Automatic tracking camera system

[0016]FIG. 1 is a system diagram illustrating an automatic tracking camera system according to an embodiment of the present invention by taking, as an example, a platform camera, which is operated in a remote place as an image pickup apparatus having a tracking function. Referring to FIG. 1, a system overview is described.

[0017]As illustrated in FIG. 1, the automatic tracking camera system of the present invention includes an image pickup unit, which includes a lens apparatus 2 and an image pickup apparatus including an image pickup element 11, a platform camera 1, which has the image pickup unit mounted thereto and is operated in a remote place, an image monitor 3 for displaying an image picked up by the platform camera 1, an operation apparatus 4 for operating the platform camera 1, and an aircraft information signal receiver 20 for receiving an aircraft information signal (object information signal) of an aircraft 5 as an object.

[0018]In the platform camera 1, the object image picke