Method for Triggering a Driver Assistance Function Upon Detection of a Stop Light by Means of a Camera

摘要

The invention relates to a method for triggering a driver assistance function of a vehicle, in which image data of that part of the surroundings of the vehicle which is in front of the vehicle is generated by means of a camera and supplied to an analyzing unit for the purpose of analysis and the driver assistance function is triggered upon detection of a stop light (1) of a further vehicle (10) detected as an object, said stop light (1) being contained in the image data. According to the invention, at least one geometric region of a detected object (10) is determined in the image data, the pixels of said region essentially exhibiting the highest brightness values in the image data and the spectral color red, and the geometric region is detected as a raised stop light (1) of the further vehicle (10) if the geometric region is detected to be positioned essentially in the middle of the horizontal structure of the detected object (10).