Patent ID: 9678661
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A retrieval device comprising: a touch panel that displays a list, wherein a data specific information piece is arranged in the list and is represented by a hierarchical structure comprising a plurality of attribute information pieces; a retrieval character reception section that receives one or more retrieval characters of the data specific information piece for identifying data of a data group, wherein the retrieval character reception section receives the one or more retrieval characters via a handwritten input to the list on the touch panel, wherein one or more input locations are associated with the retrieval characters, wherein the one or more input locations are indicative of one or more hierarchical levels associated with the retrieval characters, and wherein receiving the retrieval characters is based on a comparison of a currently set hierarchical level to the one or more hierarchical levels associated with the retrieval characters; an information retrieval section that retrieves the data specific information piece with the one or more retrieval characters; and a retrieval result display section that displays a retrieval result of the information retrieval section on the touch panel, wherein the one or more retrieval characters that are input to the touch panel by handwriting are not displayed on the touch panel as part of the displayed retrieval result.