Bulk image gathering system and method

A computer implemented method of imaging a plurality of individual items that are respectively stored in a plurality of individual storage positions of a multiple-item holder object, each of the plurality of individual items having a first information-bearing side and a second information-bearing side, the multiple-item holder object positioning the plurality of individual items to facilitate gathering images of the plurality of individual items in bulk, the method comprising:

• digitally capturing, by an image-gathering computing system, a first image of a first side of the multiple-item holder object, said first image depicting the first information-bearing sides of the plurality of individual items stored in the multiple-item holder object;
• extracting, by said image-gathering computing system, a first sub-image from said first image in accordance with a sub-image extraction template, said first sub-image depicting the first information-bearing side of one of the plurality of individual items stored in one of the plurality of individual storage positions of the multiple-item holder object, said sub-image extraction template indicating at least a size and a location of the first sub-image;
• associating, by said image-gathering computing system, first position-related metadata to said first sub-image, said first position-related metadata indicating a position of said one of the plurality of individual storage positions at which said one of the plurality of individual items is stored in the multiple-item holder object;
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• digitally capturing, by said image-gathering computing system, a second image of a second side of the multiple-item holder object, said second image depicting the second information-bearing sides of the plurality of individual items stored in the multiple-item holder object.