Method for evaluating an object recognition device of a motor vehicle

A method for evaluating operability of an object recognition device of a motor vehicle with a camera simulation device, comprising the steps of:

• providing reference image data generated with a camera for at least one route;
• generating simulation image data for the at least one route with the camera simulation device;
• comparing the simulation image data with the reference image data using at least three different predetermined comparison measures
• determining a value for each of the at least three comparison measures independent of the processing of the image data by the object recognition device;
• forming at least one comparison value for each comparison measure;
• checking whether a totality of the comparison values formed for the respective comparison measures satisfies a predetermined validation criterion;
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• providing the camera simulation device for use in evaluating the operability of the object recognition device when the predetermined validation criterion is satisfied.