Prioritization of video sources

A method for an apparatus configured to control a storage of image data captured by a plurality of image capturing devices, the method comprising:

• receiving a designation of importance for at least one of the plurality of image capturing devices, wherein a given image capturing device of the plurality of image capturing devices is identified as less important than other image capturing devices of the plurality of image capturing devices in accordance with the received designation of the importance;
• storing, in a first storage, the image data;
• determining availability of a second storage to which the image data stored in the first storage is to be transferred, and determining storage space available in the first storage;
• and
• transmitting a control command to the given image capturing device,
• wherein, in a case where it is determined that the second storage is unavailable and the available storage space in the first storage is determined to be less than a predetermined threshold, transmitting includes transmitting the control command to the given image capturing device to reduce an amount of image data which the given image capturing device captures, or transmitting includes transmitting the control command to the given image capturing device such that the image data captured by the given image capturing device is not newly stored in the first storage.

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program having computer readable instructions, which when run on a computer, causes the computer to carry out a method for an apparatus configured to control a storage of image data captured by a plurality of image capturing devices, the method comprising:

• receiving a designation of importance for at least one of the plurality of image capturing devices, wherein a given image capturing device of the plurality of image capturing devices is identified as less important than other image capturing devices of the plurality of image capturing devices in accordance with the received designation of the importance;
• storing, in a first storage, the image data;
• determining availability of a second storage to which the image data stored in the first storage is to be transferred, and determining storage space available in the first storage;
• and
• transmitting a control command to the given image capturing device,
• wherein, in a case where it is determined that the second storage is unavailable and the available storage space in the first storage is determined to be less than a predetermined threshold, transmitting includes transmitting the control command to the given image capturing device to reduce an amount of image data which the given image capturing device captures, or transmitting includes transmitting the control command to the given image capturing device such that the image data captured by the given image capturing device is not newly stored in the first storage.

An apparatus configured to control a storage of image data captured by a plurality of image capturing devices, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when the instructions are executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
• receiving a designation of importance for at least one of the plurality of image capturing devices, wherein a given image capturing device of the plurality of image capturing devices is identified as less important than other image capturing devices of the plurality of image capturing devices in accordance with the received designation of the importance,
• storing, in a first storage, the image data,
• determining availability of a second storage to which the image data stored in the first storage is to be transferred, and determining storage space available in the first storage, and
• controlling an amount of the image data already stored in the first storage or to be stored in the first storage,
• wherein, in a case where it is determined that the second storage is unavailable and the available storage space in the first storage is determined to be less than a predetermined threshold, controlling includes controlling the amount of the image data in the first storage to reduce the amount of the image data captured by the given image capturing device, or controlling includes controlling the amount of the image data in the first storage such that the image data captured by the given image capturing device is not newly stored in the first storage.

A method for an apparatus configured to control a storage of image data captured by a plurality of image capturing devices, the method comprising:

• receiving a designation of importance for at least one of the plurality of image capturing devices, wherein a given image capturing device of the plurality of image capturing devices is identified as less important than other image capturing devices of the plurality of image capturing devices in accordance with the received designation of the importance;
• storing, in a first storage, the image data;
• determining availability of a second storage to which the image data stored in the first storage is to be transferred, and determining storage space available in the first storage;
• and
• controlling an amount of the image data already stored in the first storage or to be stored in the first storage,
• wherein, in a case where it is determined that the second storage is unavailable and the available storage space in the first storage is determined to be less than a predetermined threshold, controlling includes controlling the amount of the image data in the first storage to reduce the amount of the image data captured by the given image capturing device, or controlling includes controlling the amount of the image data in the first storage such that the image data captured by the given image capturing device is not newly stored in the first storage.

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program having computer readable instructions, which when run on a computer, causes the computer to carry out a method for an apparatus configured to control a storage of image data captured by a plurality of image capturing devices, the method comprising:

• receiving a designation of importance for at least one of the plurality of image capturing devices, wherein a given image capturing device of the plurality of image capturing devices is identified as less important than other image capturing devices of the plurality of image capturing devices in accordance with the received designation of the importance;
• storing, in a first storage, the image data;
• determining availability of a second storage to which the image data stored in the first storage is to be transferred, and determining storage space available in the first storage;
• and
• controlling an amount of the image data already stored in the first storage or to be stored in the first storage,
• wherein, in a case where it is determined that the second storage is unavailable and the available storage space in the first storage is determined to be less than a predetermined threshold, controlling includes controlling the amount of the image data in the first storage to reduce the amount of the image data captured by the given image capturing device, or controlling includes controlling the amount of the image data in the first storage such that the image data captured by the given image capturing device is not newly stored in the first storage.