1. A method, in a data processing system, for security screening image analysis simplification through object pattern identification, the method comprising: scanning an object to form an electronic representation of the scanned object; generating an electronic signature of the scanned object; reducing the electronic signature to a hash value for the scanned object; comparing the hash value for the scanned object against a set of hash values for known safe objects; and responsive to the hash value for the scanned object matching a hash value for a known safe object, marking the scanned object as safe.