REALSENSE不同于普通RGB相机的是，普通相机只可以获得图像的RGB颜色信息，REALSENSE可以获得像素的深度信息。RGB相机只能通过帧间差分、特定颜色提取、基于混合高斯模型去除背景等方法，做到前景背景分离，而通过REALSENSE可以根据像素的深度信息我们可以很方便实现画面抠图，即设置一定的深度范围， 只显示在此深度范围内的像素，那我们就可以通过Z方向的距离来剔除背景了。以下是实现抠图功能的代码：

// License: Apache 2.0. See LICENSE file in root directory.
// Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
 
#include 
#include "../example.hpp"
#include 
#include "imgui_impl_glfw.h"
 
#include#include#include#include#includevoid render_slider(rect location, float& clipping_dist);
void remove_background(rs2::video_frame& other, const rs2::depth_frame& depth_frame, float depth_scale, float clipping_dist);
float get_depth_scale(rs2::device dev);
rs2_stream find_stream_to_align(const std::vector& streams);
bool profile_changed(const std::vector& current, const std::vector& prev);
 
int main(int argc, char * argv[]) try
{
    // Create and initialize GUI related objects
    window app(1280, 720, "CPP - Align Example"); // Simple window handling
    ImGui_ImplGlfw_Init(app, false);      // ImGui library intializition
    rs2::colorizer c;                          // Helper to colorize depth images
    texture renderer;                     // Helper for renderig images
 
    // Create a pipeline to easily configure and start the camera
    rs2::pipeline pipe;
    //Calling pipeline's start() without any additional parameters will start the first device
    // with its default streams.
    //The start function returns the pipeline profile which the pipeline used to start the device
    rs2::pipeline_profile profile = pipe.start();
 
    // Each depth camera might have different units for depth pixels, so we get it here
    // Using the pipeline's profile, we can retrieve the device that the pipeline uses
    float depth_scale = get_depth_scale(profile.get_device());
 
    //Pipeline could choose a device that does not have a color stream
    //If there is no color stream, choose to align depth to another stream
    rs2_stream align_to = find_stream_to_align(profile.get_streams());
 
    // Create a rs2::align object.
    // rs2::align allows us to perform alignment of depth frames to others frames
    //The "align_to" is the stream type to which we plan to align depth frames.
    rs2::align align(align_to);
 
    // Define a variable for controlling the distance to clip
    float depth_clipping_distance = 1.f;
 
    while (app) // Application still alive?
    {
        // Using the align object, we block the application until a frameset is available
        rs2::frameset frameset = pipe.wait_for_frames();
 
        // rs2::pipeline::wait_for_frames() can replace the device it uses in case of device error or disconnection.
        // Since rs2::align is aligning depth to some other stream, we need to make sure that the stream was not changed
        //  after the call to wait_for_frames();
        if (profile_changed(pipe.get_active_profile().get_streams(), profile.get_streams()))
        {
            //If the profile was changed, update the align object, and also get the new device's depth scale
            profile = pipe.get_active_profile();
            align_to = find_stream_to_align(profile.get_streams());
            align = rs2::align(align_to);
            depth_scale = get_depth_scale(profile.get_device());
        }
 
        //Get processed aligned frame
        auto processed = align.process(frameset);
 
        // Trying to get both other and aligned depth frames
        rs2::video_frame other_frame = processed.first(align_to);
        rs2::depth_frame aligned_depth_frame = processed.get_depth_frame();
 
        //If one of them is unavailable, continue iteration
        if (!aligned_depth_frame || !other_frame)
        {
            continue;
        }
        // Passing both frames to remove_background so it will "strip" the background
        // NOTE: in this example, we alter the buffer of the other frame, instead of copying it and altering the copy
        //       This behavior is not recommended in real application since the other frame could be used elsewhere
        remove_background(other_frame, aligned_depth_frame, depth_scale, depth_clipping_distance);
 
        // Taking dimensions of the window for rendering purposes
        float w = static_cast(app.width());
        float h = static_cast(app.height());
 
        // At this point, "other_frame" is an altered frame, stripped form its background
        // Calculating the position to place the frame in the window
        rect altered_other_frame_rect{ 0, 0, w, h };
        altered_other_frame_rect = altered_other_frame_rect.adjust_ratio({ static_cast(other_frame.get_width()),static_cast(other_frame.get_height()) });
 
        // Render aligned image
        renderer.render(other_frame, altered_other_frame_rect);
 
        // The example also renders the depth frame, as a picture-in-picture
        // Calculating the position to place the depth frame in the window
        rect pip_stream{ 0, 0, w / 5, h / 5 };
        pip_stream = pip_stream.adjust_ratio({ static_cast(aligned_depth_frame.get_width()),static_cast(aligned_depth_frame.get_height()) });
        pip_stream.x = altered_other_frame_rect.x + altered_other_frame_rect.w - pip_stream.w - (std::max(w, h) / 25);
        pip_stream.y = altered_other_frame_rect.y + altered_other_frame_rect.h - pip_stream.h - (std::max(w, h) / 25);
 
        // Render depth (as picture in pipcture)
        renderer.upload(c.process(aligned_depth_frame));
        renderer.show(pip_stream);
 
        // Using ImGui library to provide a slide controller to select the depth clipping distance
        ImGui_ImplGlfw_NewFrame(1);
        render_slider({ 5.f, 0, w, h }, depth_clipping_distance);
        ImGui::Render();
 
