Patent ID: 8160159

Claim:
Process for coding a mosaic of images of a sequence of images giving a stream of data coded according to a syntax allowing for an integration of markers, for resynchronization so as to synchronize the stream on reception, the mosaic being composed of sub-images, the sub-images being composed of image elements constituting any number of scan lines, comprising the steps of: coding a sub-image according to a TV type scan, image element by image element, wherein at least one of the sub-images is composed of image elements arranged in at least two scan lines of image elements, the sub-images being coded sequentially one sub-image after the other, so as to provide successively, as bitstream data, data of the sub-images, wherein the coding of a sub-image is forced to an intra mode if it has not been coded in this mode for a specified number of previous mosaic images, placing a resynchronization marker in the bitstream, before data relating to each first image element of said sub-image, so as to identify data relating to the sub-image, a single resynchronization marker being placed in the bitstream for said at least one of the sub-images.