Image-capturing system and image-capturing method

1. An image-capturing system comprising:

an image-capturing unit;

an image storage unit for storing a camera position image of said image-capturing unit previously captured from an image-capturing region of said image-capturing unit, the camera position image showing the position of said image-capturing unit; and

a remote control unit which allows the user to perform operation for remote control of said image-capturing unit,

wherein said remote control unit includes a reception unit for receiving said camera position image stored in said image storage unit, and a display unit for displaying said camera position image received by said reception unit,

wherein the image-capturing unit captures an image of the user using the remote control unit.

2. The image-capturing system according to claim 1 , wherein said remote control unit further includes an image-capturing request unit for making a request to said image-capturing unit for image capturing.

3. The image-capturing system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a position information storage unit for storing information regarding the position of said image-capturing unit in said camera position image,

wherein said reception unit further receives said information regarding the position of said image-capturing unit stored in said position information storage unit, and

wherein said display unit displays the position of said image-capturing unit based upon said information received by said reception unit, superimposed upon said camera position image received from said reception unit.

4. The image-capturing system according to claim 1 , wherein said image storage unit stores said camera position image including a display indicating the position of said image-capturing unit, superimposed upon an image taken toward said image-capturing unit from said image-capturing region.

5. The image-capturing system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an antenna unit for transmitting said camera position image stored in said image storage unit to said remote control unit in the form of a wireless signal,

wherein said antenna unit is installed so as to enable transmission of said camera position image to said remote control unit which is present at a position where the user can visually confirm at least a part of an object included in said camera position image, in the form of a wireless signal.

6. The image-capturing system according to claim 5 , wherein said antenna unit is installed in said image-capturing region.

7. The image-capturing system according to claim 1 , wherein said image capturing unit is installed in a park.

8. The image-capturing system according to claim 1 , wherein the remote control unit is a mobile terminal carried by the user.

9. The image-capturing system according to claim 1 , wherein the remote control unit is fixed near the image capturing region.

10. An image-capturing method comprising:

capturing an image by an image-capturing unit;

storing a camera position image of said image-capturing unit previously captured from an image capturing region of said image-capturing unit, the camera position image showing the position of said image-capturing unit; and

remotely controlling said image-capturing unit based on user operation, wherein said remotely controlling includes:

receiving said camera position image stored in said image storage unit by a reception unit;

displaying said camera position image received by said reception unit; and

capturing an image of the user.

11. The image-capturing method according to claim 10 , wherein the image capturing unit is installed in a park.

12. The image-capturing method according to claim 10 , wherein image-capturing unit is remotely controlled by a mobile terminal carried by the user.

13. The image-capturing method according to claim 10 , wherein image-capturing unit is remotely controlled by a remote control unit fixed near the image capturing region.