FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present disclosure is generally related to a wire harness and more
particularly to a system and a method to utilize mechanical motion on a wire harness
to perform various vehicle operations.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] In today’s world, an electric vehicle needs commands to perform various operation. As the driver tries to examine the road and the graphical user interface simultaneously, their driving performance will be reduced.
[0003] An electric vehicle is pollution-free and is effective primarily in high-traffic areas under low-speed conditions. Environmental sustainability and energy efficiency are the core priorities of 21st century, which has now increased the pace of electric vehicle technology, planning, and growth.
[0004] However, these apparatuses and devices lack in providing facility to use change in mechanical stress as an input to the vehicle and perform operations accordingly. All these prior art suggestions known to the applicants have varying degree of success, however, all suffer from various drawbacks including manual operating of an electric vehicle and incapable of providing the vehicle with improved comfort and ease while driving.
[0005] CN103373196A discloses an automobile air conditioner controlling by touching input and method thereof. The invention provides an automobile air conditioner controlling system by touching input and a method thereof, wherein the system and the method display a virtual air conditioner-air conditioning screen

interface required by controlling the air conditioner on the touch screen, and control
actual action of the air conditioner by touching input on the air conditioning screen
interface. In this way, the touch screen can be used to express a more advanced air
conditioner controlling.
[0006] Conventionally, there exist various apparatuses and devices employed for
helping the user(s) while driving. However, in order to achieve the objective, plurality
of sensor(s) may be used for detecting the change in mechanical load.
[0007] In order to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks, there is a need to provide
a system which is an enhancement to the normal vehicle and is capable to utilize
mechanical motion on a wire harness to perform various vehicle operations.
OBJECTIVES OF THE INVENTION [0008] The principal objective of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantage of the prior art.
[0009] Another objective of the present invention is reduction in number of components used thus helping with cost and reliability.
[0010] Another objective of the present invention is to reduce interconnects (extra connections needed for dedicated sensors) and packaging space needed for dedicated sensors.
[0011] Another objective of the present invention is to provide a system that may be used for predictive diagnosis of unwanted stress/load on wire harness.

[0012] Another objective of the present invention is to provide a scalable/versatile system that may add multiple features/accessories with minimal changes in the system.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0013] The present invention relates to a multipurpose system installed in an electric vehicle that performs a plurality of vehicle operations automatically by detecting mechanical motion on a wire harness.
[0014] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system to utilize mechanical motion on a wire harness to perform a plurality of vehicle operations, comprising plurality of sensors configured to detect mechanical stress on a wire harness, wherein the plurality of sensors are a piezoelectric sensor, a strain gauge sensor, and a flex sensor, at least one gesture recognition apparatus for determining a plurality of gestures based on the mechanical stress determined by monitoring a plurality of electromechanical parameters that are anyone or a combination of a voltage, a capacitance, an inductance, an electromagnetic signature, or a temperature, and at least one controller installed in the system to perform a plurality of vehicle operations that are anyone or a combination of a right indicator, a left indicator, controlling an infotainment system, a headlamps, a GPS (Global Positioning System) and a vehicle operating mode based on the determined gestures.
[0015] According to another embodiment of the present invention, a method to utilize mechanical motion on a wire harness to perform a plurality of vehicle operations, including, determining a mechanical stress on a wire harness by a plurality of sensors

that are anyone or a combination of a piezoelectric sensor, a flex sensor, examining the stress by comparing it with a predetermined threshold value by a controller, determining a plurality of gestures through a gesture recognition apparatus based on the mechanical stress, determining a plurality of vehicle operations based on the identified gestures by the controller, and performing the plurality of vehicle operations according to the gestures, wherein the plurality of vehicle operations are anyone or a combination of a right indicator, a left indicator, controlling an infotainment system, a headlamps, a GPS (Global Positioning System), and a vehicle operating mode.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0016] The accompanying drawings illustrate various embodiments of systems, methods, and embodiments of various other aspects of the disclosure. Any person with ordinary skills in the art will appreciate that the illustrated element boundaries (e.g. boxes, groups of boxes, or other shapes) in the figures represent one example of the boundaries. It may be that in some examples one element may be designed as multiple elements or that multiple elements may be designed as one element. In some examples, an element shown as an internal component of one element may be implemented as an external component in another, and vice versa. Furthermore, elements may not be drawn to scale. Non-limiting and non-exhaustive descriptions /are described with reference to the following drawings. The components in the figures are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating principles.

