Method for parameterizing a machine-vision lighting device

Method for parameterizing a machine-vision device, said machine-vision device comprising:

• a camera system comprising a camera and first and second origin light sources configured to, in an origin lighting configuration, emit first and second origin light signals, respectively;
• a lighting device comprising:
• a control interface comprising:
• first and second light sensors arranged to capture said first and second origin light signals, respectively, and to emit first and second sensor signals, respectively, in response to the capture of said first and second origin light signals, respectively;
• an electronic unit for processing said first and second sensor signals, said electronic processing unit being configured to send, as a result of said processing, a plurality of control signals to respective outputs of the electronic processing unit;
• a plurality of slaved light sources, each connected to one respective output of the electronic processing unit so as to be controlled with the control signal delivered to said output in order to light a zone of interest;
• said method comprising the following successive steps:
• a) selecting, depending on the zone of interest, a lighting configuration for the slaved light sources, called the “slaved lighting configuration”, and recording the slaved lighting configuration in the control interface and/or applying the slaved lighting configuration;
• b) independently of step a), selecting a lighting configuration for the origin light sources, or “origin lighting configuration”, and applying the origin lighting configuration;
• c) establishing an informational relationship between said origin and slaved lighting configurations and recording said informational relationship in the control interface so that the electronic unit commands the zone of interest to be lit in the slaved lighting configuration in response to reception, by said sensors, of origin light signals in the origin lighting configuration.