Vision system for detecting objects in a swing path

A vision system, the vision system comprising:

• a camera viewing at least part of a swing path of a swing, the camera capturing image data;
• an electronic control unit (ECU) comprising electronic circuitry and associated software;
• wherein the electronic circuitry of the ECU comprises an image processor for processing image data captured by the camera to detect presence of objects in the view of the camera;
• wherein the vision system, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, and with the swing having an occupant swinging on the swing along the swing path, detects presence of a person that one selected from the group consisting of (i) is in the swing path and (ii) has a trajectory that intersects the swing path;
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• wherein the vision system, responsive to detecting the presence of the person that one selected from the group consisting of (i) is in the swing path and (ii) has the trajectory that intersects the swing path, generates an alert, wherein the alert comprises an audible alert and a visual alert.

A vision system, the vision system comprising:

• a camera viewing at least part of a swing path of a swing, the camera capturing image data;
• an electronic control unit (ECU) comprising electronic circuitry and associated software;
• wherein the electronic circuitry of the ECU comprises an image processor for processing image data captured by the camera to detect presence of objects in the view of the camera;
• wherein the vision system, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, and with the swing having an occupant swinging on the swing along the swing path, detects presence of an object that one selected from the group consisting of (i) is in the swing path and (ii) has a trajectory that intersects the swing path;
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• wherein the vision system, responsive to detecting the presence of the object that one selected from the group consisting of (i) is in the swing path and (ii) has the trajectory that intersects the swing path, engages an arrester to slow the swing as the swing travels along the swing path and generates an alert.