JP4220856B2 - Image capturing apparatus and method for mobile robot using portable terminal device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image capturing apparatus for a mobile robot using a mobile terminal device and a method thereof.

  Conventionally, there is a robot with a camera that observes a predetermined point or person and transmits an image to an observer or the like, and there is also a robot that remotely controls the robot by a portable terminal device.

  The robot control server and the mobile robot mobile terminal device are connected to the network as a device for operating the mobile robot from the mobile terminal device, and the user gives an instruction to the mobile robot from the mobile terminal device via the robot control server. There are some (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-6532 (page 2-3, FIG. 1)

  In the above-described mobile terminal device that can operate a mobile robot, the robot is controlled via the robot control server connected to the network as described above. The service provider prepares and executes an operation program. In addition, although an example in which each mobile robot is operated with a user terminal (such as a personal computer at home) is described, in this case, the whole is photographed with a camera from above the stage and displayed on the user terminal. It is configured as follows. Accordingly, the camera of the mobile robot itself is not used in the above operation. The robot is provided with a camera and can be photographed by the camera. The image is for the user to check the result of the robot work.

  On the other hand, for example, if the robot takes a picture of itself by simply telling the photographer the mobile terminal device possessed by the photographer, and the person who is the subject deviates greatly from the center of the angle of view from the image information By instructing the standing position from the camera, it is possible to easily obtain a preferred photographed image centered on a person, increasing the utility value of photographing by a mobile robot. However, the above robot apparatus has a drawback that the user instructs the movement position of the robot and the like, and the work becomes complicated until an image is determined.

In order to solve such a problem and to easily obtain a desired photographed image when photographing with a mobile robot, in the present invention, a portable terminal device (14 ), The mobile robot (1) including the imaging device (2, 3) autonomously moves to take a picture of a person and transmits the taken picture to the portable terminal device (14). An imaging device for a mobile robot using a portable terminal device, in which the mobile robot (1) controls a person detection means (2, 3, 4, 6, 7) for detecting a person and a control for approaching the person. Movement control means (10, 12) to be performed, photographing availability judgment means (10, 22) for judging whether photographing is possible, and face image clipping means for cutting out a face image from a photographed image photographed by the imaging device (2.3) (2 ・ 3 ・ 10), Corrected photographing execution means (3, 10, 12) for performing photographing with the imaging device (2, 3) while correcting the shadow condition, and the photographed image is transmitted as an image signal that can be displayed on the portable terminal device (14). image signal transmission and means (13, 15), and Konzuke-out to the person to be photographed detected person by the person detecting means (2, 3, 4, 6, 7), the imaging instruction to If the user determines to perform the imaging by the imaging possibility determining section said receiving imaging request signal from the mobile terminal device (14) for operating (10, 22), the correction image acquisition execution means (3, 10, 12) by taking as the cut-out the face image within the range where the constant in the angle of view by the imaging device (2, 3) is located, the image signal transmits the photographed image the captured said portable terminal by means (13, 15) It was assumed to be sent to the equipment.

In particular, the robot (1) has a voice generation device (5, 6) having a speech function, and the correction of the shooting conditions by the corrected shooting execution means is performed on the voice generation device ( The position correction instruction may be issued from 5.6). In addition, instructing the start of shooting by the portable terminal device (14) and determining whether the shooting is possible or not are performed by registering the portable terminal device (14) in the server (22) in advance and the shooting availability determination means (10). 22) by performing signal determination between the server (22) and determining whether or not the photographing requester corresponding to the portable terminal device (14) is registered in the server, When the photographed imager is displayed on the mobile terminal device (14) and the photographing requester selects the displayed photographed image, a billing signal corresponding to the photographing is transmitted to the mobile terminal device (14). And charging means (10) for performing charging processing, and background frame transmitting means (10) for transmitting a background frame that can be combined with the selected image to the portable terminal device (14). 15), it may have a said mobile terminal device (14) composite image creation means for creating an image composed with the selected image selected background frame (3, 10).

