CAMERA CONTROL DEVICE AND CAMERA CONTROL SYSTEM

An object of the invention is to provide a camera control apparatus and a camera control system which can, in the case of automatically tracking a moving subject to be imaged, automatically track the subject without being lost from a monitor screen. A camera control apparatus (109) simultaneously transmits main camera direction information to all cameras (101). Then, the camera (101) determined so as to act as a main camera (101m) in accordance with an address contained in the main camera direction information controls the direction thereof in accordance with the main camera direction information. The camera (101) determined so as to act as a sub camera (101s) converts the main camera direction information into sub camera direction information based on a relative positional relation with the main camera (101m) and controls the direction thereof in accordance with the sub camera direction information. Thus, a subject to be imaged can be always caught and displayed on the monitor screen without causing a control delay. That is, a subject to be imaged can be automatically tracked without being lost from the monitor screen.