[Windows 10] In using the OCR function of Panasonic PC Camera Utility, I can get an error saying "Panasonic PC Camera Utility has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.".

Category FAQ
Model
  • CF-20 (mk1/mk2)
    CF-20[A/B/C/D]******, CF-20[E/F/G/H]******
  • CF-33 (mk1)
    CF-33[A/B/C/D/E/L/M/N/P/Q/V/W]****T*
  • CF-D1 (mk3)
    CF-D1[N/Q]******
  • CF-XZ6 (mk1)
    CF-XZ6R***T*
  • FZ-G1 (mk4/mk5)
    FZ-G1[P/Q/R/S/T]******, FZ-G1[U/V/W]******
  • FZ-M1 (mk2/mk3)
    FZ-M1[D/F]******, FZ-M1[G/J]******,
     FZ-M1EAF1YT4, FZ-M1ECF***R, FZ-M1ECD***R
  • FZ-Q2 (mk1)
    FZ-Q2[F/G]******
Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64bit
Language
Release Date 9/25/18
File Name
Index No 74972

Question

In using the OCR function of Panasonic PC Camera Utility, I can get an error saying "Panasonic PC Camera Utility has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.".

Answer

Please download the optional feature (optical character recognition) by the following procedure.

  1. Click Start(Start button) at the bottom left of the screen and click Settings(Settings).
  2. Open [Time & Language].
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  3. Open [Region & Language].
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  4. Open [Options] of language used.
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  5. If the following window is displayed, please wait for a while until the [Download] button is displayed.
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  6. Push [Download]button of [Basic typing].
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Notes

OCR feature can't be used in some languages which Windows doesn't support OCR feature.

Revision History

  • 2018/09/25 : Added camera-equipped models to target model.
  • 2017/07/18 : CF-XZ6R (mk1) was added to the target model.