    }
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
catch (const rs2::error & e)
{
    std::cerr << "RealSense error calling " << e.get_failed_function() << "(" << e.get_failed_args() << "):\n    " << e.what() << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
catch (const std::exception & e)
{
    std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
 
float get_depth_scale(rs2::device dev)
{
    // Go over the device's sensors
    for (rs2::sensor& sensor : dev.query_sensors())
    {
        // Check if the sensor if a depth sensor
        if (rs2::depth_sensor dpt = sensor.as())
        {
            return dpt.get_depth_scale();
        }
    }
    throw std::runtime_error("Device does not have a depth sensor");
}
 
void render_slider(rect location, float& clipping_dist)
{
    // Some trickery to display the control nicely
    static const int flags = ImGuiWindowFlags_NoCollapse
        | ImGuiWindowFlags_NoScrollbar
        | ImGuiWindowFlags_NoSavedSettings
        | ImGuiWindowFlags_NoTitleBar
        | ImGuiWindowFlags_NoResize
        | ImGuiWindowFlags_NoMove;
    const int pixels_to_buttom_of_stream_text = 25;
    const float slider_window_width = 30;
 
    ImGui::SetNextWindowPos({ location.x, location.y + pixels_to_buttom_of_stream_text });
    ImGui::SetNextWindowSize({ slider_window_width + 20, location.h - (pixels_to_buttom_of_stream_text * 2) });
 
    //Render the vertical slider
    ImGui::Begin("slider", nullptr, flags);
    ImGui::PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol_FrameBg, ImColor(215.f / 255, 215.0f / 255, 215.0f / 255));
    ImGui::PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol_SliderGrab, ImColor(215.f / 255, 215.0f / 255, 215.0f / 255));
    ImGui::PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol_SliderGrabActive, ImColor(215.f / 255, 215.0f / 255, 215.0f / 255));
    auto slider_size = ImVec2(slider_window_width / 2, location.h - (pixels_to_buttom_of_stream_text * 2) - 20);
    ImGui::VSliderFloat("", slider_size, &clipping_dist, 0.0f, 6.0f, "", 1.0f, true);
    if (ImGui::IsItemHovered())
        ImGui::SetTooltip("Depth Clipping Distance: %.3f", clipping_dist);
    ImGui::PopStyleColor(3);
 
    //Display bars next to slider
    float bars_dist = (slider_size.y / 6.0f);
    for (int i = 0; i <= 6; i++)
    {
        ImGui::SetCursorPos({ slider_size.x, i * bars_dist });
        std::string bar_text = "- " + std::to_string(6-i) + "m";
        ImGui::Text("%s", bar_text.c_str());
    }
    ImGui::End();
}
 
void remove_background(rs2::video_frame& other_frame, const rs2::depth_frame& depth_frame, float depth_scale, float clipping_dist)
{
    const uint16_t* p_depth_frame = reinterpret_cast(depth_frame.get_data());
    uint8_t* p_other_frame = reinterpret_cast(const_cast(other_frame.get_data()));
 
    int width = other_frame.get_width();
    int height = other_frame.get_height();
    int other_bpp = other_frame.get_bytes_per_pixel();
 
    #pragma omp parallel for schedule(dynamic) //Using OpenMP to try to parallelise the loop
    for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
    {
        auto depth_pixel_index = y * width;
        for (int x = 0; x < width; x++, ++depth_pixel_index)
        {
            // Get the depth value of the current pixel
            auto pixels_distance = depth_scale * p_depth_frame[depth_pixel_index];
 
            // Check if the depth value is invalid (<=0) or greater than the threashold
            if (pixels_distance <= 0.f || pixels_distance > clipping_dist)
            {
                // Calculate the offset in other frame's buffer to current pixel
                auto offset = depth_pixel_index * other_bpp;
 
                // Set pixel to "background" color (0x999999)
                std::memset(&p_other_frame[offset], 0x99, other_bpp);
            }
        }
    }
}
 
rs2_stream find_stream_to_align(const std::vector& streams)
{
    //Given a vector of streams, we try to find a depth stream and another stream to align depth with.
    //We prioritize color streams to make the view look better.
    //If color is not available, we take another stream that (other than depth)
    rs2_stream align_to = RS2_STREAM_ANY;
    bool depth_stream_found = false;
    bool color_stream_found = false;
    for (rs2::stream_profile sp : streams)
    {
        rs2_stream profile_stream = sp.stream_type();
        if (profile_stream != RS2_STREAM_DEPTH)
        {
            if (!color_stream_found)         //Prefer color
                align_to = profile_stream;
 
            if (profile_stream == RS2_STREAM_COLOR)
            {
                color_stream_found = true;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            depth_stream_found = true;
        }
    }
 
    if(!depth_stream_found)
        throw std::runtime_error("No Depth stream available");
 
    if (align_to == RS2_STREAM_ANY)
        throw std::runtime_error("No stream found to align with Depth");
 
    return align_to;
}
 
bool profile_changed(const std::vector& current, const std::vector& prev)
{
    for (auto&& sp : prev)
    {
        //If previous profile is in current (maybe just added another)
        auto itr = std::find_if(std::begin(current), std::end(current), [&sp](const rs2::stream_profile& current_sp) { return sp.unique_id() == current_sp.unique_id(); });
        if (itr == std::end(current)) //If it previous stream wasn't found in current
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}