Method for detecting a target object on the basis of a camera image by clustering a plurality of adjacent image cells, camera device and motor vehicle

摘要

The invention relates to a method for detecting a target object (5a, 5b, 5c) in a surrounding area of a camera on the basis of an image (7) of the surrounding area provided by the camera by determining a multiplicity of characteristic features in the picture (7), with ground features and target characteristics are distinguished; by dividing at least a partial region (12) of the image (7) into a plurality of image cells (13) and for each image cell (13), checking whether the image cell (13) contains a ground feature or a target feature; by classifying those image cells (13) as target cells (13b) that contain a target feature and those image cells (13) as bottom cells (13a) that include a bottom feature; and by detecting the target object (5a, 5b, 5c) by combining a plurality of neighboring image cells (13) into a target cluster, taking into account both the target cells (13b) and the ground cells (13a).