Patent ID: 8040424

Claim:
A mobile communication device with camera, comprising: a mobile communication module having a first transmission interface; a camera module having a second transmission interface, and the camera module is connected to the first transmission interface by means of the second transmission interface for transmitting data to the mobile communication module; a storage unit connected to the mobile communication module for storing data; a display unit connected to the mobile communication module for displaying information of the mobile communication module or images acquired and processed by the camera module; and a switching module installed in the mobile communication module for switching between the camera module and the mobile communication module, wherein said camera module is operable to acquire an image data, process the image data, and generate display and storage signals from the processed image data; wherein when the switching module is switched to the camera module, the storage unit and the display unit are both controlled by the camera module, and the camera module transmits the display signals to the display unit and the storage signals to the storage unit through the mobile communication module without being processed by a processor of the mobile communication module.