Patent ID: 8319834

Claim:
An automated method comprising: a user initiating the method in a processor, the processor arranged to receive video footage, the video footage having been previously recorded by a video camera, deriving motion information from the video footage, identifying sections within the video footage in which the motion information indicates that the video footage was taken using a hand held camera, identifying portions of interest within the sections in which the motion information indicates that the hand held camera was held substantially steady during recording; and providing an edited version of the video footage including the identified portions of interest, wherein the identifying sections within the video footage includes: determining whether the video footage contains any completely static segments lasting longer than a first predetermined period and if so deciding that the video was not taken using a handheld camera, determining whether the video footage contains any very constant direction of motion segments lasting longer than a second predetermined period and if so deciding that the video was not taken using a handheld camera, otherwise deciding that the video was taken using a handheld camera.