The document provides information about Intel's Perceptual Computing SDK and related hardware and software. It discusses the Creative Interactive Gesture Camera that can be used with the SDK for close-range interactivity. It also outlines key upcoming products, an overview of perceptual computing capabilities like facial tracking and gesture recognition, hardware and software requirements, supported programming languages and frameworks, and resources for using the SDK.

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Xavier Hallade, Technical Marketing
Engineer
@ph0b

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Intel®
Perceptual Computing SDK 2013
Next Generation Interactivity for Intel®
Core™ Processor-Based Applications

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Creative* Interactive Gesture Camera
For use with the Intel® Perceptual Computing SDK
 Small, light-weight, low-power
 Tuned for close-range interactivity
 Designed with ease of setup and
portability
 Includes:
 HD web camera
 Depth sensor
 Dual-array microphone
Sign up to purchase a camera at intel.com/software/perceptual
*Other brands and trademarks may be claimed as the property of their respective owners

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Key Upcoming Items
 Creative* Senz3D – Q3 2013
 Integration in Intel devices – H2 2014
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What is Perceptual Computing?
Interactivity Beyond Touch, Mouse and Keyboard …
Facial
Tracking
Speech
Recognition
Close-range
Finger
Tracking
Augmented
Reality
Close-range
Gesture
Tracking
Facilitates Application Developers Implementation of:
 Games
 Entertainment
 Productivity
 Accessibility
 Immersive Teleconferencing
 Education
 Medical / Health
 Enterprises
 Retail
 Industrial

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SDK Usage H/W Requirements
SDK Usage Mode Speech Certified
Dual-Array
Microphones
RGB Webcam Creative*
Camera
Close-range
Depth tracking
X
Speech
Recognition
X X
Face Recognition X X
Augmented
Reality
X X
 Close-range depth tracking requires Creative camera
 Speech requires dual-array microphones OR Creative* camera
 2H’13 4th Gen Ultrabook devices are required to have speech
certified microphones
 Dell XPS 13* has speech-certified microphones
 Facial tracking requires RGB Webcam OR Creative* Camera
 Augmented Reality requires RGB Webcam OR Creative* Camera
*Other brands and trademarks may be claimed as the property of their respective owners

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Programming Language and Framework
Support
• C++, C#, Java
• Supported Frameworks
– processing
– openFrameworks
– Unity Pro
– Havok

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Programming Language and Framework
Support
• Unsupported but Verified
– Cinder
– OGRE
– XNA / Monogame
– Bullet Physics

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PXCSession, PXCImage, PXCAudio, PXCCapture, PXCGesture,
PXCFaceAnalysis, PXCVoice
UtilCapture, UtilPipeline
C#
PXCMSession
PXCMImage
PXCMAudio
PXCMCapture
PXCMGesture
PXCMFaceAn
alysis
PXCMVoice
UtilMCapture
UtilMPipeline
pxcupipeline
Unity*
Pro
Processing
openFrame
works*
Applications
Core Functionalities
Module Interaction
Additional Language and
Framework Support
SDK API Hierarchy
*Other brands and trademarks may be claimed as the property of their respective owners

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SDK files
• Samples are located in:
– $(PCSDK_DIR)bin (executables)
– $(PCSDK_DIR)samples (source code)
– $(PCSDK_DIR)framework (framework and game engines)
– $(PCSDK_DIR)demo

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Resources
• Perceptual Computing Forums
– http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-
perceptual-computing-sdk
• Perceptual Computing IDZ Portal
– http://intel.com/software/perceptual
• Github
– http://github.com/IntelPerceptual

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User Experience considerations
• Reality inspired, not cloning
– Wrapping fingers around objects
• Literal, not abstract
– Universal visual cues – switches and nobs
• Consistency!!!
• Extensible – prepare for future improvements
• Manage persistence
– Sometimes the hand will go out of the view

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Process Overview – prop 1
• Subclass the SDK Pipeline Object
• Enable features in the constructor
• Reimplement OnAlert|Gesture|NewFrame…() methods
• Instantiate the object and call LoopFrames() on it.

