Patent ID: 7756322

Claim:
An image capturing system for taking a picture of a mobile object, comprising: a fully autonomous mobile robot, said mobile robot including a wireless transceiver, a camera and a control unit connected to the wireless transceiver and camera; and a managing server; wherein said control unit is configured to temporarily store a plurality of picture images obtained by said camera, transmit the obtained picture images to a mobile terminal incorporated with a display via said wireless transceiver, and transmit a selected one of the pictures images to said managing server according to a request signal transmitted from said mobile terminal to said wireless transceiver, wherein said control unit is provided with a means for detecting a human and having said robot track said human, and is configured to take a picture of said human while tracking said human, and is further configured to determine if the human to be taken a picture of is within a frame of the camera and, if the human is out of the frame, urge the human to move in a direction to come within the frame, and wherein the mobile terminal is configured to provide to the robot a command of a user to take a picture.