Patent ID: 6909747

Claim:
Process for coding video images according to a non object-based coding standard, said process comprising: a step of extraction ( 1 ) of at least one video object from an image originating from a sequence of images, by the construction of a segmentation key defining the contours of the object in the image, a step of coding ( 2 ) the video object according to said standard so as to form an elementary stream (ES), a step of coding ( 3 ) the segmentation key relating to the video object, according to said standard, so as to form an elementary stream, a step of coding ( 5 ) a background image into which the object is to be inserted, according to said standard, so as to form an elementary stream, a step of multiplexing ( 4 , 6 , 7 ) the elementary streams relating to one or more objects and to the background image so as to provide a programme stream (PS) or transport stream (TS) according to said standard.