Infrared Basics-WPF C# Sample
Kinect for Windows 1.6, 1.7, 1.8
Overview
Demonstrates how to enable the depth camera to transmit invisible infrared light and displays a real-time image of the resulting Infrared Stream.
For more information about the code used in the sample, see Getting and Displaying Infrared Data in C#.
| The Sample Uses the Following APIs | To Do This |
|---|---|
| KinectSensor.KinectSensors Property | Get the Kinect sensors that are plugged in and ready for use. |
| ColorImageFormat.InfraredResolution640x480Fps30 enumeration value | Choose the color stream format including the data type, resolution and frame rate of the data. |
| ColorImageStream.Enable Method | Enable the color stream, which enables the infrared stream. |
| ImageStream.FramePixelDataLength Property | Specify the length of the pixel data buffer when you allocate memory to store the infrared stream data from the Kinect. |
| ImageStream.FrameWidth Property and ImageStream.FrameHeight Property | Specify the width and height of the frame data to use a WriteableBitmap to store/render the infrared data. |
| KinectSensor.Start Method and KinectSensor.Stop Method | Start or stop streaming data. |
| KinectSensor.ColorFrameReady Event | Add an event handler for the infrared data. The sensor will signal the event handler when each new frame of infrared data is ready. |
| ColorImageFrameReadyEventArgs.OpenColorImageFrame Method | Get a frame of infrared data, in the event handler. |
| ColorImageFrame.CopyPixelDataTo Method | Copy a frame of infrared data to a pre-allocated array, so it can then be written to an optional WriteableBitmap. |
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