System and Method to Create Object Detection Scan Plans

A system for generating a scanning list of objects to be scanned for creating an image data set for use in object detection training. A list of the objects to be scanned is received. An initial set of object combinations of the objects to be scanned is enumerated. A modified set of object combinations is generated by applying rules to each object combination in the initial set of object combinations, the rules including identifying known objects based on inclusion of other objects in the combination, and the rules including identifying unscannable objects based on inclusion of other objects in the combination. The scanning list is generated by selecting object combinations from the modified set of object combinations until all objects to be scanned appear at least once in the scanning list.