Computer generated imagery (CGI) fault clearance instructions

A fault management system for use with an imaging device, the fault management system including:

• a memory;
• a plurality of computer generated imagery (CGI) instruction sequences stored in the memory in association with a fault condition, each CGI instruction sequence being rendered from a 3D model of an imaging device defined in a 3D computer generated environment and depicting at least one action being performed on the imaging device, each CGI instruction sequence being rendered from a virtual viewpoint in the 3D environment corresponding to a viewpoint of a user physically performing the corresponding action and each CGI instruction sequence comprising a plurality of computer generated frames, each frame in the plurality of frames including a rendered image of at least a portion of the 3D model of the imaging device, motion being depicted in a CGI instruction sequence by changing a position of at least one of movable component of the imaging device from frame to frame in the sequence;
• a user interface display screen operably coupled to the memory and configured to display the plurality of CGI instruction sequences;
• a sensor system configured to generate signals indicative of a status of the imaging device;
• and
• a fault controller operably coupled to the sensor system, the memory and the display screen, the fault controller being configured to receive the signals generated by the sensor system and to identify fault conditions in the imaging device with reference to the signals, to access the memory to retrieve the at least one CGI instruction sequence stored in the memory in association with a fault condition identified by the fault controller, and to actuate the display screen to display the at least one retrieved CGI instruction sequence.

A method of operating an imaging device, the method comprising:

• detecting a fault condition in an imaging device;
• correlating the detected fault condition to a fault code;
• accessing a memory to retrieve at least one CGI instruction sequence stored in the memory in association with the fault code correlated to the detected fault condition;
• and
• displaying the retrieved at least one CGI instruction sequence on a display screen in response to the detection of the fault condition, each CGI instruction sequence being rendered from a 3D model of an imaging device defined in a 3D computer generated environment and depicting at least one action being performed on the imaging device, each CGI instruction sequence being rendered from a virtual viewpoint in the 3D environment corresponding to a viewpoint of a user physically performing the corresponding action.