Patent ID: 7472134

Claim:
An image distributing system for distributing an image having a target character, comprising: a character information obtaining unit for capturing a first image of the target character and obtaining character information of the target character; a camera system for capturing a plurality of images including a second image having at least the target character; an image database communicating with said camera system for receiving and storing said plurality of images as image data; an image collecting unit for setting a selecting condition set by a user, and for automatically selecting said second image data among said plurality of said image data stored in said image database by identifying the target character according to character information thus obtained for distributing the second image including the target character, said selecting condition is a condition for selecting a specific characteristic of the target character; an image selecting terminal displaying a list of images collected by said image collecting unit to the user so that said list of images are capable of being selected by the user; an output processing unit outputting the images selected by the user from said list of images as displayed to at least one of a plurality of a medium appointed by the user; a character positioning unit for obtaining a time when the target character passes a predetermined point; and an object speed detecting unit for calculating a speed of the target character based on a distance between two points and a time for the target character to pass the two points; wherein the image collecting unit searches only images captured in a predetermined period of time and in a moving area which is calculated based on the time when the target character passes the predetermined point and the speed of the target character.