A method for detecting an object in a region surrounding a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle driver assistance system and

The invention relates to a method for detecting an object (12) in a surrounding region (6) of a motor vehicle (1) based on a temporal sequence of images (9) of the surrounding region (6) which by means of a camera (3a, 3b) of the motor vehicle (1) are detected, wherein by means of an electronic evaluation device (4) of the motor vehicle (1) in a first image of the sequence (9) of images at least one characteristic image point (P) of the object (12) is determined, and second in at least one image (8) is followed at least a certain characteristic point (P) and by following a flow vector (δ), each with a vertical component (δ te (δ