Patent ID: 8599033

Claim:
An information processing device comprising: a detection portion that detects an approach or a touch of an operating body and that is provided on an external surface of a housing having a first housing and a second housing that is openably/closably attached to the first housing, the detection portion being exposed when the second housing is closably attached to the first housing; a storage portion that stores detection information detected by the detection portion and a blinking pattern; a blinking control portion that controls blinking of a light emitting portion based on the detection information detected by the detection portion and on the blinking pattern; and an operation detection portion that detects an operating state of the information processing device, wherein the blinking control portion controls blinking of the light emitting portion in accordance with the operating state detected by the operation detection portion, when a plurality of detection information is detected by the detection portion or when a plurality of operating states is detected by the operation detection portion, the blinking control portion decides a blinking pattern of the light emitting portion based on an order of priority set in advance, and when one of a plurality of detection information and a plurality of operating states having a same order of priority is detected, the blinking control portion causes the light emitting portion to blink using the blinking pattern that is linked to one of a newest detection information and a newest operating state.