Lidar managed image generation

A system, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• activate a camera on a client device, wherein the activated camera provides access to a field of view of the camera;
• detect, based on a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) measurement, a first distance of a document surface, wherein the document surface is located at least partially within the field of view of the camera;
• select, based on the first distance, a focal length for the camera;
• set the camera to the focal length;
• generate, by the camera set to the focal length, an image object of at least a portion of a first side of the document;
• and
• perform an optical character recognition (OCR) process on the image object to extract one or more data fields.

A non-transitory computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• activating a camera on the at least one computing device, wherein the activated camera provides access to a field of view of the camera;
• detecting, based on a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) measurement, a first distance of a document surface, wherein the document surface is located at least partially within the field of view of the camera;
• selecting, based on the first distance, a focal length for the camera;
• setting the camera to the focal length;
• generating, by the camera set to the focal length, an image object of at least a portion of a first side of the document;
• and
• performing an optical character recognition (OCR) process on the image object to extract one or more data fields.