Patent ID: 8636650

Claim:
A capsule-type image photographing apparatus comprising: a shell unit having a globular shape; and a main body unit capable of freely rotating in the shell unit, the main body unit comprising an image photographing system, a wireless transmitter, a battery, a counterweight for determining the center of gravity of the main body unit, and an encapsulant for fixing the image photographing system, the wireless transmitter, the battery, and the counterweight, and the entire main body unit being a partially globular shape and partially occupying the inner space of the shell unit, the entire main body unit having a cross-section of a circle with a sector cut out, the sector having a fan shape, and wherein the image photographing system is configured such that images are photographed in a downward direction with respect to the counterweight, and an internal surface of the shell unit is coated with a lubricant, and the image photographing system comprises a lens, the lens being located at a center portion of the inner space of the shell unit and on a surface of the encapsulant, the entire main body unit comprises a hemispherical upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion extending from the hemispherical upper portion toward a lower end of the shell unit, border lines of the lower portion being oblique lines that start from the lens and go down toward an internal surface of the shell unit, and the counterweight is located in an edge portion of the lower portion of the main body.