DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND A MOTOR VEHICLE

The invention relates to an object detection device for detecting at least one, in particular moving, object (), preferably provided by a vehicle occupant or in the form of at least part of the vehicle occupant, in the interior of a motor vehicle (), comprising: a camera system () which comprises at least one sensor for converting electromagnetic radiation into electrical signals and a lighting device () with at least one lighting source () and an optic system (); and a control or regulating device which is designed to receive the electrical signals from the camera system () and/or data from at least one sensor, at least one further device and/or at least one device of the motor vehicle (), to generate control commands and to transmit them to the camera system, the further device and/or the device of the motor vehicle (); wherein the lighting device () can illuminate specific areas, in particular a near field (N) and a far field (F), in the motor vehicle () by means of at least one optical element (-) of the optic system () and/or at least one additional lighting device () and/or an additional camera system, preferably positioned in each case in the vicinity of the object, in such a way that at least one distance information contained in the electrical signals can be detected by the camera system () with respect to a plurality of object points in the areas, wherein the illumination, the object localisation and/or detection and/or the activation of at least one of the lighting devices () and/or camera systems () is determined by the state of the motor vehicle (), determined by speed, acceleration, vehicle seat occupancy, vehicle seat position, vehicle seat orientation and/or lighting, in particular the lighting of the vehicle interior, and/or by the state of the surroundings of the motor vehicle (), determined by the weather, day, night, roadway, traffic signs and/or traffic situation. In addition, the invention relates to a method for operating such an object detection device and a motor vehicle therewith.