Patent ID: 9223539
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G06F,G11B,G11C

Abstract:
1. A portable hand-held apparatus comprising: a semiconductor memory configured to store one or more pieces of sound data, a reproduction block including a loudspeaker configured to reproduce one or more of the pieces of sound data as sound signals from the loudspeaker, a display panel configured to display selectable information corresponding to each of one or more of the pieces of sound data, a control block comprising a microcomputer and a program that is executable by the microcomputer to control the apparatus, a housing configured for hand-held operation containing the reproduction block, the display panel and the control block, an operation block configured to supply a signal to the control block depending on user manual inputs to the operation block, the operation block comprising a circuit at a surface of the housing configured to detect a first user manual gesture in a first direction parallel to the housing surface, a second user manual gesture in a direction opposite to the first direction and also parallel to the housing surface and a third user manual gesture in a direction that is perpendicular to the housing surface, wherein the circuit of the operation block is configured to detect the first user manual gesture and the second user manual gesture in selecting a particular one of the one or more pieces of sound data when the display panel displays the selectable information corresponding to the particular one of the one or more of the pieces of sound data, and wherein the reproduction block is configured to reproduce the particular one of the one or more pieces of sound data in response to the circuit of the operation block detecting the third user manual gesture.