LATTEMEGANE: the glasses and actuator-network for looking for one's own treasure

LATTEMEGANE consists of networked actuators and glasses for seeing information of "one's own treasure". By user LATTEMEGANE, uses can experience the exciting feeling in treasure hunting in every daily life. The user wears special glasses "LATTEMEGANE" and will be able to find "one's own treasure" out of various things in life. Moreover, a user feels the existence of other users who are aiming at the same treasure for themselves, and can enjoy the thrill. The examples of "one's own treasure" could be the vegetables which was grown in my hometown, miso which my mother was using, and the book with which the photograph which the friend took is used. For other people, although these are almost worthless, they are "one's own treasure". 2.Treasure hunting in usual days There are many things in our daily life. Imagine that many tomatoes are displayed on a shelf in a supermarket. Tomatoes' locality and producers are different from each other. However, if you could find the only tomato which your relative produced in so many tomatoes on the shelf, the tomato means "one's own treasure". The conditions of "one's own treasure" can be searched out from user's context. For example, the birthplace of the user ,the towns where the user had lived, and the favorite meal which the user's mother had cooked. LATTEMEGANE discovers "one's own treasure" from the user's context, and show it to the user by light. The goods which the user got with difficulty become "one's own treasure". A rival is required for treasure hunting. For example, let's consider the case where user gets a treasure at a store. The user would mounted LATTEMEGANE. Rival's LATTEMEGANE emit glints, as soon as the user's eyes meet the rival's. If certain general Japanese dislike it when a man's glasses glint by Sunlight. When the rival has found the treasure before the user find his, it will become impossible for the user to get the treasure. It will be very disagreeable situation. Thus, user would be able to experience the pleasant sensation which forestalls a rival, and the thrill that the treasure may be taken by the rival. 4.Architecture LATTEMEGANE uses IR which is invisible to us, in order to tell the user about the place of "one's own treasure". LATTEMEGANE displays IR according to a user's context. LATTEMEGANE is connected to a network. Radio is used for the infrastructures. LATTEMEGANE carries four kinds …