Scanning implemented software for time economy without rescanning (S.I.S.T.E.R.) identifying multiple documents with first scanning pass and generating multiple images with second scanning pass

A system for scanning a document comprising:

• a data processing apparatus;
• and
• a machine-readable storage device operatively coupled to the data processing apparatus and having instructions stored thereon configured to be executed by the data processing apparatus, wherein the data processing apparatus is configured to:
• position a first document and a second document onto a bed of a scanner and under a pattern adjacent the bed of the scanner, wherein the pattern is on top of the first document and the second document;
• generate a first image of the first document, the second document, and at least a portion of the pattern from a first pass of an imaging component of the scanner across the bed of the scanner;
• identify a first document area and a second document area of the first image based on the pattern;
• generate a second image of the first document area from a second pass of the imaging component of the scanner across at least a portion of the bed of the scanner;
• and
• generate a third image of the second document area from the second pass of the imaging component.