Computer-implemented method for reducing false positives in a computer vision task and application thereof to motor vehicle exterior monitoring

A method controlling a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

• obtaining first sensor data;
• determining object recognition data based on the first sensor data, wherein the object recognition data is indicative at least of an object type and an object location of an object identified by the first sensor data, wherein the object type comprises at least one semantic descriptor;
• generating comparative object data that comprising the object defined by the object recognition data;
• generating from the at least one semantic descriptor synthetic object data that correspond with the semantic descriptor;
• comparing the comparative object data with the synthetic object data;
• generating a confirmation signal that indicates confirmation of the validity object recognition data or otherwise a rejection signal that causes the object recognition data to be rejected from further processing;
• and
• generating a control signal for the motor vehicle in response to receiving the confirmation signal and the object recognition data, wherein the control signal is based on the object recognition data.