Image capturing control method, image capturing control system, and image capturing control server

An image capturing control system comprising:

• an authentication server;
• and
• an image capturing control server, wherein
• the authentication server includes
• a receiver that receives first terminal identification information identifying a first image capturing terminal from the first image capturing terminal via a wide area network (WAN),
• a controller that determines whether the first image capturing terminal identified by the received first terminal identification information is an image capturing terminal permitted to have an image captured by an image capturing camera via a local area network (LAN), and
• a transmitter that, when the controller determines that the first image capturing terminal is an image capturing terminal permitted to have an image captured by the image capturing camera, transmits permitted terminal identification to the image capturing control server via the WAN, the permitted terminal identification information being the first terminal identification information and
• the image capturing control server includes
• a first communicator that receives the permitted terminal identification information from the authentication server via the WAN;
• a second communicator that communicates via the LAN,
• a setter that sets the received permitted terminal identification information as setting information for the second communicator, and
• a camera controller that controls an image capturing camera,
• when receiving, from a second image capturing terminal via the LAN, second terminal identification information identifying the second image capturing terminal and image capturing control information for controlling the image capturing camera, the second communicator determines whether the second image capturing terminal is the first image capturing terminal by determining whether the received second terminal identification information agrees with the first terminal identification information set as the permitted terminal identification information,
• when determining that the second image capturing terminal is the first image capturing terminal, the second communicator outputs the image capturing control information received via the LAN along with the second terminal identification information to the camera controller, and
• the camera controller controls the image capturing camera in accordance with the image capturing control information received.

An image capturing control server comprising:

• a first communicator that receives permitted terminal identification information from an authentication server via a wide area network (WAN);
• a second communicator that communicates via a local area network (LAN);
• a setter that sets the received permitted terminal identification information as setting information for the second communicator;
• and
• a camera controller that controls an image capturing camera, wherein
• the permitted terminal identification information is first terminal identification information identifying a first image capturing terminal permitted by the authentication server to have an image captured by the image capturing camera via the LAN,
• when receiving, from a second image capturing terminal via the LAN, second terminal identification information identifying the second image capturing terminal and image capturing control information for controlling the image capturing camera, the second communicator determines whether the second image capturing terminal is the first image capturing terminal by determining whether the received second terminal identification information agrees with the first terminal identification information set as the permitted terminal identification information,
• when determining that the second image capturing terminal is the first image capturing terminal, the second communicator outputs the image capturing control information received via the LAN along with the second terminal identification information to the camera controller, and
• the camera controller controls the image capturing camera in accordance with the image capturing control information received.