1. A method, in a data processing system, for obtaining an image of an object of interest, comprising: predicting a future position of an object based on a first set of images of the object; controlling an active camera to capture a second set of images of the object at the future position of the object; evaluating a quality measure of each image in the second set of images; and storing an image from the second set of images if a quality measure of the image meets predetermined criteria.