Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for pre-processing images. In particular, image processing that is performed on images that are recorded by a camera of a vehicle. A method, system and computer-readable medium described herein provide one or more images with reduced information content. In particular, the one or more images are filtered to generate a filtered image with reduced information content before said filtered image is encoded. This may lead to a decrease in computational steps performed by an encoder when encoding the filtered image as well as to a decrease in the file size of the encoded image that needs to be stored and/or transmitted. One or more images with reduced information content are provided before encoding the filtered image by receiving an image having a plurality of pixels, determining a region of interest within the image and filtering the image to generate a filtered image with reduced information content.