SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR

A synchronous control apparatus comprising a trigger signal generating unit periodically generating a trigger signal, plural modules executing plural processes which are to be synchronized with each other, respectively, and a module control unit 31 sequentially starting the plural modules once according to a predetermined execution order, where the module control unit 31 sequentially starts the plural modules once according to the execution order each time the trigger signal is input, so that precise synchronization of the modules is achieved. As a result, synchronously controlling plural modules which can be executed independently from each other, specifically in generating animated images in real time, movements of characters and objects displayed on a screen can be precisely synchronized with each other.