Kinect Connector¶

class kinectconnector.KinectConnector(device_number=0)[source]¶

Wrapper for the Freenect python libraries you can get_image() and get_depth() for separate channel images

get_depth()[source]¶

Get the next available depth frame from the kinect, as a numpy array. Low bits in this depth are stripped so it fits in an 8-bit image channel

Returns:	A numpy array, shape:(640, 480)
Return type:	np.uint8

get_depth_matrix()[source]¶

Get the next available depth frame from the kinect, as a numpy array.

Returns:	A numpy array, shape:(640, 480)
Return type:	np.uint16

get_image()[source]¶

Get the next available rgb frame from the kinect, as a numpy array.

Returns:	A numpy array, shape:(640, 480, 3)
Return type:	np.uint8