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Hello World – C++
class GesturePipeline: public UtilPipeline {
public:
GesturePipeline(void):UtilPipeline(), m_render(L"Gesture Viewer") {
EnableGesture();
}
virtual void PXCAPI OnGesture(PXCGesture::Gesture *data) {
if (data->active) m_gdata = (*data);
switch (data->label) {
case PXCGesture::Gesture::LABEL_NAV_SWIPE_LEFT: break; //do something
case PXCGesture::Gesture::LABEL_NAV_SWIPE_RIGHT: break; //do something
default: break;
}
}
virtual bool OnNewFrame(void) {
return m_render.RenderFrame(QueryImage(PXCImage::IMAGE_TYPE_DEPTH),
QueryGesture(), &m_gdata);
}
protected:
GestureRender m_render;
PXCGesture::Gesture m_gdata;
};

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Process Overview – prop 2
• Declare The SDK Pipeline Object
• Select Features and Initialize
• Acquire A Frame
• Query The Data
• Cleanup
You can also subclass the pipeline object and reimplement OnXXX methods

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Declare The SDK Object – C++/C#
• C++
UtilPipeline pipeline;
• C#
UtilMPipeline pipeline;
pipeline = new UtilMPipeline();

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Select Features and Initialize – C++/C#
• Select Features Using .Enable*() Methods
• Use Init() To Set Features and Enable SDK Access
pipeline.EnableGesture();
pipeline.EnableImage(PXCImage::COLOR_FORMAT_RGB24);
//C# PXCImage.ColorFormat.COLOR_FORMAT_RGB24
pipeline.Init();

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Declare The SDK Object - Frameworks
• Unity
private PXCUPipeline pipeline;
pipeline = new PXCUPipeline();
• Processing
private PXCUPipeline pipeline;
pipeline = new PXCUPipeline(this);

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Select Features and Initialize - Frameworks
• Select Features using PXCUPipeline.Mode enum
• Use Bitwise OR (|) for Multiple Features
• Use Init() To Set Features and Enable SDK Access
pipeline.Init(PXCUPipeline.Mode.COLOR_VGA|
PXCUPipeline.Mode.DEPTH_QVGA|
PXCUPipeline.Mode.GESTURE);

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Capture A Frame
• Poll For A Frame Using AcquireFrame(bool);
– Can be blocking or non-blocking
– AcquireFrame(true) is blocking, AcquireFrame(false) is non-
blocking
• Returns true If A Frame Is Available
if(pipeline.AcquireFrame(false))
{
}

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Retrieve The Data
• Data Is Retrieved via Query*(<T>)
– QueryRGB(), QueryLabelMapAsImage(), etc…
• Unity
Texture2D rgbTexture = new
Texture2D(640,480,TextureFormat.ARGB32, false);
Pipeline.QueryRGB(rgbTexture);
• processing
PImage rgbTexture = createImage(640,480,RGB);
pipeline.QueryRGB(rgbTexture);

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Clean Up
• Use ReleaseFrame() To “Free Up The Pipeline”
pipeline.ReleaseFrame();

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SDK Features
• User Tracking
– Hand Detection
– Finger Detection
– Static Pose Detection
– Dynamic Gesture
Detection

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User experience on Gestures
• Innate vs. learned gestures
– Aim for lower cognitive load
• Actionable gestures
– What if the user turns the head, drinks coffee…
• Prevent Occlusion!!!
• Left-right gestures easier than up-down
• Grabbed objects
– Make it obvious where objects can be dropped

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In This Section
• Tracking Hands
• Tracking Fingers

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Key Concepts
• PXCGesture
– Gesture and node tracking interface
• PXCGesture::GeoNode
– Geometric Node, struct for tracking data
• PXCGesture::GeoNode::Label
– Enum indicating tracked node

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X
Z
Y
Hands and fingers tracking
GeoNode:
– PXCPoint3DF32 positionWorld;
– PXCPoint3DF32 positionImage;
– pxcU64 timeStamp;
– pxcU32 confidence;
– pxcF32 radius;
– Label body;
– PXCPoint3DF32 normal;
– pxcU32 openness;
o HAND_FINGERTIP
PXCGesture::GeoNode::LABEL_BODY_HAND_*
PXCGesture::GeoNode::LABEL_FINGER_*
o HAND_UPPER
o HAND_MIDDLE
o HAND_LOWER

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Retrieve The Geonodes data – C++
PXCGesture gesture = pipeline->QueryGesture();
if(gesture)
{
PXCGesture::GeoNode node;
gesture->QueryNodeData(0,
PXCGesture::GeoNode::LABEL_BODY_HAND_PRIMARY,
&node);
}

