High volume document image archive system and method
First Claim
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, andchanging 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.
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Abstract
High speed machine scanning of documents such as checks produces digital check images that are placed in archival storage on mass storage devices for later retrieval. Images and/or documents are automatically reviewed by a machine in order to identify images and/or documents that are of suspect quality. Machine review of suspect images and/or documents provides a reject or accept decision. Only acceptable documents are archived. Accepted documents are formed into large data groups that contain a storage location identification for each individual document within the large data group. An index is stored for each such data group wherein the storage location of each document within the large data group is contained. Digital images are selectively converted to visual images, and these visual images are then reviewed by a human operator. This operator review is used to adjust the machine'"'"'s accept/reject decision making process, thereby teaching the machine the correct manner of making its accept/reject decision.
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7 Claims
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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;
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A document image processing method, comprising the steps of;
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machine scanning a document and forming a plurality of digital images that correspond to said document, detecting anomalous conditions that may occur relating to said machine scanning, defining a plurality of digital image quality parameters, machine calculating an image suspiciousness value for each of said plurality of digital images based upon said parameters and said detected anomalous conditions, machine calculating a document suspiciousness value based upon said parameters and said calculated image suspiciousness values, using a machine to make a document accept/reject decision based upon said document suspiciousness value, repeating said method steps to thereby continue said scanning of documents independent of the results of said document accept/reject decisions for each scanned document, when a document-relect decision has been made, providing machine rescan of said rejected document, using a machine to assemble a plurality of digital images from a plurality of documents for which a document-accept decision has been made into a data group that contains an index defining the storage location within said data group of said plurality of digital images, storing said data group in a digital storage device, said storing step including identifying the storage location of each data group that is stored in said digital storage device, using a machine to convert the digital images corresponding to a document for which a document-relect decision has been made into visual images, providing review of said visual images by a human operator, and changing said digital image quality parameters so as to produce future correspondence between said machine accept/reject decision step and said operator visual review. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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