Patent ID: 8817134

Claim:
An imaging control device for an imaging apparatus or an imaging system having an imaging section and an imaging field changing section, the imaging section configured to perform imaging of a subject, the imaging control device comprising: a determination section configured to determine whether or not a subject detecting section detects a target subject by analyzing a captured image signal acquired by the imaging section, in subject detection processing; an imaging field change control section configured: to control the imaging field changing section to change an angle of view in the imaging section, and in response to the determination section determining that the subject detecting section does not detect a target subject in the subject detection processing, to control the imaging field changing section to change the angle of view in the imaging section, and to control a tilt control section to search for a target subject by tilting the imaging section upward before tilting the imaging section downward, wherein the image control device is configured to control the subject detecting section to perform the subject detection processing subsequent to the imaging field changing section changing the angle of view.