Matlab cannot recognize kinect

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Humaira Rana
Humaira Rana on 14 Mar 2015
Commented: Walter Roberson on 24 Dec 2019
Matlab is not displaying device IDs for kinect cameras, when i run this command..
>> info = imaqhwinfo('kinect');
The output it displays is:
info =
AdaptorDllName: [1x79 char]
AdaptorDllVersion: '4.5 (R2013a)'
AdaptorName: 'kinect'
DeviceIDs: {1x0 cell}
DeviceInfo: [1x0 struct]
Although i have installed all the necessary drivers for kinect.
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 2 Apr 2016
Which Kinect are you using? Only the Kinect One is supported before R2016a; as of R2016a Kinect v2 support was added (though if you look in the File Exchange someone posted a v2 interface suitable for some of the earlier versions.)
The Kinect for XBox 360 is not supported at all.

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Answers (7)

Pedro Lino
Pedro Lino on 22 Apr 2015
Same problem here!!!

Paul Quispe
Paul Quispe on 23 Apr 2015
same problem too AdaptorName: 'kinect' DeviceIDs: {1x0 cell} DeviceInfo: [1x0 struct]

Hamid Bahr
Hamid Bahr on 15 Oct 2015
Has anybody got a solution to the problem?

Nicolás González
Nicolás González on 2 Apr 2016
Same problem...

Yun Cho
Yun Cho on 5 Dec 2016
Are you all using USB3.0 ports? I think the Kinect v2 needs to be plugged into Windows via USB3.0 right?

Jose Marques
Jose Marques on 21 Jan 2018
Hello. I tested Kinect at several MATLAB versions. Just work in MATLAB 2013.
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 21 Jan 2018
What kind of Kinect is it?
Jose Marques
Jose Marques on 2 Feb 2018
Kinect for 360 just work in MATLAB 2013. (I read that it isn't supported).

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juan Sanchez
juan Sanchez on 24 Dec 2019
What does it mean "DeviceIDs: {1x0 cell}"?
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 24 Dec 2019
That means that it was not able to detect any (supported) Kinect devices.

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