Method and device for detecting a light-emitting object at a traffic junction for a vehicle

A method for detecting a light-emitting object at a traffic junction for a vehicle, the method comprising:

• reading in a light signal which represents at least one chronologically changing light range of a light-emitting object;
• determining a driving parameter of the light-emitting object using the light signal;
• tracking over time, using the light signal, a movement direction light range;
• detecting, using the light signal, a presence of the light-emitting object at the traffic junction and/or detecting, using the light signal, an approach of the light-emitting object to the traffic junction;
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• based on the detecting of the presence of the light-emitting object at the traffic junction and/or based on the detecting of the approach of the light-emitting object to the traffic junction, providing a detection signal, using the driving parameter, which represents the presence of the light-emitting object at the traffic junction and/or the approach of the light-emitting object to the traffic junction;
• wherein the detecting includes detecting, based on the movement direction and based on a digital map, the presence and/or the approach of the light-emitting object.