Non-verbal interaction for Kansei communication

Recently in computer technology, there has been great interest in how to deal with non-verbal information. This paper describes a survey of non-verbal interaction for Kansei communication. “Kansei” comes from a Japanese word, meaning sensibility, sentiment, susceptibility, the sense, emotion and/or feeling. It seems to correspond with Pathos, in contrast to Logos. The essence of Kansei communication is communication of intention and emotion using patterns with presence. It would be one of the key technologies to realize a human-friendly partner system in future information environments