Alternatively, imaging requester operates the image display capable portable terminal (14), a mobile robot Ru an image pickup device (2, 3) (1), capturing vital images of a person to move autonomously A mobile robot image capturing method using a mobile terminal device that transmits the captured image to the mobile terminal device (14), wherein the mobile robot (1) detects a person and captures the person. the approach to the detected person, the face image from the photographed image taken by the image pickup apparatus when receiving the image request signal from the mobile terminal device (14) (2, 3) that the imaging requester operates so as to And taking a picture with the imaging device (2, 3) while correcting the shooting conditions so that the face image is located within a predetermined range within the angle of view by the imaging device (2, 3), Taken with an imaging device (2/3) The captured image may be transmitted as an image signal which can be displayed on the portable terminal device (14).

  As described above, according to the present invention, when a mobile robot determines that a person is detected, approaches the person, and shoots in response to the shooting request signal, the person is placed in a predetermined position in the shooting framing. In order to perform correction, for example, the robot moves and shoots by itself, so that it is possible to obtain a photographic image corrected in this way, so that it is possible to eliminate the trouble of making a fine adjustment while looking at the screen. Therefore, it is possible to easily perform suitable shooting by the mobile robot. Further, by transmitting the captured image to, for example, a server and saving it, the requester of imaging can freely access the server later to acquire or print the captured image.

  In particular, when the robot instructs the person to be imaged to correct the standing position with the sound generator, not only the position correction on the robot side but also the person side corrects the position. For example, it is possible to easily perform shooting that realizes a suitable relationship between a person and a background.

  In addition, by instructing the start of shooting from the mobile terminal device, the shooting requester can instruct the start of shooting at his / her own timing, and wasteful shooting can be prevented.

  In addition, by registering a shooting instruction person in advance in the server, and determining whether or not the shooting instruction person who requested the shooting is registered in the server and determining whether or not shooting is possible, only the registered person can issue a shooting instruction. Thus, it is possible to prevent an unspecified number of persons from issuing a shooting instruction command to the robot and complicating the operation of the robot.

  In addition, when a selected image is determined, a charging signal corresponding to shooting is transmitted to the mobile terminal device and a charging unit for performing charging processing is provided, so that the shooting result and the charging associated therewith can be performed on the spot shot by the robot. It is possible to confirm, particularly the charging status when a plurality of sheets are selected, and the handling is good.

  In addition, a background frame that can be combined with the selected image is sent to the mobile terminal device, and the selected background frame is combined with the selected image so that the captured image can be changed to meet a wider variety of shooting needs. Can do.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall system diagram to which the present invention is applied. The mobile robot 1 in the illustrated example is shown below as a biped walking type, but is not limited to the biped walking type, and may be a crawler type or a wheel type, for example. As shown in the figure, the mobile robot 1 includes a pair of left and right cameras 2 as an imaging device and an image processing unit 3 connected thereto, and an audio processing unit 6 connected to a pair of left and right microphones 4 and a speaker 5. A personal authentication unit 8 connected to the sensor 7, a control unit 10 connected to the image processing unit 3, audio processing unit 6, personal authentication unit 8, and obstacle sensor 9, and a control unit 10. To perform transmission / reception with the map database unit 11, the driving unit 12 connected to the control unit 10 to drive and control the head, arms and legs, the LAN transmission / reception unit 13 for wireless LAN transmission / reception, and the portable terminal device 14. Mobile transceiver 15 is provided. The LAN transmission / reception unit 13 and the portable transmission / reception unit 15 are provided as image signal transmission means.

  The camera 2 and the image processing unit 3, and the microphone 4 and the sound processing unit 6 constitute a person detection means that can detect a person. Further, the person detecting means may be configured by using an RF sensor as the sensor 7 and passing a transmitter or the like corresponding to the photographing requester.

  If there is a call from a person to the robot, it can be grasped as a change in volume, so the voice processing unit 6 detects a change in volume collected by the microphone 4 and recognizes the direction of the sound source. For example, the sound source direction can be obtained from the time difference of the volume change between the left and right microphones 4 or the sound pressure difference. Next, for example, a specific word is recognized as speech by dividing phonemes or by template matching. Examples of words include “Oh.” And “Come.” If the phoneme at the time of volume change does not correspond to any of the words or does not match the words prepared in the template, it may be determined that the sound is not speech.

