# US 2022/0035752 A1 · Device, method and computer program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0035752 A1 - Document ID: US20220035752A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/383,453 - Filed: 2021-07-23 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-30 - Assignees: Sony Group Corporation - Applicants: Sony Group Corporation - Inventors: Matthias FREY - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220035752A1 ## CPC - G06F 13/102: {where the program performs an interfacing function, e.g. device driver (G06F13/105 takes precedence; contention policies within device drivers G06F9/4881; scheduling within device drivers G06F9/52)} - A63F 13/212: using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity - A63F 13/23: for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console - A63F 13/245: specially adapted to a particular type of game, e.g. steering wheels - A63F 13/25: Output arrangements for video game devices - A63F 13/285: Generating tactile feedback signals via the game input device, e.g. force feedback - A63F 13/428: involving motion or position input signals, e.g. signals representing the rotation of an input controller or a player's arm motions sensed by accelerometers or gyroscopes - A63F 13/5255: according to dedicated instructions from a player, e.g. using a secondary joystick to rotate the camera around a player's character - A63F 13/803: Driving vehicles or craft, e.g. cars, airplanes, ships, robots or tanks - G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} - A63F 2300/1025: details of the interface with the game device, e.g. USB version detection - A63F 2300/1062: being specially adapted to a type of game, e.g. steering wheel - A63F 2300/8017: Driving on land or water; Flying - A63F 2300/8082: Virtual reality - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to detect and read commands of a x-by-wire system (ECU1, ECU2, 25) from a communication bus (FLR) and to use the commands of the x-by-wire system (ECU1, ECU2, 25) as an input for an electronic gaming or simulation device (30). ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising circuitry configured to detect and read commands of a x-by-wire system from a communication bus and to use the commands of the x-by-wire system as an input for an electronic gaming or simulation device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry provides a non-driving mode in which the commands of the by-wire systems are detected and read by the bus connector, and at the same time the vehicle components which are conventionally the recipients of these commands are inhibited from interpreting and executing the commands. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the commands of the x-by-wire system are used as input for a simulation or gaming environment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry comprises a bus connector configured to detect and read the commands of the x-by-wire system from the communication bus. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the commands of the x-by-wire system are used as an input for a computing environment comprising a AR/VR headset for visual and auditory output. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the commands of the x-by-wire system are used as an input for a computing environment comprising a monitor positioned next to the driver for visual output. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the commands of the x-by-wire system are used as an input for a computing environment comprising a windscreen projector for visual output. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the commands of the x-by-wire system are used as an input for a computing environment comprising dashboard screens for visual output and/or an in-car sound system (34) for auditory output. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the communication bus is a FlexRay bus. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the x-by-wire system comprises electrical or electro-mechanical systems for performing vehicle functions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the x-by-wire system comprises a steer-by-wire system, a brake-by-wire system, or a throttle-by-wire system. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the commands comprise steering commands which are transmitted to a control unit via a communication bus and which are converted into a movement positioning of the wheels of a car, or braking commands which are transmitted to control unit and converted into a movement positioning of the brake system of a car, or throttle commands which are transmitted to a control unit and converted into activities of the engine/motor system of a car. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic gaming or simulation device is a computational unit of the car, the computational unit of a VR headset, or an external processing unit. ### Claim 14 A method comprising detecting and reading commands of a x-by-wire system from a communication bus and using the commands of the x-by-wire system as an input for an electronic gaming or simulation device. ### Claim 15 A computer program comprising instructions which when, carried out on a processor, cause the processor to detect and read commands of a x-by-wire system from a communication bus and to use the commands of the x-by-wire system as an input for an electronic gaming or simulation device.