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+import pyrealsense2 as rs
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+from ultralytics import YOLO
+
+#the intel realsense camera has a rgb camera and a infrared depth camera
+#depth camera produces point cloud frames
+
+#--------------------configuration------------------------
+#configuring depth and colour streams
+
+pipeline = rs.pipeline()
+config= rs.config()
+
+#streams are all the types of data provided by realsense camera
+#pixel format, how data from each frame is encoded
+config.enable_stream(stream_type = rs.stream.depth, width = 640,height = 480,format = rs.format.z16,framerate = 30)
+config.enable_stream(rs.stream.color, 640,480,rs.format.bgr8,30)
+
+profile = pipeline.start(config)
+
+#alignment object
+align = rs.align(rs.stream.color)
+
+#--------------------define measurement point------------------------
+#finds midpoint of given the coordinates of bounding box so that depth can be calculated
+def getMidpoint(point1,point2):
+    #this function takes object and finds midpoint, so that one point can be inputed to find distance
+    return int((point1[0]+point2[0]) * 0.5) , int((point1[1]+point2[1]) * 0.5) #x,y cooridinates
+
+
+#import some model to detect objects
+model = YOLO("yolov8n.pt")
+#net = cv2.dnnreadNetFromCaffe("Resources/MobileNetSSD_deploy.prototxt","Resources/MobileNetSSD_deploy.caffemodel")
+
+depth_array=[]
+#--------------------processing--------------------------------------
+try:
+    #loop of processing camera frames
+    while True:
+        #receiving frames
+        frames = pipeline.wait_for_frames()
+
+        #align depth to color
+        aligned_frames = align.process(frames)
+        color_frame = aligned_frames.get_color_frame()
+        depth_frame = aligned_frames.get_depth_frame()
+
+        #convert frames to np arrays before putting into model
+        color_frame = np.asanyarray(color_frame.get_data())
+        depth_image = np.asanyarray(depth_frame.get_data())
+
+        #put colour frame into model to get the bounding boxes or whatever marking location of the objects
+
+        results = model(color_frame,stream=True)
+
+        object_depths = []
+        for r in results:
+            boxes = r.boxes
+            for i,box in enumerate(boxes):
+                cls = int(box.cls[0])
+                conf = box.conf[0]
+                cls_name = model.names[cls]
+                if conf>0.5:
+                    x1,y1,x2,y2 = box.xyxy[0].numpy()
+                    x,y = getMidpoint((x1,y1),(x2,y2))
+                    #get distance from point
+                    dist = depth_frame.get_distance(x,y)
+
+                    object_depths.append({'id':i,'position':(x,y),'distance':dist})
+                    cv2.rectangle(color_frame,
+                                  (int(x1),int(y1)),
+                                  (int(x2),int(y2)),
+                                  (0,255,0),
+                                  2)
+                    label = f"{cls_name}: {dist:.2f}"
+                    cv2.putText(color_frame,
+                                label,
+                                (int(x1),int(y1)-10),
+                                cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_COMPLEX,
+                                0.5,
+                                (0,255,0),
+                                2)
+
+        print(object_depths)#printing out information
+
+        cv2.imshow("Depth detection",color_frame) #replace with annotated frame after
+        key = cv2.waitKey(10)
+
+        #leaves when escape is pressed
+        if key == 27:
+            cv2.destroyAllWindows()
+            break
+
+finally:
+    pipeline.stop()
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