1. Method of obtaining a saliency map from a plurality of saliency maps created from different visual quantities, wherein it comprises a step for normalizing said saliency maps based on the theoretical maximum of each visual quantity, an intra-map competition step selecting the main saliency areas in each saliency map, an inter-map competition step based on the sum of the intra-map competitions with an inter-map redundancy term that is a function of the product of the intra-map competitions and of the probability of a site appearing on said saliency maps.