a lidar camera application_number US 201414156000 A description as required detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein however it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention that may be embodied in various and alternative forms the figures are not necessarily to scale some features may be exaggerated or minimized to show details of particular components therefore specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting but merely as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present invention in fig1 a motor vehicle 1 contains a front camera 2 which is oriented in the travel direction and or a side camera 3 which is oriented to the side the cameras 2 or 3 respectively can be cameras as are used for any type of driver assistance systems thus for example a front camera 2 which is arranged behind a windshield for a system for collision avoidance or a camera 3 which is arranged on one side of the motor vehicle 1 for a blind spot detection assistant the cameras 2 or 3 respectively can be ccd or lidar cameras wherein the latter have the advantage of being usable independently of ambient light the motor vehicle 1 additionally contains onboard electronics which.