Surround-view imaging system with integrated wide angle illuminator

A surround-view imaging system for imaging a surrounding of the system, comprising:

• an imager and an illuminator;
• wherein the illuminator is adapted to illuminate in a field of view of the illuminator the surrounding of the system such that illumination light that is reflected by the surrounding can be imaged by the imager in a field of view of the imager as imaging light, wherein the illuminator and the imager are arranged one over another in a vertical direction parallel to a vertical axis of the system, wherein the system is configured to allow circumferential imaging in a horizontal plane perpendicular to the vertical axis in the field of view of the imager;
• wherein the illuminator comprises:
• a light source and a diffusor that provide the illumination light with a batwing intensity profile, wherein the illumination light is directed towards the imager in the vertical direction;
• and
• a deflector positioned between the light source and imager in the vertical direction, configured to redirect the illumination light from the vertical direction to essentially a horizontal direction in the field of view of the imager, wherein the field of view of the illuminator and the field of view of the imager at least partly overlap in the surrounding.