Systems and methods for image normalization

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a computing system, a first image of a first object;
• determining, by the computing system, whether the first image of the first object has an associated set of calibration metadata that is accessible by the computing system;
• when it is determined either that there is no calibration metadata that is associated with the first image of the first object or that a first set of calibration metadata that is associated with the first image of the first object is not accessible,
• sending, by the computing system, the first image of the first object to a first artificial intelligence (“AI”) system;
• receiving, by the computing system and from the first AI system, a first amount by which an orientation of the first object within the first image should be changed to match an orientation of a reference object within a normalized reference image;
• performing, by the computing system, AI-assisted image processing on the first image to produce an AI-assisted normalized first image, the AI-assisted image processing including causing the orientation of the first object within the first image to change by the first amount to match the orientation of the reference object within the normalized reference image;
• and
• sending, by the computing system, the AI-assisted normalized first image to a post processing system
• when it is determined that the first set of calibration metadata that is associated with the first image of the first object is accessible,
• accessing, by the computing system, the first set of calibration metadata;
• extracting, by the computing system and from the first set of calibration metadata, first calibration data associated with the orientation of the first object relative to an image capture device at a time that the first image was captured by the image capture device;
• determining, by the computing system, a second amount by which the orientation of the first object within the first image should be changed to match the orientation of the reference object within the normalized reference image, based on the first calibration data;
• performing, by the computing system, image processing on the first image to produce a normalized first image, the image processing including causing the orientation of the first object within the first image to change by the second amount to match the orientation of the reference object within the normalized reference image;
• and
• sending, by the computing system, the normalized first image to the post processing system.