1. A device ( 2 ) for creating and/or processing an object signature of an object in a scene, wherein the object signature is designed to describe and/or identify the object, comprising a characteristic extraction unit ( 5 ) designed to extract at least one characteristic value of the object from the scene, and wherein the characteristic value can be displayed in a characteristic space of the characteristic, and comprising a coding unit ( 8 ) designed to code the characteristic value into an identification data unit, wherein the identification data unit forms part of the object signature, characterized in that the identification data unit refers to a subregion of the characteristic space of the characteristic.