  The camera 2 may be, for example, a CCD camera, and outputs to the image processing unit 3 a digital image captured by a frame grabber. The image processing unit 3 performs moving body extraction. For example, if the camera 2 is pointed in the direction of the sound source recognized by the voice recognition process, or if the voice is not recognized, the camera 2 swings in any direction and recognizes a moving body as shown in FIG. Perform extraction. 2A shows a case where a person is waving as a greeting in the angle of view 16 of the camera 2a, and FIG. 2B shows a case where a beckoning state is taken. is there. In these cases, a person moving his / her hand is recognized as a moving object.

  Here, an example of the moving body extraction process is shown. For example, the distance d by stereo vision is detected with the portion including the most moving edge points as the target portion. In this case, for example, the contour of the moving object can be extracted by dynamic contour extraction using the edge information of the image, and the moving object can be extracted from the difference between two frames at continuous or arbitrary intervals.

  Next, a moving body search area within the angle of view (16 in FIG. 2) is set. For example, a processing target distance range (d ± Δd) is set based on the distance d, pixels existing in the processing target distance range are extracted, and the number of pixels in the vertical axis direction in FIG. The vertical axis line at the position where the number is the maximum is set as the center line Ca of the moving object search region. From the center line Ca, the width of the person's shoulder width is calculated to the left and right according to the distance d, and the boundary in the left-right direction of the moving object search region is set based on the calculated value. Thereby, the mobile body search area | region 17 as shown with the broken line of Fig.2 (a) is set.

  Next, feature extraction is performed. In this feature extraction, a specific mark or attention point is searched using pattern matching or the like. For example, an emblem with a specific mark that is easy to recognize is attached to a person who interacts with the robot, and by searching for the mark, the target person can be moved quickly. Alternatively, it is possible to recognize a person by preparing several types of patterns such as hand movements when a person's robot is found and searching for a pattern that matches one of the patterns.

  Also, contour extraction is performed. As a method for extracting an object (moving object) from image information, a region segmentation method based on clustering of pixel feature amounts, a contour extraction method for connecting detected edges, or a predetermined energy minimum For example, an active contour model (Snakes) that deforms a closed curve so as to be converted can be used. Then, for example, the contour is extracted from the luminance difference from the background, the position of the center of gravity of the moving object is calculated from the position of the point existing on or within the extracted moving object, and the direction of the moving object relative to the front of the robot ( Angle). Further, the distance to the moving body is recalculated from the distance information of each pixel in the moving body from which the contour has been extracted, and the position of the moving body in the real space is obtained. When there are a plurality of people in the angle of view 16, it is possible to extract features for each of them in the same manner as described above by setting the regions for a plurality of people.

  Next, an example of face image clipping will be shown. This processing can be performed by a face image cutout unit that may be configured by the camera 2, the image processing unit 3, and the control unit 10. For example, a small part at the top of the moving body is used as a face part, color information (skin color) is extracted from the face part, and if the skin color is extracted, the face is determined to be a face. Perform extraction. An example of the initial screen shot by the camera 2 in this case is shown in FIG.

  For example, if the contour 18 is extracted as shown in FIG. 3B, the position data (the top) of the contour 18 on the screen is set as the top 18a. This may be performed by the image processing unit 3 as an image cutout unit. A search range is set using the top 18a as a reference point. The search range may be set to a size corresponding to the face size set in advance according to the distance from the robot 1, and the face size according to the distance is also taken into account for the depth. Range.

  Then, the skin color area is extracted. The skin color region can be extracted by a threshold operation in the HLS (Hue, Lightness, Saturation) space. It should be noted that the face processing area that can be obtained as the barycentric position of the skin color area within the search range and can be estimated as the face size according to the resulting distance is an elliptic model as shown in FIG. 19 is set.

  Eye extraction is performed by detecting a black circle (pupil) with the circular edge extraction filter in the elliptic model 19 set as described above. In this eye extraction, for example, a black circle search range 19a having a predetermined area (size on the screen according to the distance) is set based on the length from the top 18a of the standard person to the eye, By performing the operation within the black circle search range 19a, the pupil can be easily detected. Then, the face image is cut out. The enlargement / reduction of the face portion can be performed based on the distance between both eyes obtained from the pupil position data.

