Information processing system linking information processing apparatus with image pickup apparatus, information processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor

摘要

An information processing apparatus that is capable of automatically performing setting for monitoring the information processing apparatus by an image pickup apparatus. The information processing apparatus is equipped with a display unit. A special pattern display unit displays a predetermined special pattern on the display unit. A reception unit receives a response showing that the special pattern is detected from the image pickup apparatus that detects the special pattern displayed on the display unit by the special pattern display unit. A setting unit sets the image pickup apparatus that transmits the response as an image pickup apparatus used to monitor the information processing apparatus when the reception unit receives the response.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a display device; a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions; and a computer communicatively connected to the display device and the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer configured by the computer executable instructions to: display a predetermined special pattern via the display device; receive a response showing that the predetermined special pattern is detected from an image pickup apparatus that detects the predetermined special pattern displayed via the display device; and set the image pickup apparatus that transmits the response as a selected image pickup apparatus used to monitor the information processing apparatus in a case where the response is received by the computer, wherein the computer is configured by the computer executable instructions to set the image pickup apparatus as the selected image pickup apparatus in response to the image pickup apparatus being selected by a user from among a plurality of image pickup apparatuses that transmit the response.