This document discusses the need for the ROS-I community to adopt and support the Kinect 2 depth sensor. It notes the Kinect 2's performance and price advantages for 3D vision applications. Challenges of using the Kinect 2 in industrial environments are also outlined, such as field of view, range, and requiring an industrial grade IP rating. Options for obtaining access to the Kinect 2 technology are explored, such as partnering with Microsoft or other time-of-flight camera manufacturers. Contact information is provided for following up on potential partnerships.

1. Why ROS-I Community needs to
adopt/support the Kinect 2
Preben Hjørnet
Michael Frederiksen
September, 2014

2. Enabling Tech
Performance Price
Index - 3D-RGB vision
Price
Performance

3. The Job2Bdone
• Raw food

4. Comparative study raw PC

5. Comparative study raw image

6. Challenges and requirements
• FoV – not always wide angle , distortion
• Range selection /optimization
• S-mount precision optics, m-layor interference filter
• Wavelength (NIR), interference, ambient light (sun)
• Dynamics and synchronization
– Image Sync ( multi cameras, robots and conveyors)
– Triggering
• Industrial grade IP65/67/69k
– Embedded Smart Sensor version

7. Anno 2012 -PS1080 concept
PRimeSense PS1080
SoC
Trigger
MUX2
control
Trig IR camera
Tirg/odd
frames
feedback
IR project #1
IR project #2
Tirg/even
frames
feedback
Data
Flash
USB2
power
PrimeSense PS 1080
Dual LightCode™ conceptual design
Projector
Optics
IR-Interfirence
820nm
Range 800-1500
mm
Projector
Optics
IR-Interfirence
820nm
Range 800-1500
mm
Imaging
Optics
IR-Interfirence
820nm
Range 800-1500
mm

8. How to obtain access ?
• Is Microsoft interested to open up ?
• What could make most impact
– Consortium gains OEM license to value-add
Industrial Design with Open croess platform
• Who else is knocking ?
• What about PMD ?
• The ToF community

9. Contact Information
Preben Hjornet
Founder CEO
Blue Workforce A/S
Nymarksvej 4
DK-9970 Strandby
Email:
ph@blueworkforce.com