Camera system and method for the operation thereof

A camera system comprising:

• a camera module configured to generate camera images of a scene;
• and
• a computing unit configured to control the camera module and to process the camera images,
• wherein the camera module has an image sensor configured to record light in a visible spectrum using RGB pixels and light in an infrared spectrum using IR pixels,
• wherein the camera module is configured to capture at least two individual images of the scene by an exposure of the image sensor during at least two recording processes with different exposure durations,
• wherein the computing unit is configured to
• control the camera module to expose the image sensor with light in the visible spectrum with a first exposure duration during at least one first recording process, wherein a first RGB image is generated by the RGB pixels, and
• control an infrared light source to illuminate the scene with infrared light in addition to the light in the visible spectrum during at least one second recording process and simultaneously control the camera module to expose the image sensor during the second recording process with a second exposure duration deviating from the first exposure duration,
• wherein, during the second recording process, the image sensor simultaneously generates a second RGB image using the RGB pixels and an IR image using the IR pixels, and
• wherein the computing unit is configured to merge the first RGB image and the second RGB image to form an HDR image.