An object based video information coding apparatus and method for an MPEG-4 system compresses image data without reducing image quality by converting motion-incompensable objects using image data blocks. The method includes the steps of i) separating moving and non-moving background imagery from an input...http://www.google.com/patents/US5886743?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5886743 - Object-by information coding apparatus and method thereof for MPEG-4 picture instrument