TY - JOUR
T1 - The Kinect
T2 - A low-cost, high-resolution, short-range 3D camera
AU - Mankoff, Kenneth David
AU - Russo, Tess Alethea
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - We present a novel application of the Kinect™, an input device designed for the Microsoft® Xbox360® video game system. The device can be used by Earth scientists as a low-cost, high-resolution, short-range 3D/4D camera imaging system producing data similar to a terrestrial light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor. The Kinect contains a structured light emitter, an infrared camera (the combination of these two produce a distance image), a visual wavelength camera, a three-axis accelerometer, and four microphones. The cost is~US $100, frame rate is 30Hz, spatial and depth resolutions are mm to cm depending on range, and the optimal operating range is 0.5 to ~5m. The resolution of the distance measurements decreases with distance and is ≤1mm at 0.5m and ~75mm at 5m. We illustrate data collection and basic data analysis routines in three experiments designed to demonstrate the breadth and utility of this new sensor in domains of glaciology, stream bathymetry, and geomorphology, although the device is applicable to a number of other Earth science fields.
AB - We present a novel application of the Kinect™, an input device designed for the Microsoft® Xbox360® video game system. The device can be used by Earth scientists as a low-cost, high-resolution, short-range 3D/4D camera imaging system producing data similar to a terrestrial light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor. The Kinect contains a structured light emitter, an infrared camera (the combination of these two produce a distance image), a visual wavelength camera, a three-axis accelerometer, and four microphones. The cost is~US $100, frame rate is 30Hz, spatial and depth resolutions are mm to cm depending on range, and the optimal operating range is 0.5 to ~5m. The resolution of the distance measurements decreases with distance and is ≤1mm at 0.5m and ~75mm at 5m. We illustrate data collection and basic data analysis routines in three experiments designed to demonstrate the breadth and utility of this new sensor in domains of glaciology, stream bathymetry, and geomorphology, although the device is applicable to a number of other Earth science fields.
KW - Bathymetry
KW - Digital elevation model (DEM)
KW - Geomorphology
KW - Sensor
KW - Structered light
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U2 - 10.1002/esp.3332
DO - 10.1002/esp.3332
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84880132284
SN - 0197-9337
VL - 38
SP - 926
EP - 936
JO - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
JF - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
IS - 9
ER -