Patent ID: 8676366

Claim:
A system for cutting out masks for protecting a vehicle portion, the system comprising: a mask-cutter machine for cutting masks out from sheet material, the machine including a movable tool for cutting the sheet material; a data processor unit connected to the cutter machine and arranged to control relative movement between the cutter tool and the sheet material; a first database of mask outlines, the first database being associated with the data processor unit; a display unit and a data input unit coupled to the data processor unit; a second database containing, for a plurality of vehicles, a plurality of representations of each vehicle from a plurality of distinct viewing angles, said second database being associated with the data processor unit; and a display unit control unit that is coupled to, in particular incorporated in, the data processor unit and that is arranged, in particular programmed: to extract from the second database the representations from a plurality of viewing angles of a vehicle as a function of at least one vehicle selection data input into the data processor unit via the data input unit; to modify the representations from a plurality of distinct viewing angles of the selected vehicle as a function of at least one mask selection data input into the data processor unit via the data input unit; and to cause modified representations of the selected vehicle to be displayed substantially simultaneously on the display unit.