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Retrieve The Geonodes data - C#
PXCMGesture gesture = pipeline.QueryGesture();
if(gesture)
{
PXCMGesture.GeoNode node;
gesture.QueryNodeData(0,
PXCMGesture.GeoNode.Label.LABEL_BODY_HAND_PRIMARY,
out node);
}

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Retrieve The Geonodes Data - Frameworks
• Unity
PXCMGesture.GeoNode node;
pipeline.QueryGeoNode(PXCMGesture.GeoNode.LABEL_BODY
_HAND_PRIMARY, out node);
• processing
PXCMGesture.GeoNode node = new
PXCMGesture.GeoNode();
pipeline.QueryGeoNode(PXCMGesture.GeoNode.LABEL_BODY
_HAND_PRIMARY, node);

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Gesture recognition
~30cm
Blob Intermediate images, help separating:
• Background
• Hands
GeoNode Skeleton nodes
• Hand openness
• Open Hand: Fingertips, middle, elbows
• Closed Hand: up, middle, bottom
Gesture • THUMB UP/DOWN, PEACE, BIG5
• WAVE, CIRCLE, SWIPE LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN
Alert • FOV_LEFT/_RIGHT/_TOP/_BOTTOM
• FOV_BLOCKED/_OK
• GEONODE_ACTIVE/INACTIVE

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Select Features and Initialize – C++
• Only Need To Enable Gestures, Images Optional for
Feedback or Visualization
pipeline.EnableGesture();
pipeline.Init();

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Select Features and Initialize - Frameworks
• Only Need ‘GESTURE’, Images Optional for Feedback or
Visualization
pipeline.Init(PXCUPipeline.Mode.GESTURE);

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Key Concepts
• PXCGesture
– Gesture and node tracking interface
• PXCGesture::Gesture
– Gesture, struct for detected gestures
• PXCGesture::Gesture::Label
– Enum indicating detected gesture

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class PXCGesture: public PXCBase
{
struct GeoNode {} // geometric node data structure
struct Gesture {} // pose/gesture data structure
struct Blob {} // label map data structure
struct Alert {} // event data structure
QueryProfile(…); // Retrieve configuration(s)
SetProfile(…); // Set active configuration
SubscribeGesture(Gesture::Handler); // Event setup
SubscribeAlert(Alert::Handler); // Event setup
ProcessImageAsync(images, …); // Data processing
QueryGestureData(…);// Retrieve pose/gesture data
QueryNodeData(…); // Retrieve geometric node data
QueryBlobData(…); // Retrieve label map data
};
Algorithm Modules: PXCGesture
Module interface

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Retrieve The Data - C#
PXCMGesture gesture = pipeline.QueryGesture();
if(gesture)
{
PXCMGesture.Gesture gest;
gesture.QueryGestureData(0,
PXCMGesture.GeoNode.Label.LABEL_BODY_HAND_PRIMARY,0,
out gest);
}

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Retrieve The Data - Frameworks
• Unity
PXCMGesture.Gesture gest;
pipeline.QueryGesture(PXCMGesture.GeoNode.LABEL_BODY
_HAND_PRIMARY, out gest);
• processing
PXCMGesture.Gesture gest = new
PXCMGesture.Gesture();
pipeline.QueryGesture(PXCMGesture.GeoNode.LABEL_BODY
_HAND_PRIMARY, gest);

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Accessing Gesture Data
• C++
if(gest->active)
{
if(gest->label==PXCGesture::Gesture::LABEL_HAND_WAVE)
{
//Do stuff!
}
}
• C#/Frameworks:
if(gest.active)
{
if(gest.label==PXCMGesture.Gesture.Label.LABEL_HAND_WAVE)
{
//Do stuff!
}
}

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Other Resources
http://bit.ly/11PquG1 - sources Fly
http://intel.ly/ZK14uR - Hand skeletal tracking

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SDK Features
• Video Capture
– RGB (VGA and HD)
– Depth
– Blobs
– IR/Confidence

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Available Video Streams
• RGB
– VGA (640x480)
– HD (1280x720)
– 30 FPS

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Available Video Streams
• Labels/Blobs
– QVGA (320x240)
– 30/60 FPS

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Available Video Streams
• Depth
– QVGA (320x240)
– Must Convert to Color Space
– 30/60 FPS

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Available Video Streams
• IR
– QVGA (320x240)
– Must Convert to Color Space
– 30/60 FPS
– 16 bits

