An overview of what a Kinect-like device is, with videos to show how they work and which applications take advantage of them. At the end, two slides explain how I use this kind of devices in my research field.

1. Kinect-like devices
Principles, Brands and Cross-Field Applications
Vito Gentile, PhD Student
vito [dot] gentile [at] unipa [dot] it
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Gestionale, Informatica e Meccanica (DICGIM)

2. 1. What is a Kinect-like device?
2. How do Kinect-like devices work?
3. Which applications can take advantage of
Kinect-like devices?
4. How do I use Kinect-like devices in my
research?

4. Source: Gentile, V., Sorce, S., & Gentile, A. (2014). Continuous Hand Openness Detection
Using a Kinect-Like Device. In Eighth International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and
Software Intensive Systems (CISIS) (pp. 553–557). Birmingham, UK: IEEE.
doi:10.1109/CISIS.2014.80

10. Source: How the Kinect Depth Sensor Works in 2 Minutes, http://youtu.be/uq9SEJxZiUg

11. It’s like the
Pinscreen

12. IR laser projector
CMOS IR sensor
Source: Shooting Kinect by HDR-XR500 (Nightshot mode), http://youtu.be/poU3Q6vb9ZQ

13. Source: Kinect Hacking 103: Looking at Kinect IR Patterns, http://futurepicture.org/?p=116

14. Structured Lights

15. Source: Shotton, Jamie, et al. "Real-time human pose recognition in parts from single
depth images." Communications of the ACM 56.1 (2013): 116-124.

16. Source: http://youtu.be/8A7KDwCO5ZU

18. Source: Domotica e Gesture Recognition con Kinect, http://youtu.be/68M8yeAyN2s

19. Source: Yahoo : Trail of Tiles, http://youtu.be/VnL03JyLVcA

20. Source: WorldKit: Rapid and Easy Creation of Ad-hoc Interactive Applications on Everyday
Surfaces, http://youtu.be/BBQPA5fsLTA

21. Source: Kinect-Based Trajectory Teaching for Industrial Robots,
http://youtu.be/HA9fyHlP7gE

22. Source: Heineken Lightstreaks, http://vimeo.com/26223632

23. • Entertainment
• Guerilla Marketing
• Virtual Reality
• 3D Scanning
• …and so on!

24. HOW DO I USE KINECT-LIKE DEVICES IN
MY RESEARCH?

25. • Static & Dynamic
• Hand & Body

27. Kinect-like devices
Principles, Brands and Cross-Field Applications
1. What is a Kinect-like device?
2. How do Kinect-like devices work?
3. Which applications can take advantage of
Kinect-like devices?
4. How do I use Kinect-like devices in my
research?
Thank you!

28. Copyright Notes
• Most of the videos and images used on these
slides are taken from the Internet.
• If you are the owner of some photos, and you
want to:
– be cited
– ask to remove your files
– simply send me ideas or comments
please contact me at:
vito [dot] gentile [at] unipa [dot] it