Patent ID: 6963378
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a plurality of sequential frames of at least video information; determining a first corresponding significance metric for at least some of the plurality of sequential frames; identifying at least some of the plurality of sequential frames having a corresponding significance metric that has at least a predetermined relationship with respect to at least a first video significance threshold value to provide key frames; determining a cumulative significance value for at least some of the frames that fall between a given pair of the key frames by integrating over time a second corresponding significance metric for each such frame; identifying at least one of the frames that fall between a given pair of the key frames having a cumulative significance value that at least equals a predetermined threshold value to provide a first selected and frame; using all of the key frames and at least one selected frame to provide a corresponding video sequence.