Module HOUND.Contact.Estimator

HOUND.Contact.Estimator

Legacy Kalman implementation

HOUND.Contact.Estimator.accuracyScore (err) Fuzzy logic score
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.Kalman.posFilter () Kalman Filter implementation for position
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.Kalman.AzFilter (noise) Kalman Filter implementation for Azimuth
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.Kalman.AzElFilter () Kalman Filter implementation for position.

Pseudo-linear Kalman filter

HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF UB-PLKF (Unbiased Pseudo-Linear Kalman Filter) Implementation of algorithem described in https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/15/2915
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:create (p0, v0, timestamp, initialPosError, isMobile) Create PLKF instance
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:getEstimatedPos (state) get current estimated position in DCS point from a Kalman state
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF.normalizeAz (azimuth) normalize azimuth to East aligned counterclockwise
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:updateMarker () update debug marker draw a debug marker from current self.state
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:getF (deltaT) create F matrix
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:getQ (deltaT, sigma) create the Q matrix
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:predictStep (X, P, timestep, Q) Kalman prediction step for provided state
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:predict (timestamp) Perform a prediction for the filter and update state
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:update (p0, z, timestamp, z_err) perform update of state with mesurment


Legacy Kalman implementation

HOUND.Contact.Estimator.accuracyScore (err)
Fuzzy logic score

Parameters:

  • err
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.Kalman.posFilter ()
Kalman Filter implementation for position

Returns:

    Kalman filter instance
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.Kalman.AzFilter (noise)
Kalman Filter implementation for Azimuth

Parameters:

  • noise angular error

Returns:

    Kalman filter instance
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.Kalman.AzElFilter ()
Kalman Filter implementation for position.

Returns:

    Kalman filter instance

Pseudo-linear Kalman filter

HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF
UB-PLKF (Unbiased Pseudo-Linear Kalman Filter) Implementation of algorithem described in https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/15/2915
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:create (p0, v0, timestamp, initialPosError, isMobile)
Create PLKF instance

Parameters:

  • p0 Initial position (DCS point)
  • v0 optional table Initial velocity (x,z)
  • timestamp optional number Initial time
  • initialPosError optional number Uncertainty of position measurement
  • isMobile optional boolean Is the platform mobile?
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:getEstimatedPos (state)
get current estimated position in DCS point from a Kalman state

Parameters:

  • state optional table from which position will be extracted. defaults self.state.

Returns:

    DCS point.
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF.normalizeAz (azimuth)
normalize azimuth to East aligned counterclockwise

Parameters:

  • azimuth number in radians (0-2Pi)

Returns:

    angle in radian (-pi to pi) east aligned counterclockwise rotation
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:updateMarker ()
update debug marker draw a debug marker from current self.state
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:getF (deltaT)
create F matrix

Parameters:

  • deltaT

Returns:

    F matrix
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:getQ (deltaT, sigma)
create the Q matrix

Parameters:

  • deltaT optional number time from last mesurement. default is 10 seconds
  • sigma optional number error in mesurment. default is 0.1 radians

Returns:

    Q matrix
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:predictStep (X, P, timestep, Q)
Kalman prediction step for provided state

Parameters:

  • X table state matrix for prediction
  • P table state covariance matrix
  • timestep number (in seconds)
  • Q optional table process nose matrix. will be generated with generic settings if not provided

Returns:

  1. x_hat the predicted state matrix
  2. P_hat the predicted state covariance matrix
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:predict (timestamp)
Perform a prediction for the filter and update state

Parameters:

  • timestamp optional number DCS AbsTime timestamp
HOUND.Contact.Estimator.UPLKF:update (p0, z, timestamp, z_err)
perform update of state with mesurment

Parameters:

  • p0 table Position of platform (DCS point)
  • z number current mesurment
  • timestamp number time of mesurment
  • z_err number maximum error in mesurment (radians)
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