Patent ID: 6850843

Claim:
A system for receiving and recording data representing three-dimensional coordinates of selected points of objects at an accident site, comprising: (a) a positioning signal receiving unit; (b) a first computer and a link coupling the first computer to the positioning signal receiving unit; and (c) a prompting program stored in the first computer for causing a module associated with the first computer to prompt a user to sequentially position the signal positioning receiving unit in close spatial relationship with a plurality of points of each of a plurality of items or features at the accident site and to cause corresponding positioning signal unit coordinate data produced by the positioning signal receiving unit to be stored in a memory associated with the first computer, wherein the first computer stores a library of data representing graphic images of various items and features at the accident site, the first computer also executing a program that generates a simplified graphic reconstruction of the accident scene from the stored positioning signal receiving unit data and corresponding simplified graphic images retrieved from the library data in the first computer on a real-time basis as the various items and features at the accident site are measured and stored in the memory.