KinectVideoCamera Class

Video source for Microsoft Kinect's video camera.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
Accord.Video.KinectKinectVideoCamera

Namespace: Accord.Video.Kinect
Assembly: Accord.Video.Kinect (in Accord.Video.Kinect.dll) Version: 3.8.0

Syntax

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public class KinectVideoCamera : IVideoSource

Public Class KinectVideoCamera
	Implements IVideoSource

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The KinectVideoCamera type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	KinectVideoCamera(Int32)	Initializes a new instance of the KinectVideoCamera class.
	KinectVideoCamera(Int32, CameraResolution)	Initializes a new instance of the KinectVideoCamera class.
	KinectVideoCamera(Int32, CameraResolution, VideoCameraMode)	Initializes a new instance of the KinectVideoCamera class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	BytesReceived	Received bytes count.
	CameraMode	Specifies video mode for the camera.
	FramesReceived	Received frames count.
	IsRunning	State of the video source.
	Resolution	Resolution of video camera to set.
	Source	A string identifying the video source.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	SignalToStop	Signal video source to stop its work.
	Start	Start video source.
	Stop	Stop video source.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
	WaitForStop	Wait for video source has stopped.

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Events

	Name	Description
	NewFrame	New frame event.
	PlayingFinished	Video playing finished event.
	VideoSourceError	Video source error event.

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Extension Methods

	Name	Description
	HasMethod	Checks whether an object implements a method with the given name. (Defined by ExtensionMethods.)
	IsEqual	Compares two objects for equality, performing an elementwise comparison if the elements are vectors or matrices. (Defined by Matrix.)
	To(Type)	Overloaded. Converts an object into another type, irrespective of whether the conversion can be done at compile time or not. This can be used to convert generic types to numeric types during runtime. (Defined by ExtensionMethods.)
	ToT	Overloaded. Converts an object into another type, irrespective of whether the conversion can be done at compile time or not. This can be used to convert generic types to numeric types during runtime. (Defined by ExtensionMethods.)

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Remarks

The video source captures video data from Microsoft Kinect video camera, which is aimed originally as a gaming device for XBox 360 platform.

Note
Prior to using the class, make sure you've installed Kinect's drivers as described on Open Kinect project's page.

Note
In order to run correctly the class requires freenect.dll library to be put into solution's output folder. This can be found within the AForge.NET framework's distribution in Externals folder.

Sample usage:

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// create video source
KinectVideoCamera videoSource = new KinectVideoCamera( 0 );
// set NewFrame event handler
videoSource.NewFrame += new NewFrameEventHandler( video_NewFrame );
// start the video source
videoSource.Start( );
// ...

private void video_NewFrame( object sender, NewFrameEventArgs eventArgs )
{
    // get new frame
    Bitmap bitmap = eventArgs.Frame;
    // process the frame
}

Reference

Accord.Video.Kinect Namespace