Patent Document ID: 6115509
Application ID: 08209096
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A machine-based document archival method for processing one or more digital images of each of a plurality of documents and digital data that is associated with said documents, comprising the steps of; machine scanning a document and forming one or more digital images and associated data that correspond to said document, machine detecting anomalous conditions that may occur during said scanning and/or during subsequent image processing, defining a plurality of image quality parameters, machine computing a suspiciousness value for each of said plurality of digital images as a function of said defined image quality parameters and said detected anomalous conditions, continuing said machine scanning of said plurality of documents independent of the results of said machine computation of suspiciousness value, making a machine recommendation to archive based upon said machine computed suspiciousness values for each of said plurality of digital images, machine archive storing said one or more digital images and said associated data in a digital storage device only when a recommendation to archive has been made, providing machine temporary storage of digital images and associated data prior to said machine archive storing step, machine erasing said temporary storage after said machine archival storing step, machine converting into visual images the digital images of a document having one or more digital images that are of suspect quality, providing human visual review of said visual digital images, making a human document accept/reject decision based upon said human visual review, and changing said image quality parameters in a manner to produce future correspondence between said machine computation of suspiciousness value and said human document accept/reject decision.