Patent ID: 8032840

Claim:
An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus or another apparatus to at least: decompose a video sequence including a plurality of frames, wherein at least some of the frames include an image of a scene, at least some of the scenes including at least one object, the images of the at least some of the scenes including at least one image of the respective at least one object, wherein being caused to decompose a video sequence includes being caused to identify one or more transitions in the video sequence, each of the identified one of more transitions including at least one frame; identify a plurality of objects from within the at least one frame of the identified one or more transitions in the video sequence; assign a priority ranking to the identified objects, wherein being caused to assign a priority ranking includes being caused to assign a priority ranking to the identified objects based upon at least one variable associated with each of the identified objects, the at least one variable of an identified object comprising at least one of a size of the object, a number of frames including the object, a motion characterization of the object, or a number of video transitions including the object; select at least some of the identified objects based upon the assigned priority rankings of the respective objects; extract the selected objects from the frames of the video sequence including the respective objects; and combine the selected and extracted objects into an image representation of the video sequence.