An imaging apparatus state monitoring device monitors an imaging state of an imaging unit. The imaging apparatus state monitoring device has an image acquisition unit, a blinking determination unit, and an abnormality processor. The image acquisition unit acquires a captured image captured by the imaging unit of which an imaging range includes an image of a blinking and light-emitting unit repeatedly blinking The blinking determination unit determines whether a change corresponding to blinking is included in the captured image. When blinking determination unit determines that no change according to blinking is included in the captured image, the abnormality processor executes abort processing.
IMAGE-CAPTURE DEVICE STATE MONITORING DEVICE, IMAGE-CAPTURE DEVICE STATE MONITORING METHOD, AND PROGRAM