Method for identifying and tracking document characteristics in a document image processing system

摘要

A method for summarizing document characteristics of documents processed by a document image processing system so that the document characteristics can be quickly identified and analyzed. Document characteristics are stored in an audit file for each document processed as the document is processed by the system so that the document characteristics can be summarized and analyzed at a later time. An analyzer processes a request for an analysis of document characteristic data. The analyzer provides a summary of information stored in the audit file in combination with results of previous summaries which have been accumulated in a history file. The analyzer accumulates information stored in the audit file for classes of documents. The accumulated information is then merged with information stored in the history file. During the merge process, information the history file is updated and information for the summary is accumulated.