[0017] Fig. 1A & 1B illustrates a diagram of a wire harness 100, according to an
embodiment;
[0018] Fig. 2 illustrates a block diagram of a system 200, according to an embodiment
of the invention; and
[0019] Fig. 3 illustrates a flow chart depicting a method 300, according to an
embodiment of the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION [0020] Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings in which like numerals represent like elements throughout the several figures, and in which example embodiments are shown. Embodiments of the claims may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. The examples set forth herein are non-limiting examples and are merely examples among other possible examples.
[0021] Some embodiments of this invention, illustrating all its features, will now be discussed in detail. The words “comprising,” “having,” “containing,” and “including,” and other forms thereof, are intended to be equivalent in meaning and be open ended in that an item or items following any one of these words is not meant to be an exhaustive listing of such item or items or meant to be limited to only the listed item or items.
[0022] It must also be noted that as used herein and in the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural references unless the context clearly

dictates otherwise. Although any systems and methods similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of embodiments of the present invention, the preferred systems and methods are now described.
[0023] The present invention relates to a system and a method to utilize mechanical motion on a wire harness to perform a plurality of vehicle operations automatically. This system helps in driving and road accidents are minimized.
[0024] FIG. 1 illustrates a diagram of the wire harness 100, according to an embodiment of the invention. The wire harness 100 includes a multi stack structure. The wire harness 100 may include multiple pairs of straight or twisted wires 102 and/or shielded/unshielded wires 104. These include wires with conductive core (can be made of different types of conductive materials e.g. Copper, Aluminum, Silver, Alloys, etc. and constructions e.g. Single stranded, multi stranded etc.) and an insulation covering (can be made of different types of insulative materials e.g. PVC, Silicone, FEP, Teflon, Polyamide, Polyethylene, etc.) over them. The straight or twisted wires 102 and/or the shielded/unshielded wires 104 may be enclosed within an insulation conduit 106 to keep the straight or twisted wires 102 and/or the shielded/unshielded wires 104 safe from degradation, water, heat, etc. The insulation conduit 106 may be made up of different types of insulative materials e.g. PVC, Silicone, FEP, Teflon, Polyamide, Polyethylene etc. Furthermore, the insulation conduit may be enclosed by a conductive braid 108. The conductive braid 108 may be made up of conductive strands of copper, aluminum, silver, steel alloys, conductive particles coated/embedded carrier like Nylon or Fabric, woven together in different

patterns with similar stands or dissimilar stands of different shape, size and material. These stands can be used directly or with different conductive/non-conductive plating on top of them. The conductive braid 108 may also be tapes with conductive particles coated or embedded and then wrapped around the wire/wire bundle with or without use of an adhesive. Furthermore, the conductive braid 108 may be made up of conductive particle coated or embedded tube/cage/cover being flexible/non-flexible covered over the harness. The conductive braid 108, has a feature if changing a plurality of parameters like change in Electromagnetic signature, in capacitance, inductance, resistance etc. when mechanical stress is put on the conductive braid 108. This may happen due to temporary physical deformation of dimensions of the conductive braid 108.
[0025] The conductive braid may also, according to another embodiment of the invention, include a plurality of sensors 110 on the outer surface, as depicted n Fig. 1B, to determine any mechanical stress put on the wire harness 100. The plurality of sensors 110 may be anyone or a combination of a piezoelectric sensors, or a strain gauge sensor, or a flex sensor, etc. The plurality of sensors 110 can detect change in mechanical load, twisting, bending, pinching, squeezing, pressing, and tapping etc. These actions may bring about a change in characteristics of the wire harness 100 like impedance, current, voltage, electromagnetic field emitted, etc.
[0026] Such changes in characteristics may be utilized further to perform a plurality of operations in a vehicle (to be described later).

[0027] Now referring to Fig. 2, depicting a system 200, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. The system 200 includes the wire harness 100 connected to a controller 202, which furthermore controls the plurality of operations of the vehicle (not shown in figure). The controller 202 may be a dedicated controller for the wire harness 100 or it may be a microprocessor that can be shared with other vehicle operations jobs. The controller 202 may be adapted to detect the mechanical load changes on the wire harness by determining a change in EMI signature, change in impedance, change in current/voltage, change in a digital/analog signal. [0028] A gesture recognition apparatus may be used for recognizing a plurality of gestures. The gestures may be synchronized with a user’s hand exercise. The changes in the mechanical stress may be mapped to the plurality of gestures for controlling the plurality of operations of the vehicle like controlling a right indicator 204, a left indicator 206, an infotainment system 208, a GPS 210, a headlamp 212, and a vehicle operating mode 214. It is to be appreciated that there may be other functions that may be controlled, and the previous list is not to be taken to restrictive to implementation of the invention.
[0029] Now referring to Fig. 3, depicting a method 300 to perform the plurality of operations of a vehicle using change in mechanical stress / load on the wire harness 100. It is to be appreciated by a person having ordinary skill in the art that there may be additional steps involved within the method.
[0030] At step 302, the controller 202 determines in case there is any change in a mechanical stress on the wire harness. The mechanical stress is determined by

