Recording control apparatus, recording apparatus, recording control method, and program

A recording control apparatus controlling a recording apparatus, the recording control apparatus comprising:

• a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions to permit the processor to function as:
• a photographing data acquisition unit configured to acquire photographing data photographed by a photographing unit;
• an event detection unit configured to detect an event of a mobile object;
• a recording control unit configured to store the photographing data for a predetermined time period corresponding to the event detected by the event detection unit as event record data in a recording unit;
• a location information acquisition unit configured to acquire location information of a recording apparatus including at least the recording control unit;
• a communication control unit configured to perform control for transmitting, to an other apparatus being set in advance for an owner of the recording apparatus or the mobile object, the location information of the recording apparatus acquired by the location information acquisition unit or the event record data stored in the recording unit when a location of the recording apparatus is separated from a location where the event is detected by a predetermined distance or more within a predetermined time period after the mobile object has stopped due to an occurrence of the event;
• and
• a removal detection unit configured to detect removal of the recording apparatus from a moving body in response to reception of a signal indicating the removal of the recording apparatus from the moving body,
• wherein the communication control unit is configured to perform control for transmitting, to the other apparatus, the location information of the recording apparatus acquired by the location information acquisition unit or the event record data stored in the recording unit to the other apparatus when the removal detection unit detects that the recording apparatus is removed from the moving body and it is detected that the location of the recording apparatus is separated from the location where the event is detected by the predetermined distance or more within the predetermined time period after the event detection unit detects the event.

A recording control method performed by a recording control apparatus controlling a recording apparatus, the recording control method comprising:

• acquiring photographing data photographed by a photographing unit;
• detecting an event of a mobile object;
• storing the photographing data for a predetermined time period corresponding to the event detected by the event detection unit as event record data in a recording unit;
• acquiring location information of a recording apparatus for storing at least the event record data in the recording unit;
• performing control for transmitting, to another apparatus being set in advance for an owner of the recording apparatus or the mobile object, the location information of the recording apparatus or the event record data stored in the recording unit when a location of the recording apparatus is separated from a location where the event is detected by a predetermined distance or more within a predetermined time period after the mobile object has stopped due to an occurrence of the event;
• detecting removal of the recording apparatus from a moving body in response to reception of a signal indicating the removal of the recording apparatus from the moving body;
• and
• performing control for transmitting, to the another apparatus, the location information of the recording apparatus acquired in the acquiring location information or the event record data stored in the recording unit to the another apparatus when it is detected that the recording apparatus is removed from the moving body and it is detected that the location of the recording apparatus is separated from the location where the event is detected by the predetermined distance or more within the predetermined time period after the event detection unit detects the event.