Patent ID: 7154496

Claim:
A method for generating an image of a vehicle, comprising the steps of: issuing a prompt on a graphical user interface of a vehicle image generation computer system, wherein said prompt is a request for a user to identify a vehicle type to said vehicle image generation computer system, wherein a data profile for each of a plurality of different said vehicle types is in storage on said vehicle image generation computer system such that said vehicle image generation computer system comprises a plurality of said data profiles, wherein each said data profile may be retrieved from storage by said vehicle image generation computer system, and wherein all telemetry data will thereafter be acquired by said vehicle image generation computer system in accordance with said data profile that has been retrieved; identifying a first vehicle type to said vehicle image generation computer system, wherein said identifying step is executed by a user of said vehicle image generation computer system in response to and thereby after an execution of said issuing a prompt step; retrieving a first data profile from said plurality of said data profiles, wherein said first data profile is specific to said first vehicle type, and wherein said retrieving step is executed by said vehicle image generation computer system in response to and thereby after an execution of said identifying step; invoking a request to a first telemetry processor for telemetry data on a first vehicle corresponding with said first vehicle type, wherein said invoking a request step is in accordance with said first data profile from said retrieving step, and wherein all telemetry data on said first vehicle is provided to said vehicle image generation computer system only after execution of said retrieving step; transmitting telemetry data on said first vehicle from said first vehicle to said first telemetry processor; providing said telemetry data from said first telemetry processor to said vehicle image generation computer system in accordance with said first data profile from said retrieving step; and generating an image on said vehicle image generation computer system, wherein said image corresponds with said first vehicle, is based upon a CAD file associated with said first vehicle type, and further is based upon said telemetry data from said providing step, wherein said image is manipulated by said telemetry data displaying said image.