Enhanced Computer Vision With Microsoft Kinect Sensor: A Review

Han, Jungong, Shao, Ling, Xu, Dong and Shotton, Jamie (2013) Enhanced Computer Vision With Microsoft Kinect Sensor: A Review. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 43 (5). pp. 1318-1334. ISSN 2168-2267

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2013.2265378

Abstract

With the invention of the low-cost Microsoft Kinect sensor, high-resolution depth and visual (RGB) sensing has become available for widespread use. The complementary nature of the depth and visual information provided by the Kinect sensor opens up new opportunities to solve fundamental problems in computer vision. This paper presents a comprehensive review of recent Kinect-based computer vision algorithms and applications. The reviewed approaches are classified according to the type of vision problems that can be addressed or enhanced by means of the Kinect sensor. The covered topics include preprocessing, object tracking and recognition, human activity analysis, hand gesture analysis, and indoor 3-D mapping. For each category of methods, we outline their main algorithmic contributions and summarize their advantages/differences compared to their RGB counterparts. Finally, we give an overview of the challenges in this field and future research trends. This paper is expected to serve as a tutorial and source of references for Kinect-based computer vision researchers.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Computer vision, depth image, information fusion, Kinect sensor
Subjects: G400 Computer Science
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Computer and Information Sciences
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Depositing User: Paul Burns
Date Deposited: 10 Jun 2015 13:38
Last Modified: 12 Oct 2019 22:30
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/22827

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