APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM

摘要

An apparatus which includes one or more control modules, comprising: a state managing unit configured to manage a current state of the apparatus to control the control modules based on the current state, wherein the state of the apparatus is changed from one to another among a plurality of states with the passing of time; a storage unit configured to store state data for defining processes for controlling the respective control modules in response to a change of the state; and an data editing unit configured to edit the state data stored in the storage unit so as to change a process to be performed in a state among a plurality of states; wherein the state data includes respective state datum corresponding to each state in the plurality of states, and the state managing unit controls the control modules according to the state datum corresponding to the current state.