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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select a camera capable of photographing an animal in the front from among a plurality of cameras. SOLUTION: In this data calculating device 192 for photographing an animal, an region extractor 19a extracts an image region surrounded by the intersection of a vector connecting the apex of a rectangular region corresponding to a stereo pair camera and the center point of a camera as an image region where an animal exists. A center of gravity estimator 19b calculates the center of gravity of the rectangular region circumscribed to this image region. A direction estimator 19c extracts a temporal change in the center of gravity of the rectangular region as the moving vector of the animal. A camera selector 15 selects a camera positioned in a direction opposite to the moving vector, i.e. a direction opposite to the animal as a camera for presenting images. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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