Low-cost and highly efficient 3D face reconstruction is a significant technique for developing virtual interaction applications. While the Kinect, typical low-cost data collection device, has been widely used in many applications, this work, we propose point cloud optimization method based on Kinect. Based different characteristics of Kinect cloud, diverse strategies were delicately applied to ...

BACKGROUND The evaluation of foot posture in a clinical setting is useful to screen for potential injury, however disagreement remains as to which method has the greatest clinical utility. An inexpensive and widely available imaging system, the Microsoft Kinect™, may possess the characteristics to objectively evaluate static foot posture in a clinical setting with high accuracy. The aim of this...

Microsoft Kinect, a low-cost motion sensing device, enables users to interact with computers or game consoles naturally through gestures and spoken commands without any other peripheral equipment. As such, it has commanded intense interests in research and development on the Kinect technology. In this article, we present a comprehensive survey on Kinect applications, and the latest research and...

The wide availability and economic price of Kinect popularized the concept of RGB-D cameras, which are increasingly used in a wide range of applications ranging from Human Computer Interfaces to Structural Analysis, Health Care and even Art. With over 20 million units sold, it is by far the most popular depth camera, although, being closed source, its internals are not entirely known. In this p...

In this paper, we discuss an idea of a system that can capture the 3-D model of a large area using only one single Kinect 3-D range sensor plus a stationary master camera. In operation, the Kinect is placed at different key positions to capture the local 3-D models, while a stationary master camera is situated behind the Kinect to find the current pose of the Kinect range sensor. Traditionally,...

BACKGROUND The Microsoft Kinect sensor (Kinect) is potentially a low-cost solution for clinical and home-based assessment of movement symptoms in people with Parkinson's disease (PD). The purpose of this study was to establish the accuracy of the Kinect in measuring clinically relevant movements in people with PD. METHODS Nine people with PD and 10 controls performed a series of movements whi...

Assessment of body kinematics during performance of daily life activities at home plays a significant role in medical condition monitoring of elderly people and patients with neurological disorders. The affordable and non-wearable Microsoft Kinect ("Kinect") system has been recently used to estimate human subject kinematic features. However, the Kinect suffers from a limited range and angular c...

The Azure Kinect, the successor of Kinect v1 and v2, is a depth sensor. In this paper we evaluate skeleton tracking abilities new sensor, namely accuracy precision (repeatability). Firstly, state technical features all three sensors, since want to put in context its previous versions. Then, present experimental results general obtained by measuring plate mounted robotic manipulator end effector...

Range of motion (ROM) measurements are essential for the evaluation for and diagnosis of adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder (AC). However, taking these measurements using a goniometer is inconvenient and sometimes unreliable. The Kinect (Microsoft, Seattle, WA, USA) is gaining attention as a new motion detecting device that is nonintrusive and easy to implement. This study aimed to apply Kinec...