DETECTION OF MOVING OBJECTS

A camera () for detecting objects () moving relative to the camera () in a direction of movement (), comprising an image sensor () for recording image data of the objects () in a camera field of view (), an optoelectronic distance sensor () using a time-of-flight method having a plurality of measurement zones () for measuring a plurality of distance values to the objects () in a distance measurement field of view (), and a control and evaluation unit () configured to find, by measuring distance values over a configuration time and evaluating the distance values and/or their change, a region where objects () move, and to automatically set a region of interest () for the distance sensor () within the distance measurement field of view () by determining an object region as the region where objects () move.