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measurement = cameas(state) returns the measurement, for the constant-acceleration Kalman filter motion model in rectangular coordinates. The state argument specifies the current state of the filter.

measurement = cameas(state,frame) also specifies the measurement coordinate system, frame.

measurement = cameas(state,frame,sensorpos) also specifies the sensor position, sensorpos.

measurement = cameas(state,frame,sensorpos,sensorvel) also specifies the sensor velocity, sensorvel.

measurement = cameas(state,frame,sensorpos,sensorvel,laxes) also specifies the local sensor axes orientation, laxes.

measurement = cameas(state,measurementParameters) specifies the measurement parameters, measurementParameters.

Examples

Create Measurement from Accelerating Object in Rectangular Frame

Define the state of an object in 2-D constant-acceleration motion. The state is the position, velocity, and acceleration in both dimensions. The measurements are in rectangular coordinates.

state = [1,10,3,2,20,0.5].';
measurement = cameas(state)

measurement = 3×1

     1
     2
     0

The measurement is returned in three-dimensions with the z-component set to zero.

Create Measurement from Accelerating Object in Spherical Frame

Define the state of an object in 2-D constant-acceleration motion. The state is the position, velocity, and acceleration in both dimensions. The measurements are in spherical coordinates.

state = [1,10,3,2,20,5].';
measurement = cameas(state,'spherical')

measurement = 4×1

   63.4349
         0
    2.2361
   22.3607

The elevation of the measurement is zero and the range rate is positive. These results indicate that the object is moving away from the sensor.

Create Measurement from Accelerating Object in Translated Spherical Frame

Define the state of an object moving in 2-D constant-acceleration motion. The state consists of position, velocity, and acceleration in each dimension. The measurements are in spherical coordinates with respect to a frame located at (20;40;0) meters from the origin.

state = [1,10,3,2,20,5].';
measurement = cameas(state,'spherical',[20;40;0])

measurement = 4×1

 -116.5651
         0
   42.4853
  -22.3607

The elevation of the measurement is zero and the range rate is negative indicating that the object is moving toward the sensor.

Create Measurement from Constant-Accelerating Object Using Measurement Parameters

state2d = [1,10,3,2,20,5].';

The elevation of the measurement is zero and the range rate is negative indicating that the object is moving toward the sensor.

frame = 'spherical';
sensorpos = [20;40;0];
sensorvel = [0;5;0];
laxes = eye(3);
measurement = cameas(state2d,'spherical',sensorpos,sensorvel,laxes)

measurement = 4×1

 -116.5651
         0
   42.4853
  -17.8885

The elevation of the measurement is zero and the range rate is negative. These results indicate that the object is moving toward the sensor.

Put the measurement parameters in a structure and use the alternative syntax.

measparm = struct('Frame',frame,'OriginPosition',sensorpos,'OriginVelocity',sensorvel, ...
    'Orientation',laxes);
measurement = cameas(state2d,measparm)

measurement = 4×1

 -116.5651
         0
   42.4853
  -17.8885

Input Arguments

`state` — Kalman filter state vector
real-valued 3N-element vector

Kalman filter state vector for constant-acceleration motion, specified as a real-valued 3N-element vector. N is the number of spatial degrees of freedom of motion. For each spatial degree of motion, the state vector takes the form shown in this table.

Spatial Dimensions	State Vector Structure
1-D	`[x;vx;ax]`
2-D	`[x;vx;ax;y;vy;ay]`
3-D	`[x;vx;ax;y;vy;ay;z;vz;az]`

For example, x represents the x-coordinate, vx represents the velocity in the x-direction, and ax represents the acceleration in the x-direction. If the motion model is in one-dimensional space, the y- and z-axes are assumed to be zero. If the motion model is in two-dimensional space, values along the z-axis are assumed to be zero. Position coordinates are in meters. Velocity coordinates are in meters/second. Acceleration coordinates are in meters/second².

Example: [5;0.1;0.01;0;-0.2;-0.01;-3;0.05;0]

Data Types: double

`frame` — Measurement output frame
`'rectangular'` (default) | `'spherical'`

Measurement output frame, specified as 'rectangular' or 'spherical'. When the frame is 'rectangular', a measurement consists of x, y, and z Cartesian coordinates. When specified as 'spherical', a measurement consists of azimuth, elevation, range, and range rate.

