unit pool, an access management server, a software defined network controller and a network signal forwarder. Each remote signal source is configured to transmit an access signal. The baseband processing unit pool provides a baseband processing signal. The access management server provides an access state signal. Different maximum transmission rates are transmitted via the access state signal. When the baseband processing unit pool has authenticated one remote signal source, the baseband processing unit pool transmits an authentication notification signal to the access management server. Then, the access management server informs the software defined network controller according to the authentication notification signal to increase an upper limit of a signal transmission rate between the baseband processing unit pool and the authenticated remote signal source to a higher one of the maximum transmission rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chao, Li-Chung Hsu, Yu-Hsin Kuo, Po-Wei Shih, Shih-Chi Lee
  • Patent number: 10677908
    Abstract: A mobile navigation system includes: a radar antenna carried by the vehicle, and emitting first and second sensing beams at first and second time points, respectively; first and second retro-directive antennas or beam-reflecting objects disposed at first and second positions, respectively, and being a specific distance from each other; and a processing device electrically coupled to the radar antenna. The first and second retro-directive antennas or beam-reflecting objects respectively return first and second retro waves corresponding to a direction of the first sensing beam, and respectively return third and fourth retro waves corresponding to a direction of the second sensing beam. The processing device receives the first, second, third and fourth retro waves, and determines a moving direction of the vehicle according to the first, second, third and fourth retro waves and the specific distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventor: Rong-Fa Kuo
  • Publication number: 20200148132
    Abstract: A blind-spot image device with adjustment rings is applicable to a vehicle and includes a housing and a camera module in addition to two adjustment rings, wherein the housing has an opening and is protrudingly provided with an extension portion corresponding in position to the opening; the rear half of the camera module extends into the opening; the front side of the camera module is provided with a lens element; and the adjustment rings are mounted around the camera module and hold the extension portion between them, with one adjustment ring lying outside the housing and the other adjustment ring inside the housing. The blind-spot image device is characterized in that the corresponding sides of the two adjustment rings are inclined, and that the shooting angle of the lens element can be changed by rotating the adjustment rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Alpha Networks Inc.
    Inventors: Jie De HUNG, Chun-Wei WU, Chung Sheng WU
  • Patent number: 10567970
    Abstract: A cloud radio access network system includes remote signal sources, a baseband processing unit pool, an access management server, a software defined network controller and a network signal forwarder. The software defined network controller is electrically connected to the access management server and the network signal forwarder. The network signal forwarder includes at least two network connectors, each of which is configured to be connected to one remote signal source or the baseband processing unit pool. The software defined network controller obtains connection relation between the network connectors and the remote signal sources or the baseband processing unit pool, and provides network resource information to the network signal forwarder according to the connection relation. The network signal forwarder establishes communication between one remote signal source and the baseband processing unit pool according to the network resource information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chao, Li-Chung Hsu, Yu-Hsin Kuo, Po-Wei Shih, Shih-Chi Lee
  • Patent number: 10511356
    Abstract: A multi-antenna network system has a reduced operational complexity for matrix inversion by referring to the variations of the status of a plurality of communication channels at a first time duration and a second time duration. Therefore, the speed for calculating matrix inversion is improved. Accordingly, the amount of servo antennas and/or user antennas operating in the same multi-antenna network system can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: ALPHA NETWORKS INC., INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chia-Lung Liu, Dong-Shing Wu, Ren Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 10498023
    Abstract: An antenna array includes an external input signal feeding point for receiving or transmitting therefrom an input signal or an output signal; signal transmission lines; and antenna units including a starting antenna unit coupled to the external input signal feeding point via a starting feeding point thereof, and being interconnected via the plurality of signal transmission lines. The input/output signal delivered from the external input signal feeding point enters the starting antenna unit from the starting feeding point and is further transmitted to the other antenna units through the signal transmission lines. Each of the antenna units is defined with a default feeding point at a position corresponding to a position of the starting feeding point in the starting antenna unit. One of the signal transmission lines has an end directly coupled to one of the antenna units at an actual feeding point different from the default feeding point for receiving therefrom the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Hong Lin, Rong-Fa Kuo
  • Patent number: 10444343
    Abstract: A mobile navigation system includes a directive beamforming antenna carried by the vehicle, emitting first and second sensing beams in first and second directions at first and second time points, respectively; an electromagnetic wave reflector installed in the target zone, receiving the first and second sensing beams, and transmitting first and second retro waves back; and a processor electrically coupled to the directive beamforming antenna, receiving the first and second retro waves, and determining a direction where the vehicle will be guided to move according to information of the first and second retro waves. A coverage area of the first sensing beam and a coverage area of the second sensing beam partially overlaps with each other, and the direction where the vehicle will be guided to move lies between the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventor: Rong-Fa Kuo
  • Patent number: 10440814
    Abstract: An impedance matching structure is disposed on a multilayer circuit board for matching an impedance of a transmission line for transmitting an electronic signal. At least one redundant conducting section is coupled to a conductive member of the transmission line between input and output terminals of the transmission line. The conductive member and the redundant conducting section are disposed in a corresponding plating hole. At least one grounding member disposed adjacent to but separated from either or both of the conductive member of the transmission line and the at least one redundant conducting section in a capacitor structure for impedance matching. The at least one grounding member includes a first grounding member penetrating through at least two layers of the multilayer circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventor: Rong- Fa Kuo
  • Patent number: 10418848
    Abstract: For efficient redundancy power supplying, a voltage drop device, a power selection device, a voltage detection device and a switch are provided in a power control circuit of a redundancy power supply system. The voltage drop device performs a voltage drop operation to convert a redundancy operating voltage into a standby voltage. The power selection device receives the main operating voltage and the standby voltage, and selectively outputting one of the main operating voltage and the standby voltage, which is of a higher level. The voltage detection device outputs a control signal according to a comparison result of the main operating voltage and a threshold. The switch is selectively conducted or interrupted according to the control signal. A voltage drop of power passing through the conducted switch is less than a voltage drop of power passing through the voltage drop device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventor: Wenbin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10271113
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a chassis switch, which comprises a chassis for accommodating a designated number of line cards therein; a backplane installed on the back side of the chassis and having a plurality of connectors disposed thereon; at least one line card plugged into one of the connectors corresponding thereto via a front side of the chassis and each having an access switch chip adapted to switch local network signals and an interconnect switch chip adapted to switch the signals between ports of the at least one line card; and a loop adapted to connect the corresponding ports of the access switch chip and the interconnect switch chip respectively through the connectors, so as to enable each line card plugged into the chassis switch to perform a local network switching function and a switching function between the at least one line card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Wang Lee, Chi-Yung Ko