Method for controlling an image capturing device that captures an image to be displayed or stored by a terminal device from among a plurality of image capturing devices

1. A control apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories including instructions that, when executed by the processor(s), cause the control apparatus to:

acquire selection information that specifies one or more image capturing devices to be selected from a plurality of image capturing devices based on a detection result of a sensor, wherein the selection information includes information of a sensor of which the detection result is involved in specifying the one or more capturing devices;

control for reducing a communication data amount related to a captured image from image capturing devices not included as the one or more image capturing devices to be selected based on the acquired selection information before the detection result is acquired;

transmit a captured image from image capturing devices included as the one or more image capturing devices to be selected based on the selection information, among the plurality of image capturing devices; and

be capable of communicating with a plurality of sensors,

wherein, the communication data amount from image capturing devices not included as the one or more image capturing devices to be selected is reduced to be smaller than the communication data amount from image capturing devices included as the one or more image capturing devices to be selected, and wherein a processing amount related to detection processing by a sensor of which the detection result is not involved in specifying the one or more capturing devices is controlled to be smaller than a processing amount related to detection processing by a sensor of which the detection result is involved in specifying the one or more capturing devices.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the control apparatus receives the detection result from the sensor;

the control apparatus selects the image capturing device based on the acquired selection information and the received detection result;

the control apparatus receives a captured image transmitted from at least one of the plurality of image capturing devices; and

the control apparatus transfers, to a terminal device, the captured image received from the selected image capturing device.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the communication data amount of the transmitted captured image is an amount related to transmission of the captured image by the image capturing device.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the control performed by the control apparatus on the communication data amount of the transmitted captured image includes at least one of processing for stopping the transmission of the captured image from the image capturing device, processing for reducing a resolution of the captured image transmitted from the image capturing device, or processing for reducing a frame rate of the captured image transmitted from the image capturing device.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the control performed by the control apparatus on the communication data amount of the transmitted captured image includes at least one of processing for stopping image capturing by the image capturing device, processing for reducing a resolution of an image captured by the image capturing device, or processing for reducing a frame rate of image capturing performed by the image capturing device.

6. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control performed by the control apparatus includes at least one of processing for stopping the detection by the sensor, processing for reducing a sampling rate of measurement performed by the sensor, or processing for stopping transmission of the detection result from the sensor.

7. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the acquired selection information includes information indicating association between the detection result and information for identifying an image capturing device.

8. The control apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the acquired selection information includes information specifying a priority of each association between the detection result and the information for identifying the image capturing device.

9. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the detection result relates to a result of detection of at least one of temperature, luminance, vibration, infrared ray, time, time period, or open/closed status of a door.

10. A control method for a control apparatus, the control method comprising:

acquiring selection information that specifies one or more image capturing devices based on a detection result of a sensor, wherein the selection information includes information of a sensor of which the detection result is involved in specifying the one or more capturing devices;

control for reducing a communication data amount related to a captured image from image capturing devices not included as the one or more image capturing devices to be selected based on the acquired selection information before the detection result is acquired; and

be capable of communicating with a plurality of sensors,

wherein, the communication data amount from image capturing devices not included as the one or more image capturing devices to be selected is reduced to be smaller than the communication data amount from image capturing devices included as the one or more image capturing devices to be selected, and wherein a processing amount related to detection processing by a sensor of which the detection result is not involved in specifying the one or more capturing devices is controlled to be smaller than a processing amount related to detection processing by a sensor of which the detection result is involved in specifying the one or more capturing devices.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions for causing a control apparatus to execute a control method, the control method comprising:

acquiring selection information that specifies one or more image capturing devices based on a detection result of a sensor, wherein the selection information includes information of a sensor of which the detection result is involved in specifying the one or more capturing devices;

control for reducing a communication data amount related to a captured image from image capturing devices not included as the one or more image capturing devices to be selected based on the acquired selected information before the detection result is acquired;

transmit a captured image from image capturing devices included as the one or more image capturing devices to be selected based on the selection information, among the plurality of image capturing devices; and

be capable of communicating with a plurality of sensors,

wherein, the communication data amount from image capturing devices not included as the one or more image capturing devices to be selected is reduced to be smaller than the communication data amount from image capturing devices included as the one or more image capturing devices to be selected, and

wherein a processing amount related to detection processing by a sensor of which the detection result is not involved in specifying the one or more capturing devices is controlled to be smaller than a processing amount related to detection processing by a sensor of which the detection result is involved in specifying the one or more capturing devices.