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x_pred = F * x_est Intuition: If the car was at 5m and moving at 1m/s, after 1 second, predict it at 6m.

% Kalman Filter Tutorial for Beginners % 1D tracking of a constant velocity car clear; clc; close all; kalman filter for beginners with matlab examples download

% --- Initialize Kalman Filter --- % State: [position; velocity] x_est = [0; 9]; % Initial guess (slightly wrong velocity) P_est = [100 0; 0 10]; % High initial uncertainty x_pred = F * x_est Intuition: If the

% --- Main Kalman Loop --- for k = 1:T % 1. Prediction x_pred = F * x_est; P_pred = F * P_est * F' + Q; true_velocity * ones(1

% Storage for results position_estimate = zeros(1,T); velocity_estimate = zeros(1,T);

x_est = x_pred + K * (z - H * x_pred) Intuition: Correction = Prediction + Gain × (Measured Error).

subplot(2,1,2); plot(t, true_velocity * ones(1,T), 'g-', 'LineWidth', 2); hold on; plot(t, velocity_estimate, 'b-', 'LineWidth', 2); legend('True Velocity', 'Kalman Velocity Estimate'); title('Velocity Estimation (Hidden State)'); xlabel('Time (seconds)'); ylabel('Velocity (m/s)'); grid on;