  In addition, when a moving body is not detected, the map data preserve | saved in the map database part 11 are referred. As a result, the current location is identified, the entry prohibition area that has been input in advance and the image processing area are determined.

  Next, in the moving object search area, a specific mark or a point of interest is searched using pattern matching or the like to extract features. For example, it is possible to promptly move the subject to the subject by having the photographing requester put on a patch with a specific mark that can be easily recognized at the time of registration, and searching for the mark. Alternatively, it is possible to recognize a person by preparing several types of patterns such as hand movements when a person's robot is found and searching for a pattern that matches one of the patterns. Or you may make it have a specific transmitter etc. which can be detected with the sensor 7.

  A LAN transmitter / receiver 21 for transmitting / receiving a signal to the autonomously movable robot 1 configured as described above is provided at an appropriate position within the above-described movement range of the robot 1, and the LAN transmitter / receiver 21 manages the LAN 1. The server 22 is connected.

  In addition, a mobile base station 23 that enables transmission / reception of signals between the mobile terminal device 14 and the mobile transceiver 15 of the robot 1 is provided at an appropriate position within the movement range of the robot 1 as described above. The mobile base station 23 is provided with a transmitter / receiver 23 a and a control unit 23 b connected to each other, and the control unit 23 b is connected to the Internet where each user can access the personal computer 24.

  Further, a server 25 is provided separately from the management server 22, and a content database unit 25 a and a control unit 25 b are connected to the server 25. The control unit 25b is also connected to the Internet.

  Next, the photographing procedure by the robot 1 according to the present invention will be described. For example, in an amusement park or event venue, a case where a photographed image taken by the camera 1 with the camera 2 is provided as a digital photograph to a park attendant or a visitor is shown. Note that the camera 2 corresponds to the eye in the robot 1 and may be photographed by a handheld external camera. In that case, the data output terminal of the external camera may be connected to the robot 1 and the image processing unit 3 may process the image data.

  In addition, the mobile terminal device 14 issues a shooting instruction to the robot 1, and a shooting requester (user) who wants to have the robot 1 take a shot and take a picture is provided with a mobile phone with an image display function. The ID code or the like of the terminal device 14 or a mobile phone with an image display function owned by itself is registered in the management server 22 in advance. The user goes to a range in which the robot 1 can move (specified beforehand), and gives an instruction to the robot 1 using the mobile terminal device 14 as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the dedicated mobile terminal device 14. The mobile terminal device 14 is provided with a screen 14a for displaying images and characters taken by the robot 1, and a plurality of operation keys 14b. Each of the keys 14b is assigned a movement instruction such as forward or right front to the robot 1 or a selection for an item displayed on the screen 14a. When a general mobile phone is used as the mobile terminal device 14, the key assignment for each instruction is determined for the numeric keypad.

  FIGS. 7A and 7B are flowcharts showing shooting instructions for the robot 1 and shooting procedures by the robot 1. First, the robot 1 detects a person (user) by the RF sensor (7) corresponding to the transmitter received at the time of the above-described voice processing, image processing, or registration (ST1). When the user is detected, movement control for approaching the user is performed in step ST2 as indicated by an arrow A in FIG. In this movement control, the movement is performed while changing the direction so that the detected person is always within the angle of view of the captured image. It is also possible to set a limit of the approach distance to the user and wait for the user to approach a predetermined distance by approaching while performing the distance detection.

  The user can visually recognize that the robot 1 is approaching, and transmits a connection request (photographing request signal) to the robot 1a from the user's portable terminal device 14 at an appropriate timing (U1 in the figure). This connection request signal is received by the mobile transceiver 15 of the robot 1 via the mobile base station 23 or from the mobile base station 23 via the management server 22 via the LAN transmitter / receiver 21 via the LAN transceiver 21. It can be received by the unit 13. When the robot 1 receives the connection request signal by the mobile transceiver 15 or the LAN transceiver 13, the robot 1 transmits a personal data request signal from the LAN transceiver 13 to inquire the personal data corresponding to the mobile terminal device 14 ( ST3). When the management server 22 receives the personal data request signal via the LAN transceiver 21, the management server 22 sends, for example, personal data corresponding to the ID code included in the header of the transmission signal from the mobile terminal device 14 to the server. Search the registered personal database and return the result. The personal data search result from the management server 22 is transmitted via the LAN transceiver 21 and received by the LAN transceiver 13 of the robot 1.

