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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2011
Hyung-soo Ohk, Seoul, KR;
Hyung-soo Ohk, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and a method of processing an image of the image forming apparatus are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a scanner to scan a document, a detector to detect text and image areas included in the scanned document, a conversion unit to convert the scanned document so as to output one of the detected text and image areas as color data and the other as monochrome data, and an output unit to output the converted document, wherein the conversion unit converts the scanned document 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 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.