METHOD FOR TRACKING A TARGET OBJECT UPON BRIGHTNESS CHANGE, CAMERA SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for tracking a target object (6) by means of a camera system (2) of a motor vehicle (1), wherein a sequence of images of an environmental region (4) of the motor vehicle (1) is provided by a camera (3) of the camera system (2) and the tracking is effected by an image processing device based on the sequence of the images. The target object (6) is detected in an image of the sequence and tracked over subsequent images of the sequence using a tracking algorithm by the image processing device. Brightness values of pixels of the target object (6) in the respective images are acquired and a change of a brightness of the depicted target object (6) is detected based on the brightness values. If the change of the brightness exceeds a predetermined amount, at least one parameter of the tracking algorithm and/or of the camera (3) is manipulated due to the detection of the change.