卡尔曼滤波的应用斯坦利.施密特(Stanley Schmidt)首次实现了卡尔曼滤波器.卡尔曼在NASA埃姆斯研究中心访问时,发现他的方法对于解决阿波罗计划的轨道预测很有用,后来阿波罗飞船的导航电脑使用了这种滤波器. 关于这种滤波器的论文由Swerling (1958), Kalman (1960)与 Kalman and Bucy (1961)发表.
目前,卡尔曼滤波已经有很多不同的实现.卡尔曼最初提出的形式现在一般称为简单卡尔曼滤波器.除此以外,还有施密特扩展滤波器,信息滤波器以及很多Bierman, Thornton 开发的平方根滤波器的变种.也行最常见的卡尔曼滤波器是锁相环，它在收音机,计算机和几乎任何视频或通讯设备中广泛存在.
卡尔曼滤波的一个典型实例是从一组有限的，对物体位置的，包含噪声的观察序列预测出物体的坐标位置及速度. 在很多工程应用(雷达,计算机视觉)中都可以找到它的身影. 同时，卡尔曼滤波也是控制理论以及控制系统工程中的一个重要话题.
比如,在雷达中,人们感兴趣的是跟踪目标,但目标的位置,速度,加速度的测量值往往在任何时候都有噪声.卡尔曼滤波利用目标的动态信息,设法去掉噪声的影响,得到一个关于目标位置的好的估计。这个估计可以是对当前目标位置的估计(滤波),也可以是对于将来位置的估计(预测)，也可以是对过去位置的估计(插值或平滑).
扩展卡尔曼滤波（EKF）
EXTEND KALMAN FILTER
扩展卡尔曼滤波器
是由kalman filter考虑时间非线性的动态系统，常应用于目标跟踪系统。
附matlab下面的kalman滤波程序：
clear
N=200;
w(1)=0;
w=randn(1,N)
x(1)=0;
a=1;
for k=2:N;
x(k)=a*x(k-1)+w(k-1);
end
V=randn(1,N);
q1=std(V);
Rvv=q1.^2;
q2=std(x);
Rxx=q2.^2;
q3=std(w);
Rww=q3.^2;
c=0.2;
Y=c*x+V;
p(1)=0;
s(1)=0;
for t=2:N;
p1(t)=a.^2*p(t-1)+Rww;
b(t)=c*p1(t)/(c.^2*p1(t)+Rvv);
s(t)=a*s(t-1)+b(t)*(Y(t)-a*c*s(t-1));
p(t)=p1(t)-c*b(t)*p1(t);
end
t=1:N;
plot(t,s,'r',t,Y,'g',t,x,'b');
function [x, V, VV, loglik] = kalman_filter(y, A, C, Q, R, init_x, init_V, varargin)
% Kalman filter.
% [x, V, VV, loglik] = kalman_filter(y, A, C, Q, R, init_x, init_V, ...)
%
% INPUTS:
% y(:,t) - the observation at time t
% A - the system matrix
% C - the observation matrix
% Q - the system covariance
% R - the observation covariance
% init_x - the initial state (column) vector
% init_V - the initial state covariance
%
% OPTIONAL INPUTS (string/value pairs [default in brackets])
% 'model' - model(t)=m means use params from model m at time t [ones(1,T) ]
% In this case, all the above matrices take an additional final dimension,
% i.e., A(:,:,m), C(:,:,m), Q(:,:,m), R(:,:,m).
% However, init_x and init_V are independent of model(1).
% 'u' - u(:,t) the control signal at time t [ [] ]
% 'B' - B(:,:,m) the input regression matrix for model m
%
% OUTPUTS (where X is the hidden state being estimated)
% x(:,t) = E[X(:,t) | y(:,1:t)]
% V(:,:,t) = Cov[X(:,t) | y(:,1:t)]
% VV(:,:,t) = Cov[X(:,t), X(:,t-1) | y(:,1:t)] t >= 2
% loglik = sum{t=1}^T log P(y(:,t))
%
% If an input signal is specified, we also condition on it:
% e.g., x(:,t) = E[X(:,t) | y(:,1:t), u(:, 1:t)]
% If a model sequence is specified, we also condition on it:
% e.g., x(:,t) = E[X(:,t) | y(:,1:t), u(:, 1:t), m(1:t)]
[os T] = size(y);
ss = size(A,1); % size of state space
% set default params
model = ones(1,T);
u = [];
B = [];
ndx = [];
args = varargin;
nargs = length(args);
for i=1:2:nargs
switch args
case 'model', model = args{i+1};
case 'u', u = args{i+1};
case 'B', B = args{i+1};
case 'ndx', ndx = args{i+1};
otherwise, error(['unrecognized argument ' args])
end
end
x = zeros(ss, T);
V = zeros(ss, ss, T);
VV = zeros(ss, ss, T);
loglik = 0;
for t=1:T
m = model(t);
if t==1
%prevx = init_x(:,m);
%prevV = init_V(:,:,m);
prevx = init_x;
prevV = init_V;
initial = 1;
else
prevx = x(:,t-1);
prevV = V(:,:,t-1);
initial = 0;
end
if isempty(u)
[x(:,t), V(:,:,t), LL, VV(:,:,t)] = ...
kalman_update(A(:,:,m), C(:,:,m), Q(:,:,m), R(:,:,m), y(:,t), prevx, prevV, 'initial', initial);
else
if isempty(ndx)
[x(:,t), V(:,:,t), LL, VV(:,:,t)] = ...
kalman_update(A(:,:,m), C(:,:,m), Q(:,:,m), R(:,:,m), y(:,t), prevx, prevV, ...
'initial', initial, 'u', u(:,t), 'B', B(:,:,m));
else
i = ndx;
% copy over all elements; only some will get updated
x(:,t) = prevx;
prevP = inv(prevV);
prevPsmall = prevP(i,i);
prevVsmall = inv(prevPsmall);
[x(i,t), smallV, LL, VV(i,i,t)] = ...
kalman_update(A(i,i,m), C(:,i,m), Q(i,i,m), R(:,:,m), y(:,t), prevx(i), prevVsmall, ...
'initial', initial, 'u', u(:,t), 'B', B(i,:,m));
smallP = inv(smallV);
prevP(i,i) = smallP;
V(:,:,t) = inv(prevP);
end
end
loglik = loglik + LL;
end
