A smart agent for taking pictures

This research suggests a novel photo taking system that can interact with people. The goal is to make a system act like a human photographer. This system can recognize when people wave their hands, moves toward them, and takes pictures with designated compositions and user-chosen tastes. For the image composition, the user can also adjust the composition arbitrary depends on personal choice by looking through the screen attached to the system. For the resulting shot, user can select the picture he wants.

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