Abstract: A driver assistance system of a motor vehicle includes a lighting system of the motor vehicle, having an illumination unit that illuminates a scene in the surroundings of the vehicle by projecting a number of actuatable pixels, whereby the illumination unit projects a predefined pattern onto the scene. An image capture unit captures an image of at least part of the scene. A computation unit computes at least one geometric property of the scene based on the captured image and the predefined pattern.

Abstract: The invention relates to a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle comprising a lighting system (1) of the motor vehicle, having an illumination unit (2) configured to illuminate a scene (3) in the surroundings of the vehicle by projecting a total area (5), consisting of a total number of actuatable pixels (4), wherein the illumination unit (2) is configured to project a predefined pattern onto the scene; an image capture unit (7) configured to capture an image of at least part of the scene; and a computation unit (8) configured to compute at least one geometric property (9; 10) of the scene by means of the captured image and the predefined pattern.