Stereo Camera Device and Method for Operating the Stereo Camera Device

Abstract

The invention relates to a stereo camera device for a motor vehicle, comprising: a first and a second mono camera, the first and second mono cameras each having at least one optical system and an image sensor for sensing images; an evaluation device, the image sensor of the first mono camera and the image sensor of the second mono camera being connected to the evaluation device in order to transmit image data of the sensed images. The evaluation device is designed: to evaluate a first stereo image from the image data transmitted to the first and second mono camera, using a stereo camera algorithm; to evaluate a second stereo image from the image data transmitted to the first mono camera, using a mono algorithm; to determine image depth information from each of the first and the second stereo images; and to check that the image depth information that has been determined from the first and the second stereo images corresponds.

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