Data Types: char

`sensorpos` — Sensor position
`[0;0;0]` (default) | real-valued 3-by-1 column vector

Sensor position with respect to the navigation frame, specified as a real-valued 3-by-1 column vector. Units are in meters.

Data Types: double

`sensorvel` — Sensor velocity
`[0;0;0]` (default) | real-valued 3-by-1 column vector

Sensor velocity with respect to the navigation frame, specified as a real-valued 3-by-1 column vector. Units are in m/s.

Data Types: double

`laxes` — Local sensor coordinate axes
`[1,0,0;0,1,0;0,0,1]` (default) | 3-by-3 orthogonal matrix

Local sensor coordinate axes, specified as a 3-by-3 orthogonal matrix. Each column specifies the direction of the local x-, y-, and z-axes, respectively, with respect to the navigation frame. That is, the matrix is the rotation matrix from the global frame to the sensor frame.

Data Types: double

`measurementParameters` — Measurement parameters
structure | array of structure

Measurement parameters, specified as a structure or an array of structures. The fields of the structure are:

Field	Description	Example
`Frame`	Frame used to report measurements, specified as one of these values: `'rectangular'` — Detections are reported in rectangular coordinates. `'spherical'` — Detections are reported in spherical coordinates.	`'spherical'`
`OriginPosition`	Position offset of the origin of the frame relative to the parent frame, specified as an `[x y z]` real-valued vector.	`[0 0 0]`
`OriginVelocity`	Velocity offset of the origin of the frame relative to the parent frame, specified as a `[vx vy vz]` real-valued vector.	`[0 0 0]`
`Orientation`	Frame rotation matrix, specified as a 3-by-3 real-valued orthonormal matrix.	`[1 0 0; 0 1 0; 0 0 1]`
`HasAzimuth`	Logical scalar indicating if azimuth is included in the measurement.	`1`
`HasElevation`	Logical scalar indicating if elevation is included in the measurement. For measurements reported in a rectangular frame, and if `HasElevation` is false, the reported measurements assume 0 degrees of elevation.	`1`
`HasRange`	Logical scalar indicating if range is included in the measurement.	`1`
`HasVelocity`	Logical scalar indicating if the reported detections include velocity measurements. For measurements reported in the rectangular frame, if `HasVelocity` is false, the measurements are reported as `[x y z]`. If `HasVelocity` is `true`, measurements are reported as `[x y z vx vy vz]`.	`1`
`IsParentToChild`	Logical scalar indicating if `Orientation` performs a frame rotation from the parent coordinate frame to the child coordinate frame. When `IsParentToChild` is `false`, then `Orientation` performs a frame rotation from the child coordinate frame to the parent coordinate frame.	`0`

Data Types: struct

Output Arguments

`measurement` — Measurement vector
N-by-1 column vector

Measurement vector, returned as an N-by-1 column vector. The form of the measurement depends upon which syntax you use.

When the syntax does not use the measurementParameters argument, the measurement vector is [x,y,z] when the frame input argument is set to 'rectangular' and [az;el;r;rr] when the frame is set to 'spherical'.

When the syntax uses the measurementParameters argument, the size of the measurement vector depends on the values of the frame, HasVelocity, and HasElevation fields in the measurementParameters structure.

frame measurement

'spherical'

Specifies the azimuth angle, az, elevation angle, el, range, r, and range rate, rr, of the object with respect to the local ego vehicle coordinate system. Positive values for range rate indicate that an object is moving away from the sensor.

Spherical measurements

		HasElevation
		false	true
HasVelocity	false	`[az;r]`	`[az;el;r]`
HasVelocity	true	`[az;r;rr]`	`[az;el;r;rr]`

Angle units are in degrees, range units are in meters, and range rate units are in m/s.

'rectangular

Specifies the Cartesian position and velocity coordinates of the tracked object with respect to the ego vehicle coordinate system.

Rectangular measurements

HasVelocity	false	`[x;y;y]`
HasVelocity	true	`[x;y;z;vx;vy;vz]`

Position units are in meters and velocity units are in m/s.

Data Types: double

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