Can I use official tools to align an infrared camera and an RGB camera under Windows?

[yywjacson]

Can I use official tools to align an infrared camera and an RGB camera under Windows?

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Required Info
Camera Model	{ R200 / F200 / SR300 / ZR300 / D400 }
Firmware Version	(Open RealSense Viewer --> Click info)
Operating System & Version	{Win (8.1/10) / Linux (Ubuntu 14/16/17) / MacOS
Kernel Version (Linux Only)	(e.g. 4.14.13)
Platform	PC/Raspberry Pi/ NVIDIA Jetson / etc..
SDK Version	{ legacy / 2.. }
Language	{C/C#/labview/nodejs/opencv/pcl/python/unity }
Segment	{Robot/Smartphone/VR/AR/others }

Issue Description

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[MartyG-RealSense]

Hi @yywjacson When aligning, one of the two streams must be depth, such as depth-RGB or depth-infrared.

#5093 has an example of a Python script that works around this problem by aligning all three streams.

Another RealSense user did a similar workaround in C++ at #5963 (comment)

[yywjacson]

I understand what you mean. If we align depth and RGB, can we only open one infrared camera and one RGB camera, and these two cameras are aligned? I need two aligned cameras for multimodal tasks. ---- Replied Message ---- From ***@***.***> Date 10/22/2024 00:35 To ***@***.***> Cc ***@***.***>***@***.***> Subject Re: [IntelRealSense/librealsense] Can I use official tools to align an infrared camera and an RGB camera under Windows? (Issue #13448) Hi @yywjacson When aligning, one of the two streams must be depth, such as depth-RGB or depth-infrared. #5093 has an example of a Python script that works around this problem by aligning all three streams. Another RealSense user did a similar workaround in C++ at #5963 (comment) — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[yywjacson]

May I ask if this method is possible? Thank you very much for your answer! ---- Replied Message ---- From ***@***.***> Date 10/22/2024 00:35 To ***@***.***> Cc ***@***.***>***@***.***> Subject Re: [IntelRealSense/librealsense] Can I use official tools to align an infrared camera and an RGB camera under Windows? (Issue #13448) Hi @yywjacson When aligning, one of the two streams must be depth, such as depth-RGB or depth-infrared. #5093 has an example of a Python script that works around this problem by aligning all three streams. Another RealSense user did a similar workaround in C++ at #5963 (comment) — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[MartyG-RealSense]

On the D405 camera model, infrared and RGB originate from the same sensor, which greatly aids alignment of them (D405 does not have a separate RGB sensor and provides RGB from the left infrared sensor instead).

If you do not have a D405 camera and are unable to change your camera to that model then You would have to use one of the 'three streams enabled' methods above to align infrared and RGB, or follow an additional suggestion at #1556 (comment)

[yywjacson]

On the D405 camera model, infrared and RGB originate from the same sensor, which greatly aids alignment of them (D405 does not have a separate RGB sensor and provides RGB from the left infrared sensor instead).

If you do not have a D405 camera and are unable to change your camera to that model then You would have to use one of the 'three streams enabled' methods above to align infrared and RGB, or follow an additional suggestion at #1556 (comment)

Thanks for the advice! I refer to the manual of the D405. If it can be aligned, the D405 should be usable! But I still have a question. My tasks may involve infrared and RGB shooting at longer distances. The D405 official document gives the optimal working distance of the depth camera as 7-50cm. If this distance is exceeded, the depth camera will Accuracy will decrease. But if I only use infrared photography and RGB camera to take pictures, I just need to ensure that the two cameras are calibrated and their fields of view are the same, can the working distance be longer?

[MartyG-RealSense]

Range related accuracy restrictions only apply to the depth image. RGB and infrared can see much further without problems.

To demonstrate this, I captured an RGB and infrared image of a view down the street outside of my window with a D405. You can see that the viewpoint of the two images matches.

[yywjacson]

Range related accuracy restrictions only apply to the depth image. RGB and infrared can see much further without problems.

To demonstrate this, I captured an RGB and infrared image of a view down the street outside of my window with a D405. You can see that the viewpoint of the two images matches.

Thinks!

[MartyG-RealSense]

Hi @yywjacson Do you require further assistance with this case, please? Thanks!

[MartyG-RealSense]

Case closed due to no further comments received.