Depth Basics-WPF-VB Sample
Kinect for Windows 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8
Overview
When you run this sample, you see the following:
The depth data is captured and displayed; this is a continuously streaming grayscale image of the distance between the sensor and whatever the Kinect is pointed at. The camera can see pixels inside of the interaction space, which are colored shades of gray or white; the pixels that are outside of the interaction space are colored black.
A checkbox to set the sensor to near mode.
Click Screenshot to capture the screen and save it in a file.
| The Sample Uses the Following APIs | To Do This |
|---|---|
| KinectSensor.KinectSensors Property | Get the Kinect sensors that are plugged in and ready for use. |
| DepthImageFormat.Resolution640x480FPS30 enumeration value | Choose the depth stream format including the data type, resolution, and frame rate of the data. |
| DepthImageStream.Enable Method | Enable the depth stream. |
| ImageStream.FramePixelDataLength Property | Specify the length of the pixel data buffer when you allocate memory to store the depth stream data from the sensor. |
| ImageStream.FrameWidth Property and ImageStream.FrameHeight Property | Specify the width and height of the frame data to use a WriteableBitmap to store/render the depth data. |
| KinectSensor.DepthFrameReady Event | Add an event handler for the depth data. The sensor will signal the event handler when each new frame of depth data is ready. |
| KinectSensor.Start Method and KinectSensor.Stop Method | Start or stop streaming data. |
| DepthImageFrameReadyEventArgs.OpenDepthImageFrame Method | Get a frame of depth data, in the event handler. |
| DepthImageFrame.CopyDepthImagePixelDataTo Method | Copy a frame of depth data to a pre-allocated array, so it can then be written to an optional WriteableBitmap. |
To run a sample you must have the Kinect for Windows SDK installed. To compile a sample, you must have the developer toolkit installed. The latest SDK and developer toolkit are available on the developer download page. If you need help installing the toolkit, look on this page: To Install the SDK and Toolkit. The toolkit includes a sample browser, which you can use to launch a sample or download it to your machine. To open the sample browser, click Start > All Programs > Kinect for Windows SDK [version number] > Developer Toolkit Browser.
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