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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1999
Takahiko Sueyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Shiono, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a recording medium. The information processing apparatus of the present invention includes a hardware-dependent input means having a normal mode in which an event information associated with a user operation is supplied to an application program through an operating system and a quick action mode in which the event information is directly supplied to another hardware-dependent means previously specified by the application program, and a hardware-dependent output means for executing real-time control on hardware associated with the event information upon reception of the event information directly supplied from the hardware-dependent input means.