CAMERA CONTROL SYSTEM, CAMERA CONTROL METHOD, CAMERA CONTROL SERVER, CAMERA DEVICE, USER INTERFACE DEVICE, CAMERA LINKAGE CONTROL SERVER, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a plurality of cameras or camera servers to be linked or cooperated with an optional camera by allowing the camera to be linked with a first camera to execute designated operation contents in response to the output of activation instruction. SOLUTION: The link control module 519 of a camera linkage control server 500 controls a linkage operation among a plurality of cameras, manages a camera link information table describing how linking is controlled and carries out link processing based on its contents. A plurality of camera clients request a camera operation of one camera. Then, when linkage processing is executed, it is assumed that such a case where the camera desired to be linked is already used by another client and the operation right can not be acquired. Therefore, an operation right control sub-module 521 executes collision release processing based on the description of the camera linkage information tables when the collision for the operation right takes place.