PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform driver incorporation only by preparing one driver for one device through providing an interface part between an OS (operating system) and a driver to cope with differences among many kinds of OSs or apparatuses.;SOLUTION: An apparatus has an OS 40 mounted on the apparatus, a driver 60 being a program for controlling devices mounted on the apparatus, system mapping information 22 comprising device information including address allocation information on the apparatus and OS information including the kind and version number of the OS, and an interface part 50 for mediating/controlling information transmission between the OS 40 and the driver 60. The interface part 50 refers to the mapping information to register the driver 60 and transmits a request to the driver 60. The driver 60 performs processing based on received request/information.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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