Method for determining three-dimensional extent information of a target object (2, 12, 22), in particular a vehicle, from a two-dimensional
camera image (1, 11, 21) showing the target object (2, 12, 22), which is recorded with a camera (39) that is intrinsically and extrinsically calibrated with respect to an ego-object, in particular a motor vehicle (38), carrying the camera (39), wherein the three-dimensional extent information is derived from ground information about the three-dimensional position of the
ground plane (30) under the target object (2, 12, 22) relative to the camera (39) and from two-dimensional evaluation information describing at least one rectangle (4, 14, 24) enclosing the target object (2, 12, 22) in the
camera image (1, 11, 21) determined by evaluation of the
camera image (1, 11, 21) using an
evaluation algorithm. is determined, whereby - as part of the evaluation information, additional orientation information indicating the orientation of the target object (2, 12, 22) for at least one vertically extending side of the target object (2, 12, 22) at its lower edge in the camera image (1, 11, 21), in particular an orientation line (6, 26) or an orientation point (16) depending on the
image content of the camera image (1, 11, 21), is determined, and - for at least one computation point (31, 33, 35, 36, 37) of the camera image (1, 11, 21) determined by means of the orientation information and the rectangle (4, 14, 24), the three-dimensional position of an associated ground corner point
lying on the
ground plane (30) of a cuboid at least partially enclosing the target object (2, 12, 22) is determined using a recording geometry model of the camera (39) and the extent information is reconstructed from this as the cuboid at least partially enclosing the target object (2, 12, 22).