  The robot 1 determines whether or not the personal data search result can be recognized (authentication OK) as the personal data registered in the management server 22 (ST2). If it can be recognized, the process proceeds to the next step ST3. If it is determined that it is unregistered personal data (recognition NG), this flow is terminated, and the process returns to step STST1. The management server 22 and the authentication determination in the control unit 10 of the robot 1 constitute a photographing availability determination unit.

  In the case of authentication OK, a service start notification is transmitted from the robot 1 (ST5). This transmission signal is transmitted as a signal receivable by the mobile terminal device 14 and can be received by the mobile terminal device 14 via the mobile base station 23. The service start notification is displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal device 14 (U2), and the user can confirm that the robot 1 can be instructed to shoot. After the connection request (U1), it is assumed that the mobile terminal device 14 can always be connected to the mobile base station 23. The transmitted / received signal includes authenticated personal data in a header, for example. As a result, the authenticated relationship is maintained, and malfunction due to access from another person can be prevented.

  When the user determines that he / she is located within a range where the robot 1 can shoot, the user operates a predetermined key of the mobile terminal device 14 to transmit a shooting start instruction from the mobile terminal device 14 (U3). Or an instruction by voice is also possible. As described above, the speech processing unit 6 of the robot 1 performs language processing for recognizing speech and refers to pre-registered vocabulary. By determining the vocabulary for speech instruction, the speech processing unit 6 of the robot 1 determines the speech. The instruction can be easily determined.

  In step ST6 following step ST5 in the robot 1, it is determined whether or not there is an instruction to start shooting. If it is determined that there is a start instruction, the process proceeds to the next step ST7. If it is determined that there is no shooting start instruction, the process returns to step ST5 and waits for a start instruction. Although not shown, it is preferable to provide a timer for waiting for the start instruction and return to step ST1 when the time is up. Such fail-safe processing may be provided as appropriate in the subsequent processing, and description thereof will be omitted.

  In step ST7, it is determined whether or not various parameters to be adjusted at the time of shooting by the camera 2 are appropriate with the current values. The parameters are for realizing good shooting, such as backlight and luminance level. These determinations can be easily made from the CCD output as the image sensor. If it is determined that the parameter is inappropriate, the process proceeds to step ST8, where the parameter determined to be inappropriate is adjusted, and the process returns to step ST7. If it is determined that the parameters are appropriate, the process proceeds to step ST9.

  In step ST9, face extraction is performed as described above, and in step ST10, framing adjustment is performed. This framing adjustment is performed by adjusting the standing position of the robot 1 forward / backward / left / right as indicated by an arrow B in FIG. Further, the direction of the head may be changed. This framing adjustment may be a rough adjustment that causes the person to be approximately in the center of the angle of view with a single movement amount so that the user does not wait for a long time, for example.

  In the next step ST11, it is determined whether or not the person is out of the framing range with respect to the result of the framing adjustment. If it is determined that the framing adjustment is still outside the framing range in step ST10, the process proceeds to step ST12, where an instruction to change the user's standing position such as “to the right a little more” is given to the user by utterance. This utterance is uttered from the speaker 5 by the synthesized voice processed by the voice processing unit 6.

  The user moves according to the instruction according to the utterance instruction from the robot 1 (U4). After step ST12, or when it is determined in step ST11 that the frame is within the framing range, the process proceeds to step ST13, and photographing by the camera 2 is performed based on the adjusted parameter. After shooting, the shot image data is transmitted from the portable transmitting / receiving unit 15 in the next step ST6.

