Patent ID: 8941900
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of processing an image of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising: scanning a document; detecting a text area and an image area included in the scanned document; converting the scanned document to output one of the detected text and image areas as color data and the other of the detected text and image areas as monochrome data; and outputting the converted document, wherein the scanned document is converted to set a color value of the detected text area to a preset color value so as to output the detected text area as monochrome data or to set a color value of the detected image area to a preset color value so as to output the detected image area as monochrome data such that, if the scanned document is converted to output the detected text area as the monochrome data, and the detected text area comprises a color text and a monochrome text, the color text is converted to have a different display state from the monochrome text of the detected text area such that the color text is displayed in one of bold or underlined in the different display state while the monochrome text is not displayed in the one of the bold or the underlined.