Patent ID: 8224131

Claim:
An image processing apparatus to support image processing in multiple languages, the image processing apparatus comprising: a user interface configured to set an instruction from a user for various functions performed by the image processing apparatus, wherein the various functions include a copying function and the user interface includes buttons and/or tabs configured to display characters in a language; an image reading unit configured to obtain image data by scanning a paper document; a determining unit configured to automatically determine a language currently used in displaying the characters of the buttons and/or tabs of the user interface displayed for the various functions; a setting unit configured to set a language as a scanned document language for use in recognizing characters in the scanned document, wherein, in response to the determining unit automatically determining a language currently used in displaying the characters of the buttons and/or tabs of the user interface, the setting unit sets the determined language as the scanned document language for use in recognizing characters in the scanned document; and a character recognizing unit configured to utilize the scanned document language set by the setting unit to recognize characters in the scanned document and create text data.