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Overview

This example demonstrates how to get the distance (depth) value from the camera for a specific point.

Expect Output

…
Distance is 1171 mm
Distance is 1150 mm
Distance is 1163 mm
Distance is 1188 mm
Distance is 1214 mm
…

Tutorial

• Import openni package

using System;
using System.Threading;
using OpenNIWrapper;

• Initialize SDK

OpenNI.Initialize();

• Connect to camera

OpenNI.OnDeviceConnected += OpenNiOnDeviceConnected;
OpenNI.OnDeviceDisconnected += OpenNiOnDeviceDisconnected;
device = Device.Open(Device.AnyDevice);

• Create depth stream and start it

VideoStream depthStream = device.CreateVideoStream(Device.SensorType.Depth);
depthStream.Start();
VideoMode mode = depthStream.VideoMode;

• Read frame from camera and retrieve the depth data

if (OpenNI.WaitForStream(depthStream) == OpenNI.Status.Ok)
{
    VideoFrameRef frame = depthStream.ReadFrame();
}

• Depth data is stored in order, from top left to bottom right. We calculate the index of the center point of the frame according to the width and height. Then get the value of it.

ushort* pDepth = (ushort*)frame.Data.ToPointer();
int middleIndex = (frame.FrameSize.Height + 1) * (frame.FrameSize.Width / 2);
Console.WriteLine("Distance is {0} mm", pDepth[middleIndex]);

Full code

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