Recording medium, image recording apparatus, image reproduction apparatus, and image recording/reproduction apparatus

An image recording apparatus for recording an image signal on a recording medium, comprising:

• an image signal recording device which records the image signal on the recording medium;
• a slow-motion image detection device which detects a slow-motion image signal contained in the image signal;
• a slow-motion recording position detection device which detects a recording position of the slow-motion image signal detected by the slow-motion image detection device;
• a slow-motion recording position recording device which records a recording position detected by the slow-motion recording position detection device;
• a recording time lapse recording device which records a recording time lapse of the slow-motion image signal;
• a reproduction rate detection device which detects a reproduction rate of the slow-motion image signal;
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• a still picture recording device which records a still picture related to the slow-motion image signal.

An image reproduction apparatus for reproducing a recording medium in which an image signal containing a slow-motion image signal is recorded, comprising:

• an image signal reproduction device which reproduces the image signal;
• a slow-motion position information storage device which stores position information recording the slow-motion image signal contained in a signal reproduced by the image signal reproduction device;
• a slow-motion recording time lapse storage device which stores recording time lapse information of the slow-motion image signal contained in a signal reproduced by the image signal reproduction device;
• a reproduction rate storage device which stores reproduction rate information of the slow-motion image signal contained in a signal reproduced by the image signal reproduction device;
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• a still picture storage device which stores a still picture related to the slow-motion image signal contained in a signal reproduced by the image signal reproduction device.

An image recording/reproduction apparatus for recording an image signal containing a slow-motion image signal on a recording medium and reproducing the image signal, comprising an image recording unit and an image reproduction unit, wherein:

• (i) the image recording unit comprises:
• an image signal recording device which records the image signal on the recording medium;
• a slow-motion image detection device which detects a slow-motion image signal contained in the image signal;
• a slow-motion recording position detection device which detects a recording position of the slow-motion image signal detected by the slow-motion image detection device;
• a slow-motion recording position recording device which records a recording position detected by the slow-motion recording position detection device;
• a recording time lapse recording device which records a recording time lapse of the slow-motion image signal;
• a reproduction rate detection device which detects a reproduction rate of the slow-motion image signal;
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• a still picture recording device which records a still picture related to the slow-motion image signal;
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• (ii) the image reproduction unit comprises:
• an image signal reproduction device which reproduces the image signal;
• a slow-motion position information storage device which reads out and stores position information recording the slow-motion image signal, from a signal reproduced by the image signal reproduction device;
• a slow-motion recording time lapse storage device which reads out and stores recording time lapse information of the slow-motion image signal from a signal reproduced by the image signal reproduction device;
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• a reproduction rate storage device which reads out and stores reproduction rate information of the slow-motion image signal from a signal reproduced by the image signal reproduction device.