Patent ID: 7557825

Claim:
A camera system configured by a plurality of cameras whose posture can be controlled, and a control device for controlling the plurality of cameras, wherein: the control device comprises: first holding means for holding data relating to a target to be searched for; and first transmission means for transmitting the data relating to the target to each of the plurality of cameras, wherein each of the plurality of cameras comprises: second holding means for holding camera information specifying another camera which can capture an image having a shared area with a captured image obtained by its own camera in association with the shared area; search means for searching a captured image for the target to be searched for using the data obtained by said first transmission means; identification means for identifying, if said search means has detected the target, another camera which can capture the target by referring from said second holding means the camera information corresponding to a position at which said search means has detected the target; notification means for sending notification to the identified camera that said search means has detected the target; and control means for controlling a posture of the own camera when the own camera has received the notification from another camera so that an area shared with the camera which has send the notification can be observed.