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Retrieve The Data (C++)
• Data Is Retrieved via QueryImage() And Accessing The
Data Buffers
• Image Is Retrieved as PXCImage, Data Is Accessed Via
PXCImage::ImageData.planes
PXCImage rgb = pipeline.QueryImage(PXCImage::IMAGE_TYPE_COLOR);
PXCImage::ImageData rgbData;
rgb->AcquireAccess(PXCImage::ACCESS_READ, &rgbData);
//Data can be loaded from rgbData.planes[0]
rgb->ReleaseAccess(&rgbData);

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Retrieve The Data (C#)
• Image Data Can Be Retrieved Via QueryBitmap()
System.Drawing.Bitmap rgb;
PXCMImage rgbImage =
pipeline.QueryImage(PXCMImage.ImageType.IMAGE_TYPE_COLOR);
rgbImage.QueryBitmap(pipeline.QuerySession(), out rgb);

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Retrieve The Data - Frameworks
• Image Data Can Be Retrieved Via QueryBitmap()
System.Drawing.Bitmap rgb;
PXCMImage rgbImage =
pipeline.QueryImage(PXCMImage.ImageType.IMAGE_TYPE_COLOR);
rgbImage.QueryBitmap(pipeline.QuerySession(), out rgb);

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• Track any 2D planar surfaces
– Position, orientation and other
parameters
• Track limited 3D objects
– Based on 3D models
• Track face orientation
SDK Features

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Algorithm Modules: PXCDVTracker
D’Fusion Studio Computer Vision – PerC SDK version

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Algorithm Modules: PXCDVTracker
D’Fusion Studio Computer Vision – PerC SDK version

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class PXCDVTracker: public PXCBase
{
enum TargetType
{
TARGET_UNDEFINED,
TARGET_PLANE,
TARGET_OBJECT3D,
TARGET_FACE,
TARGET_PLANEBLACKBOX,
TARGET_MARKER
};
typedef struct
{
TrackingStatus status; // (-1) not initialized, 0 not tracking (recognition in process), 1 tracking
pxcF64 position[3]; // Resulting pose (X,Y, Z)
pxcF64 orientation[4]; // Quaternion to express the orientation
int index; // Recognized keyFrame index (-1 none)
} TargetData;
QueryProfile(…); // Retrieve configuration(s)
SetProfile(…); // Set active configuration
GetTargetCount(…); //
ActivateTarget(…); // Retrieve object tracking data
GetTargetData(…); //
ProcessImageAsync(…); // Data processing
};
Algorithm Modules: PXCDVTracker
Module Interface

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SDK Features
• User Tracking
– Face Detection
– Face Location Detection
– Face Feature Detection
– Face Recognition

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Face Detection/Tracking
•Locate and track
multiple faces
•Unique identifier
for each face
Algorithm Modules: PXCFaceAnalysis
Face tracking and analysis
Landmark Detection
•6/7-point detection
including eyes,
nose, and mouth
Facial Attribute Detection
•Age-group including
baby/youth/adult/senior
•Gender detection
•Smile/blink detection
Face Recognition
•Similarity among a set of
faces

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class PXCFaceAnalysis: public PXCBase
{
class Detection {
QueryProfile(…);
SetProfile(…);
QueryData(…);
};
class Landmark {
QueryProfile(…);
SetProfile(…);
QueryLandmarkData(…);
QueryPoseData(…);
};
class Recognition {
QueryProfile(…);
SetProfile(…);
CreateModel(…);
};
class Attribute {
QueryProfile(…);
SetProfile(…);
QueryData(…);
};
QueryProfile(…);
SetProfile(…);
ProcessImageAsync(…);
}
Algorithm Modules: PXCFaceAnalysis
Module interface
Face location detection/tracking
configuration and retrieve data
Face landmark detection configuration
and data retrieval
Face attribute detection configuration and
data retrieval
Face recognition confirmation and data
retrieval
Face analysis overall configuration and
data processing

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• Nuance* Voice Command and Control
– Recognize from a list of predefined commands
• Nuance Voice Dictation
– Recognize short sentences (<30 seconds)
• Nuance Voice Synthesis
– Text to speech for short sentences
SDK Features

