Patent ID: 8135299

Claim:
A method of providing instructions to a user of an imaging device, the method comprising: generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of an imaging device in a 3D computer generated environment; rendering a plurality of computer generated imagery (CGI) instruction sequences from the 3D model, each CGI instruction sequence depicting at least one action being performed on the imaging device in response to a fault condition of the imaging device, the CGI instruction sequence being rendered from a virtual viewpoint corresponding to a viewpoint of a user physically performing the at least one action; storing each CGI instruction sequence in a memory of the imaging device in association with at least one fault code; identifying a fault condition in the imaging device; correlating the identified fault condition with a fault code; accessing the memory to retrieve the CGI instruction sequence stored in association with the fault code correlated to the identified fault condition; and displaying on a display screen of the imaging device the identification of the fault condition in the imaging device and the CGI instruction sequence stored in association with the fault code correlated to the identified fault condition.