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Kinect Reception

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TV Screen in the Reception, When nothing happens (no one is in the reception) we can display videos on the screen but when someone enters the frame show him the Kinect Image, and if the user is doing something funny, capture his image and save it.
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Threading;

namespace KinectReception.Controls
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for CameraView.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class CameraView : UserControl
    {
        private DispatcherTimer _previewTimer;

        public bool IsWorking
        {
            get { return _previewTimer.IsEnabled; }
        }

        public CameraView()
        {
            this.InitializeComponent();

            Initialize();
        }

        public void Initialize()
        {
            _previewTimer = new DispatcherTimer();
            _previewTimer.Interval = Properties.Settings.Default.PreviewTimer;
            _previewTimer.Tick -= PreviewTimerTick;
            _previewTimer.Tick += new EventHandler(PreviewTimerTick);
        }

        void PreviewTimerTick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            _previewTimer.Stop();
            Reset();
            this.Visibility = Visibility.Hidden;
        }

        private void Reset()
        {
            txtDisplayText.Text = Properties.Resources.PreviewTitle;
            txtScore.Text = string.Empty;
            PreviewPicture.Source = null;
            txtScore.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
        }

        public void TakePicture(ImageSource imgSource)
        {
            txtScore.Visibility = Visibility.Hidden;
            SavePreview(imgSource);
        }

        public void TakePicture(ImageSource imgSource, int score)
        {
            txtScore.Text = string.Format(Properties.Resources.PreviewScoreText, score);
            SavePreview(imgSource);
        }

        public void TakePicture(ImageSource imgSource, string displayText, int score)
        {
            txtDisplayText.Text = displayText;
            txtScore.Text = string.Format(Properties.Resources.PreviewScoreText, score);
            SavePreview(imgSource);
        }

        private void SavePreview(ImageSource imgSource)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Properties.Settings.Default.PicturesLibrary) || !Directory.Exists(Properties.Settings.Default.PicturesLibrary) || imgSource == null)
                return;
            else
            {
                var newPictureName = System.IO.Path.Combine(Properties.Settings.Default.PicturesLibrary,
                                                            string.Format("{0}.png", System.IO.Path.GetRandomFileName()));
                const int width = 640;
                const int height = 480;
                const int stride = width;
                byte[] pixels = new byte[height * stride];

                // Define the image palette
                var myPalette = BitmapPalettes.Halftone256;

                var image = (BitmapSource)imgSource;
                PreviewPicture.Source = image; // new DrawingImage(VisualTreeHelper.GetDrawing(KinectImage));

                this.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                _previewTimer.Start();

                using (var stream = new FileStream(newPictureName, FileMode.Create))
                {
                    var encoder = new PngBitmapEncoder();
                    encoder.Interlace = PngInterlaceOption.On;
                    encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(image));
                    encoder.Save(stream);
                }
            }
        }

        //void TakePicture()
        //{
        //    //if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Properties.Settings.Default.PicturesLibrary) || !Directory.Exists(Properties.Settings.Default.PicturesLibrary))
        //    //    return;
        //    //else
        //    //{
        //    //    var newPictureName = System.IO.Path.Combine(Properties.Settings.Default.PicturesLibrary,string.Format("{0}.png",System.IO.Path.GetRandomFileName()));
        //    //    int width = 640;
        //    //    int height = 480;
        //    //    int stride = width;
        //    //    byte[] pixels = new byte[height * stride];

        //    //    // Define the image palette
        //    //    BitmapPalette myPalette = BitmapPalettes.Halftone256;

        //    //    BitmapSource image = (BitmapSource)KinectImage.Source;
        //    //    PreviewPicture.Source = image;// new DrawingImage(VisualTreeHelper.GetDrawing(KinectImage));
        //    //    PreviewPanel.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
        //    //    _previewTimer.Start();

        //    //    FileStream stream = new FileStream(newPictureName, FileMode.Create);
        //    //    PngBitmapEncoder encoder = new PngBitmapEncoder();                
        //    //    encoder.Interlace = PngInterlaceOption.On;
        //    //    encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(image));
        //    //    encoder.Save(stream);

        //    //var stream = new FileStream(newPictureName, FileMode.Create);

        //    //var vis = new DrawingVisual();
        //    //var cont = vis.RenderOpen();
        //    //cont.DrawImage(PreviewPicture.Source, new Rect(new Size(640d, 480d)));
        //    //cont.Close();

        //    //var rtb = new RenderTargetBitmap((int)PreviewPicture.Width,(int)PreviewPicture.Height, 96d, 96d, PixelFormats.Default);
        //    //rtb.Render(vis);

        //    //var encoder = new PngBitmapEncoder();
        //    //encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(rtb));
        //    //encoder.Save(stream);
        //    //stream.Close();
        //    // }
        //}
    }
}

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