Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• an operator event detecting means for detecting a user operation and supplying first event information and second event information according to an amount of said user operation to a hardware-dependent input means;
• said hardware-dependent input means having a normal mode in which a second event information associated with said user operation is supplied to an application program through an operating system and a quick action mode in which said first and second event information is directly supplied to respective first and second hardware-dependent output means previously specified by said application program
• wherein said hardware-dependent input means processes said first event information and said second event information in said quick action mode and directly supplies the processed first event information and the processed second event information to said first hardware-dependent output means and said second hardware-dependent output means, respectively, and at the same time, processes said second event information in said normal mode and supplies the processed second event information to said application program through said operating system;
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• said first hardware-dependent output means executing real-time control of hardware associated with the first event information upon reception of the first event information directly supplied from said hardware-dependent input means;
• and said second hardware-dependent output means executing real-time control of hardware associated with the second event information upon reception of the second event information directly supplied from said hardware-dependent input means.

An information processing method comprising the steps of:

• detecting a user operation and supplying first event information and second event information according to an amount of said user operation to a hardware-dependent input;
• supplying and processing, in a quick action mode, said first event information directly to a hardware-dependent output previously specified by an application program;
• and supplying and processing, at the same time, in a normal mode, said second event information associated with said user operation to said application program through an operating system;
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• executing real-time control of hardware associated with said first event information upon reception by said hardware-dependent output of said first event information directly supplied by said hardware-dependent input.

An information processing method comprising the steps of:

• detecting a user operation and supplying first event information and second event information according to an amount of said user operation to a hardware-dependent input;
• supplying and processing, in a quick action mode, said first and second event information directly to respective first and second hardware-dependent outputs previously specified by an application program;
• and at the same time, supplying and processing, in a normal mode, said second event information associated with said user operation to said application program through an operating system;
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• executing real-time control of hardware associated with the first event information upon reception by said first hardware-dependent output of said first event information directly supplied by said hardware-dependent input;
• and executing real-time control of hardware associated with the first event information upon reception by said second hardware-dependent output of said first event information directly supplied by said hardware-dependent input.