Getting a Good Shot: Remote Picture Taking with Mobile Phones

We have prototyped a new consumer imaging device, a remote camera, that leverages the mobile phone and provides a key capability not found in today’s digital still cameras and camera phones. Specifically our remote capture unit allows a user to capture images from a vantage point that would otherwise be impractical or socially unacceptable to use. We use a mobile phone as a view finder and a remote control. Possibilities exist for a new product, an accessory for an existing digital still camera (DSC), or integration into an existing DSC.