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class PXCVoiceRecognition: public PXCBase
{
struct Recognition {} // Recognized data structure
struct Alert {} // Event data structure
QueryProfile(…); // Retrieve configuration(s)
SetProfile(…); // Set active configuration
SubscribeRecognition(…);// Recognition event setup
SubscribeAlert(…); // Alert event setup
CreateGrammar(…); //
AddGrammar(…); // Command list construction
SetGrammar(…); //
DeleteGrammar(…); //
ProcessAudioAsync(…); // Data processing
};
Algorithm Modules: PXCVoiceRecognition
Module Interface

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class MyHandler: public PXCVoiceRecognition::Recognition::Handler, public PXCVoiceRecognition::Alert::Handler
{
public:
MyHandler(std::vector<pxcCHAR*> &commands) { this->commands = commands; }
virtual void PXCAPI OnRecognized(PXCVoiceRecognition::Recognition *cmd)
{
wprintf_s(L"nRecognized: <%s>n", (cmd->label>=0)?commands[cmd->label]:cmd->dictation);
}
virtual void PXCAPI OnAlert(PXCVoiceRecognition::Alert *alert)
{
switch (alert->label)
{
case PXCVoiceRecognition::Alert::LABEL_SNR_LOW:
wprintf_s(L"nAlert: <Low SNR>n");
break;
case PXCVoiceRecognition::Alert::LABEL_VOLUME_LOW:
wprintf_s(L"nAlert: <Low Volume>n");
break;
case PXCVoiceRecognition::Alert::LABEL_VOLUME_HIGH:
wprintf_s(L"nAlert: <High Volume>n");
break;
default:
wprintf_s(L"nAlert: <0x%x>n",alert->label);
break;
}
Algorithm Modules: PXCVoiceSynthesis
Voice recognition example – callback handlers

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class PXCVoiceSynthesis: public PXCBase
{
public:
PXC_CUID_OVERWRITE(PXC_UID('V','I','T','S'));
struct ProfileInfo {
enum Language {
LANGUAGE_US_ENGLISH=1,
};
enum Voice {
VOICE_MALE,
VOICE_FEMALE,
};
PXCCapture::AudioStream::DataDesc outputs; // output format, need bufferSize to limit the latency.
Language language;
Voice voice;
pxcU32 reserved[6];
};
virtual pxcStatus PXCAPI QueryProfile(pxcU32 pidx, ProfileInfo *pinfo)=0;
pxcStatus __inline QueryProfile(ProfileInfo *pinfo) { return QueryProfile(WORKING_PROFILE,pinfo); }
virtual pxcStatus PXCAPI SetProfile(ProfileInfo *pinfo)=0;
virtual pxcStatus PXCAPI QueueSentense(pxcCHAR *sentence, pxcU32 nchars, pxcUID *id)=0;
virtual pxcStatus PXCAPI ProcessAudioAsync(pxcUID id, PXCAudio **audio, PXCScheduler::SyncPoint **sp)=0;
};
Algorithm Modules: PXCVoiceSynthesis
Module Interface

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// Queue the sentence to the speech synthesis module
pxcUID tuid = 0;
sts = vtts->QueueSentence(cmdl.m_ttstext, wcslen(cmdl.m_ttstext), &tuid);
…
while (1)
{
PXCSmartPtr<PXCAudio> audio;
PXCSmartSP sp;
// Read audio frame
sts = vtts->ProcessAudioAsync(tuid, &audio, &sp);
if (sts < PXC_STATUS_NO_ERROR)
break;
sts = sp->Synchronize();
if (sts < PXC_STATUS_NO_ERROR)
{
if ((sts == PXC_STATUS_PARAM_UNSUPPORTED) || (sts == PXC_STATUS_EXEC_TIMEOUT))
wprintf_s(L"Error in ProcessAudion");
if (sts == PXC_STATUS_ITEM_UNAVAILABLE)
wprintf_s(L"Voice synthesis completed successfullyn");
break;
}
return 0;
Algorithm Modules: PXCVoiceSynthesis
Speech synthesis example - generation

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User Experience on Face Recognition
• More expressions will be available in the future SDK
• Give feedback on distance
• Give feedback on lightening
– So user avoid shadows
• Notify the user if moving too fast to be tracked

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Overall Visual feedback
• Give instant feedback acknowledging command
– Gesture, voice, or anything else
• Show what’s actionable
• Show the current state
• Consider physics

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https://perceptualchallenge.intel.com

