Patents by Inventor Jonathan Genest

Jonathan Genest has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Soft phasic electronic tactile sensing elements for characterization of touch
    Patent number: 12429971
    Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus and method for detecting various types of contacts, touches and complex gestures as well as allowing for their detailed and accurate characterization. In one aspect, the apparatus is an intrinsically phasic artificial mechanoreceptor. The proposed apparatus can provide biomimetic artificial skins with sensitivity to changes rather than static stimulation. It is shown that the representations of spatiotemporal mechanical signals that can be efficiently classified into various types of complex touches (gestures: stroke, scratch, slap, pinch, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Inventors: Cyril Bounakoff, Jacques Beauvais, François Michaud, Jonathan Genest
  • SOFT PHASIC ELECTRONIC TACTILE SENSING ELEMENTS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF TOUCH
    Publication number: 20250190066
    Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus and method for detecting various types of contacts, touches and complex gestures as well as allowing for their detailed and accurate characterization. In one aspect, the apparatus is an intrinsically phasic artificial mechanoreceptor. The proposed apparatus can provide biomimetic artificial skins with sensitivity to changes rather than static stimulation. It is shown that the representations of spatiotemporal mechanical signals that can be efficiently classified into various types of complex touches (gestures: stroke, scratch, slap, pinch, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Cyril BOUNAKOFF, Jacques BEAUVAIS, François MICHAUD, Jonathan GENEST
  • Carbon nanotubes based sensing elements and system for monitoring and mapping force, strain and stress
    Patent number: 8943897
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an element for sensing strain, stress or force. The sensing element comprises a substrate, a pair of electrodes on the substrate, and a network of carbon nanotubes for sensing the strain, stress or force within a structure. The network of carbon nanotubes defines at least in part an electrical path between the electrodes of the pair, and the electrical path has a resistance which is altered by the sensed strain, stress or force. Combining a plurality of sensing elements coupled to a common substrate forms a sensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Societe de Commercialisation des Produits de la Recherche Appliquee—Socpra-Sciences et Genie S.E.C.
    Inventors: Jacques Beauvais, Patrick Boissy, Jonathan Genest, Annick Sauve
  • CARBON NANOTUBES BASED SENSING ELEMENTS AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND MAPPING FORCE, STRAIN AND STRESS
    Publication number: 20130031987
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an element for sensing strain, stress or force. The sensing element comprises a substrate, a pair of electrodes on the substrate, and a network of carbon nanotubes for sensing the strain, stress or force within a structure. The network of carbon nanotubes defines at least in part an electrical path between the electrodes of the pair, and the electrical path has a resistance which is altered by the sensed strain, stress or force. Combining a plurality of sensing elements coupled to a common substrate forms a sensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Jacques Beauvais, Patrick Boissy, Jonathan Genest, Annick Sauve