  When the captured image data is transmitted, the captured image is displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal device 14 (U5). The user determines whether the captured image transmitted from the robot 1 is acceptable, and instructs the robot 1 to cancel or end the imaging. The cancel / end instruction key may be determined in advance as one of the keys 14b, but the cancel / end is displayed on the screen 14a as a selection button together with the display of the photographed image. You may make it determine by. Further, a word “cancel” or “end” may be issued to give an instruction by voice (U6). In step ST15, the robot 1 determines cancellation / termination, and if it is determined that cancellation is instructed, the process returns to step ST9 and new imaging is performed.

  If it is determined in step ST15 that termination has been instructed, the process proceeds to step ST16, where a background frame to be combined with the photographed image is transmitted. This transmission is performed by transmitting background frame data recorded in advance in a storage device (not shown) from the portable transmitting / receiving unit 15 according to an instruction from the control unit 10. The control unit 10 and the portable transmission / reception unit 15 constitute a background frame transmission unit. FIG. 8 shows an example of the frame F. Several types of frames may be prepared, and different types of frames may be displayed on the screen 14a at the timing of a predetermined switching time from the robot 1 or the robot 1 for the next frame display. The user selects a favorite frame (including no frame) and instructs the robot 1 (U7).

  In step ST17, the robot 1 determines whether or not there is a frame selection instruction. This determination process may be performed when a predetermined time has elapsed since the frame transmission process was started in step ST16. If it is determined in step ST17 that there is a frame selection instruction, the process proceeds to step ST18. In step ST18, the selected frame and the captured image are combined to create a combined image. In addition, since the size of a person can be grasped by extracting a face as described above as well as simply combining frames, it is also possible to cut out a person in accordance with the frame, correct the position, and combine them. The composite image can be created by the image processing unit 3 and the control unit 10, and these constitute a composite image creation unit.

  Next, the process proceeds to step ST19. If it is determined in step ST17 that there is no frame selection instruction, the process proceeds to step ST19. In step ST19, the control unit 10 transmits the composite image of step ST18 or a captured image without a frame and billing data based on a preset imaging fee. The accounting means for performing this accounting process is provided as a program in the control unit 10.

  On the screen 14a of the user's mobile terminal device 14, the selected image and the charge associated therewith are displayed (U8). In response to this, the user selects the final decision of cancellation / repetition / termination and instructs the robot 1 (U9). It should be noted that the word “cancel.” Or “repetition.” Or “end.” May be issued to give an instruction by voice.

  In step ST20, the robot 1 determines whether cancellation / repetition / end is instructed. If it is determined that the repetition is selected, the process proceeds to step ST21, where the selected image is stored, and the process returns to step ST9 to repeat photographing. In this case, charging is confirmed. If it is determined that cancel has been selected, the process returns to step ST9 to resume shooting. In this case, the image is not stored and is not charged.

  If it is determined that the end has been selected, the process proceeds to step ST22. In step ST22, the selected image is processed by the image processing unit 3 and the control unit 10 into a file format that can be handled by the user, and the final image processed in this manner is transmitted to the management server 22 to be in the main shooting mode. Exit. A selection image determination means for performing the selection image determination process is provided as a program in the control unit 10.

  When there are a plurality of selected images, the user accesses the management server 22 from the mobile terminal device 14 to continuously display the images on the screen 14a or to display thumbnails for displaying many images on one screen. be able to. As a result, the user can confirm and select the desired image. It is also possible to select an arbitrary image and have it printed out. For example, the user can go to a predetermined print receiving place to receive a photo.

  The final image can be stored in the management server 22 together with personal data, or can be transferred from the management server 22 to the database 25a of the server 25 via the Internet. Thereby, the user can download and print out his final image by accessing the management server 22 or the server 23 via the Internet from the personal computer 24 at home, for example. Further, since the selected image is determined, it is not necessary to store the captured image in the robot 1, and it is possible to cope with it without worrying about a memory shortage due to continuous shooting for the next shooting instruction.

  An image capturing apparatus and method for a mobile robot using a mobile terminal device according to the present invention can instruct the mobile robot to perform shooting using the mobile terminal device, and the robot can perform framing processing by itself. This is useful in the field of shooting with a mobile robot that sends and receives signals.

