Method and apparatus for displaying the surroundings of a vehicle, and driver assistance system

An apparatus for displaying surroundings of a vehicle, comprising:

• at least one sensor for detecting the surroundings of the vehicle and for producing sensor data for the surroundings of the vehicle,
• an image conditioning device having image data conditioning areas which are set up to condition the sensor data to produce raw image data and to condition the raw image data using object information and/or a grid model to produce image object data, wherein the raw image data is projected onto the 3D grid model using a projection algorithm, and
• an image processing device which comprises a data link to the image conditioning device and which is set up to process raw image data to produce object information using a grid model of the surroundings of the vehicle, wherein a 3D grid model is used as a grid model, wherein cells of the grid model enclosing the vehicle are defined, and wherein identified object heights, extent, position and speed can be assigned to the cells of the grid model to condition the raw image data to produce image object data, wherein the raw image data is projected onto the 3D grid model using a projection algorithm, and
• a display apparatus for displaying the image object data.