Patent ID: 9361859
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An information processing device comprising: a detector configured to detect a holding position of the information processing device; a setting controller configured to set a control region at a position separated by a distance from the detected holding position; a controller configured to, based on whether the control region is touched, control a function; a handwriting data receiver configured to receive an input piece of handwriting data; a sound obtaining controller configured to obtain an ambient sound; and a handwriting data storage configured to store the input piece of handwriting data in a corresponding manner to an ambient sound which is obtained along with the input piece of the handwriting data, wherein the function includes a search function to search for information, and the controller is configured to search for information using a first piece of handwriting data that is input during a period of time in which contact with the control region is made, among input pieces of handwriting data that have been stored in the handwriting data storage, the controller obtains, as a search result, a second piece of handwriting data and the ambient sound corresponding to the second piece of handwriting data, the second piece of handwriting data being similar to the first piece of handwriting data, and among the ambient sounds that are stored in the handwriting data storage the controller further obtains, as a search result, a second ambient sound and a third piece of handwriting data corresponding to the second ambient sound, the second ambient sound being similar to the first ambient sound.