Patent ID: 7428008

Claim:
An imaging system comprising: an imaging device which picks up an image signal in an image format of 24 frames/second; a temporary recording device which temporarily records the image signal picked up by the imaging device; and a 2:3:3:2 pull-down control device which reads the image signal from the temporary recording device in an interlace format of 60 fields/second, wherein the 2:3:3:2 pull-down control device carries out the controlling steps of: reading odd field data of the first frame as the first field data; reading even field data of the first frame as the second field data; reading odd field data of the second frame as the third and fifth field data; reading even field data of the second frame as the fourth field data; reading odd field data of the third frame as the seventh field data; reading even field data of the third frame as the sixth and eighth field data; reading odd field data of the fourth frame as the ninth field data; and reading even field data of the fourth frame as the tenth field data.