63. Backup

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class aPXCInterface: public PXCBase {
public:
PXC_CUID_OVERWRITE(PXC_UID(‘M’,’Y’,’I’,’F’));
// configurations & inquiries
struct ProfileInfo {
…
};
virtual pxcStatus PXCAPI QueryProfile(pxcU32 idx, ProfileInfo *pinfo)=0;
virtual pxcStatus PXCAPI SetProfile(ProfileInfo *pinfo)=0;
// data processing
virtual pxcStatus PXCAPI ProcessDataAsync(…, PXCScheduler::SyncPoint **sp)=0;
};
Each interface has a unique ID used by
PXCBase::QueryInterface
Consistent way of querying and
setting configurations
Asynchronous execution returns SP for
later synchronization
Core: PXCSession
Module interface conventions
PXC interfaces derive from the PXCBase
class
SDK interfaces contain only pure virtual
functions
No exception handling or dynamic_cast
(replaced with PXCBase::DynamicCast)

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• Users are notified when SDK
accesses Personally Identifiable
Information (PII)
• Can also launch a viewer from
the taskbar icon that shows any
apps currently accessing the
sensor and what, in particular,
they are accessing
Core: Privacy Notification
Keeping users informed

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• Image Capture:
– 8-bit RGB in RGBA/RGB24/NV12/YUY2
– Creative* camera supports up to 1280x720@30p.
– 16-bit depthmap, confidence map and vertices.
– Creative camera supports up to QVGA@60p
– Depthmap smoothing by default
• Audio capture:
– 1-2 channel PCM/IEEE-Float audio streams
– Creative camera supports 44.1kHz and 48KHz
• Device properties:
– Standard camera properties such as brightness and exposure.
– Depth-related properties such as confidence threshold, depthmap value range etc.
I/O Modules
Audio and video capture

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1. Enumerate and create capture device
QueryDevice Query capture device names
CreateDevice Create a capture device instance
2. Enumerate and select streams
QueryStream Query stream type
CreateVideoStream Select a video stream
CreateAudioStream Select an audio stream
3. Perform stream operations
QueryProfile Query stream configurations
SetProfile Set a stream configuration
ReadStreamAsync Read samples from the stream
I/O Modules: PXCCapture
PXCCapture interface hierarchy

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SetDeviceProperty/QueryDevice
Property
• Color stream properties
– CONTRAST, BRIGHTNESS, HUE, SATURATION …
• Depth stream properties
– DEPTH_SMOOTHING, SATURATION_VALUE, …
• Audio stream properties
– MIX_LEVEL
• Misc. properties
– ACCELEROMETER_READING
I/O Modules: PXCCapture
Device properties

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• Alert and callback interface used for low-
frequency events and notifications
• Subscribe to events
PXCGesture::SubscribeAlert
PXCGesture::SubscribeGesture
PXCVoiceCommand::SubscribeAlert
PXCVoiceCommand::SubscribeCommand
• Implement the callback handler
Algorithm Modules: PXCGesture
Alerts and callback notifications
class Handler: public PXCBaseImpl<PXCGesture::Gesture::Handler>
{
public:
virtual pxcStatus PXCAPI OnGesture(Gesture *gesture) {
…
}
};

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class MyPipeline: public UtilPipeline {
public:
MyPipeline(void):UtilPipeline() {
EnableGesture();
}
virtual void PXCAPI OnGesture
(PXCGesture::Gesture *data) {
printf_s(“%dn”,data->label);
}
};
int wmain(int argc, WCHAR* argv[]) {
MyPipeline pipeline;
pipeline.LoopFrames();
return 0;
}
class MyPipeline: UtilMPipeline {
public MyPipeline():base() {
EnableGesture();
}
public override void OnGesture
(ref PXCMGesture.Gesture data) {
Console.WriteLn(data.label);
}
};
class Program {
static void Main(string[] args) {
MyPipeline pipeline=new MyPipeline();
pipeline.LoopFrames();
pipeline.Dispose();
}
}
C++ C#
Enable Finger Tracking
Gesture Callback
Data Flow Loops
UtilPipeline Class
Gesture Recognition “Hello World”

