Apparatus for acquiring image and method therefor

1. An image acquiring apparatus disposed in a mobile telephone and electrically connected to an image sensor for acquiring an acquired image and outputting an original image signal, the apparatus comprising:

an image processor for generating a first image signal according to the original image signal, wherein the first image signal comprises a first RGB image signal and a first YUV image signal;

a data reduction unit for respectively reducing a data amount of the first RGB image signal and the first YUV image signal to generate a second RGB image signal and a second YUV image signal; and

a buffer for storing the second RGB image signal and the second YUV image signal;

wherein the image acquiring apparatus selectively outputs the second RGB image signal and a third RGB image signal converted from the second YUV image signal to a display unit;

wherein the data reduction unit comprises a spatial point discarding unit for generating the second YUV image signal by way of spatial point discarding according to the first YUV image signal.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a compression unit, which is electrically connected to the buffer, for compressing or decompressing data.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the data reduction unit comprises a halftone converter, which reduces a data amount of the first RGB image signal and outputs the second RGB image signal to the buffer by way of halftone conversion.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the image processor includes a de-mosaicking apparatus for de-mosaicking the original image signal to generate the first RGB image signal.

5. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the image acquiring apparatus enables the display unit to display a frame according to the second RGB image signal.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a multiplexer, wherein the multiplexer receives the second RGB image signal and receives the third RGB image signal from the buffer, selects one of the second RGB image signal and the third RGB image signal as a display signal according to a control signal, and outputs the display signal to the display unit for displaying the frame.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer is electrically connected to a baseband processing unit for performing a communicating and processing operation.

8. An image acquiring method used in an image acquiring apparatus disposed in a mobile telephone, the image acquiring apparatus being electrically connected to an image sensor and comprising an image processor, a data reduction unit and a buffer, the method comprising the steps of:

enabling the image sensor to acquire an acquired image and output an original image signal;

enabling the image processor to generate a first image signal according to the original image signal, wherein the first image signal comprises a first RGB image signal and a first YUV image signal;

enabling the data reduction unit to respectively reduce a data amount of the first RGB image signal and the first YUV image signal and then to generate a second RGB image signal and a second YUV image signal;

storing the second RGB image signal and the second YUV image signal in the buffer; and

selectively outputting the second RGB image signal and a third RGB image signal converted from the second YUV image signal to a display unit;

wherein the second YUV image signal is generated by way of spatial point discarding in the step of reducing the data amount of the first RGB image signal and the first YUV image signal.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the data amount of the first RGB image signal is reduced, by way of halftone conversion, to generate the second RGB image signal in the step of reducing the data amount of the first RGB image signal and the first YUV image signal.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the step of generating the first image signal comprises a de-mosaicking step for de-mosaicking the original image signal to generate the first RGB image signal.

11. An image acquiring method used in an image acquiring apparatus disposed in a mobile telephone, the image acquiring apparatus being electrically connected to an image sensor, the method comprising the steps of:

acquiring an acquired image and outputting an original image signal;

generating a first image signal according to the original image signal, wherein the first image signal comprises a first RGB image signal and a first YUV image signal;

respectively reducing a data amount of the first RGB image signal and the first YUV image signal and then generating a second RGB image signal and a second YUV image signal;

storing the second RGB image signal and the second YUV image signal; and

selectively outputting the second RGB image signal and a third RGB image signal converted from the second YUV image signal to a display unit;

wherein the second YUV image signal is generated by way of spatial point discarding in the step of reducing the data amount of the first RGB image signal and the first YUV image signal.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the data amount of the first RGB image signal is reduced, by way of halftone conversion, to generate the second RGB image signal in the step of reducing the data amount of the first RGB image signal and the first YUV image signal.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the step of generating the first image signal comprises a de-mosaicking step for de-mosaicking the original image signal to generate the first RGB image signal.