Lovelet: a heartwarming communication tool for intimate people by constantly conveying situation data

WHAT IS REQUIRED TO CONVEY AFFECTION Today, various personal communication tools have been widely used and people can mutually communicate at anytime and anywhere. However, it is still difficult to convey delicate feelings, e.g., affection, by using such tools. A possible reason of this difficulty is lack of real-time awareness on mutual situation, timely action and non-verbal information. For instance, when out for a walk in the snow, you might say “mind your step, it’s slippery” to your dear partner and reach out for him/her. Such timely verbal and non-verbal actions convey your delicate feelings to the partner. On the phone, you can partially convey such feelings by voice, tone of voice, intonation and so forth. However, it is impossible to always piece out the situation of the partner by the phone, e-mail and so on, and hence it is also very difficult to timely react to the partner’s situation.