1 is an overall system diagram to which the present invention is applied. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows an example of operation | movement of a moving body, (b) is a figure corresponding to (a) which shows another example. (A) is a figure which shows the example of the imaging | photography screen which shows the state which detected the person, (b) is a figure which shows the state which extracted the outline of the person from the image of (a). It is explanatory drawing which shows the example which detects a pupil from a face. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of a robot and a user. It is a figure which shows a portable terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the control point of a portable terminal device and a robot. It is a flowchart which shows the control point of a portable terminal device and a robot. It is a figure which shows the picked-up image which combined the flame | frame.

Explanation of symbols

1 Robot 2 Camera (Imaging device, person detection means)
3 Image processing unit (imaging device, person detection means)
4 Microphone (correction shooting execution means, person detection means)
5 Speaker (sound generator)
6 Voice processing unit (voice generation device, person detection means)
7 Sensor (person detection means)
10 Control unit (movement control means, photographing availability judgment means, image signal transmission means, corrected photographing execution means)
12 Drive unit (movement control means, corrected photographing execution means)
13 LAN transceiver (image signal transmission means)
14 mobile terminal device 15 mobile transceiver (image signal transmission means)
22 Management server (photographing possibility judging means)

Claims (7)

The requester operates a mobile terminal that can display images,
A mobile robot equipped with an imaging device is an image capturing device for a mobile robot using a mobile terminal device that autonomously moves to capture an image of a person and transmits the captured image to the mobile terminal device. ,
The mobile robot,
A person detection unit for detecting a person, a movement control unit for performing control to approach the person, a shooting availability determination unit for determining whether shooting is possible, and a face image clipping unit for cutting out a face image from a shot image shot by the imaging device; A correction photographing execution means for performing photographing with the imaging device while correcting photographing conditions, and an image signal transmitting means for transmitting a photographed image as an image signal that can be displayed on the portable terminal device, and the person detection Konzuke-out to the person to be photographed detected person by means, if it is determined to perform the imaging by the imaging possibility determining section receives the imaging request signal from the mobile terminal device the shooting instruction by an operator in the correction the face image the cut-out in the range of constant at in angle by the imaging device by the imaging execution unit taken so as to be positioned, is the shot Image capturing device of a mobile robot using the portable terminal device and transmits the captured image to the mobile terminal device by the image signal transmitting means. The robot has a voice generation device having a speech function,
The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the correction of the shooting condition by the correction shooting execution unit is a position correction instruction issued from the sound generation device to the person to be shot. An imaging device for mobile robots. 3. An image capturing apparatus for a mobile robot using a mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal device instructs the start of shooting. The determination as to whether or not shooting is possible is performed by registering the portable terminal device in the server in advance and registering the shooting requester corresponding to the portable terminal device in the server by exchanging signals between the shooting availability determination means and the server. 4. An image capturing device for a mobile robot using a mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal device performs the determination by determining whether the mobile terminal device is present. When the photographed imager is displayed on the portable terminal device and the photographing requester selects the displayed photographed image, a billing signal corresponding to the photographing is transmitted to the portable terminal device and a billing process is performed. 5. The mobile robot image photographing apparatus using the portable terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising a charging unit for performing the charging. Background frame transmitting means for transmitting a background frame that can be combined with the selected image to the mobile terminal device; and composite image generating means for generating an image obtained by combining the background frame selected by the mobile terminal device with the selected image. An image capturing device for a mobile robot using the mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing device is a mobile robot. The requester operates a mobile terminal that can display images,
An image capturing method for a mobile robot using a mobile terminal device, in which a mobile robot including an imaging device autonomously moves to capture an image of a person and transmits the captured image to the mobile terminal device. ,
The mobile robot approaches to the detected person to shoot detecting and the person to person, determine whether the shooting if the shooting requester receives the image request signal from the mobile terminal device to operate When it is determined that the shooting is to be performed, a face image is cut out from the shot image shot by the imaging device, and the shooting conditions are corrected so that the face image is located within a predetermined range within the angle of view by the imaging device. An image capturing method for a mobile robot using a mobile terminal device, wherein shooting is performed by the image capturing device, and a captured image captured by the image capturing device is transmitted as an image signal that can be displayed on the mobile terminal device. .

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