Kinect

2011.3.10

Hank Wei

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• 1.5 billion USD

Who is winner?

• Kinect – support user ?– support Game

Market ?

– support XBOX 360 ?

– support Research !?

• Problems– too over

Hardware Spec.

• Kinect Sensor Producer:– PrimeSense img Natural Interaction™

http://www.primesense.com/

– Chip - PrimeSense’s PS1080 SoC

Hardware Spec.

• Property – Spec.– Field of View (Horizontal, Vertical, Diagonal)

58° H, 45° V, 70° D – Depth image size VGA (640x480) - 11-bit (2048)– Spatial x/y resolution

(@ 2m distance from sensor) 3mm– Depth z resolution (@ 2m distance from sensor) 1cm– Maximum image throughput (frame rate)

60fps (really 30fps)– Color image size UXGA (1600x1200)  -

3-channel, 8-bit (28 x 28 x 28)

Software & Tools

• OpenKinect– open community– open source libraries

• OpenNI + SensorKinect– Natural Interaction Framework– Driver base PrimeSense

• NITE– OpenNI Compliant Middleware– Skeleton Tracking– SceneAnalyzer

• SOURCE: http://hybrid.eecs.berkeley.edu/• VIA: http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/06/kinect-used-as-a-quadrocopter-radar-video/

• SOURCE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmnepqAQIlk• VIA: http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/10/kinect-gets-own-set-of-wheels-drives-a-car-nothing-can-stop-it/

Source: sourcesquadbot (YouTube), ROS.org VIA http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/17/kinect-sensor-bolted-to-an-irobot-create-starts-looking-for-tro/

Reference websites

• www.openni.org• openkinect.org• www.primesense.com• Kinect hacking 101 Dec 16th, 2010 by Mr. Halloween • kheresy.wordpress.com/index_of_openni_and_kinect/• www.techbang.com.tw/posts/2936-get-to-know-how-it-

works-kinect• www.eettaiwan.com/

ART_8800636709_480502_NT_588d3aa8.HTM• kinecthacks.net

Thanks.Q & A