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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
public class KinectVideoCamera : IVideoSource
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The KinectVideoCamera type exposes the following members.

Constructors
  NameDescription
Public methodKinectVideoCamera(Int32)
Initializes a new instance of the KinectVideoCamera class.
Public methodKinectVideoCamera(Int32, CameraResolution)
Initializes a new instance of the KinectVideoCamera class.
Public methodKinectVideoCamera(Int32, CameraResolution, VideoCameraMode)
Initializes a new instance of the KinectVideoCamera class.
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Properties
  NameDescription
Public propertyBytesReceived
Received bytes count.
Public propertyCameraMode
Specifies video mode for the camera.
Public propertyFramesReceived
Received frames count.
Public propertyIsRunning
State of the video source.
Public propertyResolution
Resolution of video camera to set.
Public propertySource
A string identifying the video source.
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Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodEquals
Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodFinalize
Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetHashCode
Serves as the default hash function.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetType
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodMemberwiseClone
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSignalToStop
Signal video source to stop its work.
Public methodStart
Start video source.
Public methodStop
Stop video source.
Public methodToString
Returns a string that represents the current object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodWaitForStop
Wait for video source has stopped.
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Events
  NameDescription
Public eventNewFrame
New frame event.
Public eventPlayingFinished
Video playing finished event.
Public eventVideoSourceError
Video source error event.
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Extension Methods
  NameDescription
Public Extension MethodHasMethod
Checks whether an object implements a method with the given name.
(Defined by ExtensionMethods.)
Public Extension MethodIsEqual
Compares two objects for equality, performing an elementwise comparison if the elements are vectors or matrices.
(Defined by Matrix.)
Public Extension MethodTo(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.)
Public Extension MethodToTOverloaded.
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 Note
Prior to using the class, make sure you've installed Kinect's drivers as described on Open Kinect project's page.

Note 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:

// 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
}
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