High volume document image archive system and method

A document image processing method, comprising the steps of;

• 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.