System and Method for Producing Multi-Angle Views of an Object-of-Interest from Images in an Image Dataset

A method comprising:

• receiving an image collected by a camera, wherein the image includes a plurality of pixels;
• receiving distance data from a range-finding device;
• registering the plurality of pixels of the image data with the distance data;
• identifying, using a processor, a first location for a viewpoint;
• identifying, using the processor, a second location for a virtual object in the image;
• and
• determining, using the processor, a view from the first location toward the second location.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

• accessing an image collected by a camera, wherein the image includes a plurality of pixels;
• accessing distance data collected by a range-finding device;
• assigning three-dimensional locations to the plurality of pixels based on the distance data;
• identifying, using a processor, a first location for a viewpoint;
• identifying, using the processor, a second location for a virtual object in the image;
• and
• generating, using the processor, a modified image with the viewpoint from the first location and facing toward the second location.