Patent ID: 7813618

Claim:
An apparatus for providing a final editing signal, comprising: a memory configured to store an image signal captured by an image capture device, the image signal comprising an initial plurality of saliency values and a plurality of images, each of the images associated with a respective one of the initial plurality of saliency values and the initial plurality of saliency values corresponding to at least one characteristic of the captured images; a user control operable by a user for specifying at least an overall duration of a programme and a final plurality of saliency values associated with the plurality of images that differs from the initial plurality of saliency values, the final plurality of saliency values corresponding to at least one characteristic of the captured images; and a signal processor responsive to the specified overall duration of the programme and to the initial plurality of saliency values to generate an initial editing signal to include an initial plurality of portions of the plurality of images having initial saliency values at least equal to an initial threshold, the initial plurality of portions being determined so that the total duration of the programme corresponds to the specified overall duration of the programme when durations of the initial plurality of portions are summed together and the signal processor responsive to the specified overall duration of the programme and the final plurality of saliency values to generate the final editing signal to include a final plurality of portions of the plurality of images having final saliency values at least equal to a final threshold, the final plurality of portions being determined so that the total duration of the programme corresponds to the specified overall duration of the programme when durations of the final plurality of portions are summed together.