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• Multiple processing modules on single
input device
– Live streaming or file-based
recording/playback
– Synchronized image (or audio) processing
UtilPipeline pp;
pp.EnableImage(PXCImage::COLOR_FORMAT_RGB32);
pp.EnableImage(PXCImage::COLOR_FORMAT_DEPTH);
for (;;) {
if (!pp.AcquireFrame(true)) break;
PXCImage *color, *depth;
color=pp.QueryImage(PXCImage::IMAGE_TYPE_COLOR);
depth=pp.QueryImage(PXCImage::IMAGE_TYPE_DEPTH);
pp.ReleaseFrame();
}
pp.Close();
UtilPipeline Class
UtilPipeline-based application
Color and depth are synchronized

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Speech Recognition:
Voice command and control, short sentence dictation, and
text to speech synthesis
SDK Usage Modes Today
1
1 New usage modes may be added in the future
Close-range Depth Tracking (6 in. to 3 ft.):
Recognize the positions of each of the user’s hands, fingers,
static hand poses and moving hand gestures.
Facial Analysis:
Face detection and recognition (six and seven point landmark and
attribution detection, including smiles, blinks, and age groups)
Augmented Reality:
Combine real-time images from the camera and close-range tracking
from the depth sensor with 2D or 3D graphical images.

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74. Intel Confidential
Intel® Perceptual Computing Challenge
The $1Million 2013 Application Development Contest*
Enter Phase 2: perceptualchallenge.intel.com/
 Focus: Games, Productivity, Creative UI
& Multi-modal
 Process: Developers submit working
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and Open Innovation
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75. Intel Confidential
Speech Recognition & Dragon Assistant*
Perceptual
Computing SDK
Runtime
Speech Recognition
Application
Drivers & Hardware
Dragon Assistant*
Dragon Assistant*
Engine and
Language Pack
• Perceptual Computing speech recognition applications require Dragon Assistant* Engine and
Language Packs to be installed on target platform
• For app developers, Engine and Language Packs are available on SDK download site (THESE
ARE FOR DEVELOPER INTERNAL USE ONLY AND NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED).
• For consumers, Dragon Assistant* (with Engine) is expected to available as follows:
• Expected to be bundled with Creative* Camera (when available)
• Expected to be pre-installed on speech-certified 4th Gen Core Ultrabook devices in late
2013
SDK Speech APIs
use the Dragon
Assistant* Engine
and Language
Packs

76. Intel Confidential
Sample Snippet (processing)
• Declarations
import intel.pcsdk.*;
PXCUPipeline pxc;
int[] cm = new int[2]; //color map dimensions
int[] dm = new int[2]; //depth map dimensions
short[] buffer;
Pimage rgb, depth;

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Sample Snippet (processing)
• Initialization
void setup()
{
pxc = new PXCUPipeline(this);
if(!pxc.Init(PXCUPipeline.Mode.COLOR_VGA|PXCUPipeline.Mode.GESTURE))
println(“Error initializing PerC SDK”);
if(pxc.QueryRGBSize(cm))
rgb = createImate(cm[0], cm[1], RGB);
if(pxc.QueryDepthMapSize(dm))
{
buffer = new short[dm[0]*dm[1]];
depth = createImage(dm[0], dm[1], RGB);
}
size(640,480);
}

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Sample Snippet (processing)
• Main Loop
void draw()
{
if(pxc.AcquireFrame(false))
{
pxc.QueryRGB(rgb);
pxc.QueryDepthMap(buffer);
pxc.ReleaseFrame();
}
RemapDepth();
image(rgb,0,0,320,240);
image(depth,320,0);
}

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• Color streams
 RGB24 640x480 25fps, 30fps
 RGB24 640x360 25fps, 30fps
 RGB24 1280x720 25fps, 30fps
• Depth streams (16-bit integer, 0-32000)
 320x240 25fps, 30fps, 50fps, 60fps
 UVMAP (Depth  Color)
 Confidence Map (16-bit integer)
• Vertices streams (real world coordinates in
3D fixed-point integers)
• Audio streams (At least 2-array MIC)
 44.1KHz mono/stereo
Camera Streams
Visual Computing
Products

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Image Conversion
Visual Computing
Products
RGB24 RGB32 NV12 YUY2 GRAY
RGB24 Y Y Y
RGB32 Y Y Y
NV12 Y Y Y
YUY2 Y Y Y Y Y
GRAY Y Y Y Y
DEPTH Y
VERTICES Y
For instance, raw DepthSense color image format is RGB24, with
AcquireAccess(PXCImage::ACCESS_READ, PXCImage::COLOR_FORMAT_RGB32, &data)
SDK framework will convert color image data from RGB24 to RGB32