Patent ID: 8514248

Claim:
A method comprising: obtaining a source video being a sequence of video frames which presents two or more source objects that are moving relative to a background; selecting two or more of the source objects; sampling pixels, from the selected source objects, to create respective two or more synopsis objects; and generating a synopsis video being a sequence of video frames which presents the respective two or more synopsis objects, wherein the synopsis video has a playing time which is shorter than the playing time of the source video, wherein two or more synopsis objects which are played at least partially simultaneously in the synopsis video, are generated from source objects that are captured at different times in the source video, wherein two or more synopsis objects which are played at different times in the synopsis video are generated from source objects that are captured at least partially simultaneously in the source video, and wherein pixels in the synopsis object in the synopsis video maintain a spatial location of their respective source pixels in source object in the source video.