1. A method for recognizing an object that has a plurality of expressions of abstract object characteristics, and is associated with an object characteristic class of a hierarchical system of object characteristic classes stored in a first memory; said method comprising: 1.1) observing at least one location at which the object is presumed to be present, using a plurality of sensors in a sensor suite, each of said sensors responding to at least one object characteristic, and accordingly emitting a sensor signal; 1.2) checking whether each of the emitted sensor signals exceeds a specified threshold value for the sensor signals, and accepting sensor signals which exceed the threshold value; 1.3) pairing combinations of the sensor characteristics for the accepted sensor signals obtained in 1.2) to form identification characteristic pairs; 1.4) comparing the identification characteristic pairs obtained in 1.3) to the object characteristic classes stored in the first memory; and 1.5) identifying the object, based on the object characteristic class, whose object characteristic pairs are identical to the identification characteristic pairs obtained in 1.3).