monitoring a plurality of electromechanical parameters like voltage, capacitance, inductance, electromagnetic signature, temperature. At step 304, the controller further determines in case the mechanical stress is more than a predetermined threshold value or not. In case it is below the threshold value or following a certain pattern, the method 300 moves again to step 302. However, in case the mechanical stress is more than the predetermined threshold or the pattern, the method 300 moves to further subsequent steps. In another embodiment of the invention, pattern of loading may also be utilized to determine the mechanical stress. At step 306, the controller 200, after determining the mechanical stress, determines a plurality of gestures based on the mechanical stress registered by the controller. These gestures may be pre-fed or changed by the user and determined by a gesture recognition apparatus. These gestures may pertain to a plurality of operations of the vehicle. The controller 200, after determining the gesture, determines the operation to be performed based on the identified gesture, a step 306. Further, at step 310 the operation is performed by the controller 200. [0031] In another embodiment of the invention, there may be an additional step in the method 300 of a feedback loop from the operation to relevant change in mechanical stress on harness (if applicable) for precise control and learning over time. [0032] According to another embodiment of the invention, the system 200 may be utilized for a predictive diagnostic of the vehicle. For e.g. mapping the loads on harness to the vehicle vibration can help in prediction of a failed suspension. This invention helps in avoiding addition of new parts by repurposing existing parts like the vehicle signal harness used to connect multiple subsystems in the vehicle. The

operations can be performed intuitively without the user inducing any special actions to trigger a change by tweaking the way the wiring harness is assembled on to the vehicle. e.g. When the user turns the handlebar the wiring harness routed/placed across the handlebar can register this movement and can be used to trigger auto cancellation of indicators. The standard motions and loads on the vehicle can themselves be used to perform multiple operations without any additional inputs from the user.
[0033] Moreover, although the present invention and its advantages have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the invention as defined by the appended claims. Moreover, the scope of the present application is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments of the process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, means, methods and steps described in the specification. As one will readily appreciate from the disclosure, processes, machines, manufacture, compositions of matter, means, methods, or steps, presently existing or later to be developed that perform substantially the same function or achieve substantially the same result as the corresponding embodiments described herein may be utilized. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to include within their scope such processes, machines, manufacture, compositions of matter, means, methods, or steps.

We Claim,
1. A system to utilize mechanical motion on a wire harness for vehicle operation, comprising; plurality of sensors configured to detect mechanical stress on a wire harness; at least one gesture recognition apparatus for determining a plurality of gestures based on said mechanical stress; and
at least one controller with an inbuilt communication unit configured to perform a plurality of vehicle operations based on said determined plurality of gestures.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of sensors are anyone or a combination of a piezoelectric sensors, a strain gauge sensor, and a flex sensor.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mechanical stress determined by monitoring a plurality of electromechanical parameters that are anyone or a combination of a voltage, a capacitance, an inductance, an electromagnetic signature, or a temperature.
4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of vehicle operations are anyone or a combination of a right indicator, a left indicator, controlling an infotainment system, a GPS (Global Positioning System), a headlamp, and a vehicle operating mode.

5. A method to utilize mechanical motion on a wire harness for vehicle operation,
comprising:
determining a mechanical stress on a wire harness by a plurality of sensors;
examining said stress by comparing it with a predetermined threshold value by a
controller;
determining a plurality of gestures from a gesture recognition apparatus based on
said mechanical stress;
determining a plurality of vehicle operations by said controller, wherein each of said
plurality of vehicle operations are associated with at least one gesture; and
performing said plurality of vehicle operations by said controller.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said plurality of sensors are anyone or a combination of a piezoelectric sensors, a strain gauge sensor, and a flex sensor.
7. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said mechanical stress is determined by monitoring a plurality of electromechanical parameters.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein said plurality of electromechanical parameters are anyone or a combination of a voltage, a capacitance, an inductance, an electromagnetic signature, or a temperature.

9. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said plurality of vehicle operations are anyone or a combination of a right indicator, a left indicator, controlling an infotainment system, a GPS (Global Positioning System), a headlamp, and a vehicle operating mode.
10. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said plurality of gestures may be pre-fed, added or changed by a user.