Patent ID: 9596438
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
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.