Abstract: A method for compressing data in a video sequence, a system for carrying out the method, a computer program, and a computer program product are provided. In the described method, results of a motion estimation for a previous temporal decomposition stage are also used for motion compensation.

Abstract: A system and method to record the surroundings for a movable device. The system has at least one sensor for the visual recording of the surroundings, as well as respectively at least one sensor for recording the direction of motion and the orientation of the device, the system being developed to process information provided by the sensors.

Abstract: A method for processing data, including the recording of raw data, processing, particularly digitizing, compressing and/or encoding, the raw data, analysis, particularly performing a content analysis, of the raw data or the processed data, interpretation, particularly performing an event recognition, of the analysis results in order to generate a semantic description of the contents, indexing of the processed data with the aid of the semantic description, processing of the indexed data.