Get pixels matrix from YUV byte array

Question

I need to get pixels matrix from YUV byte[] array which I obtain from camera preview in onPreviewFrame function. I need pixels in form of matrix in order to implement further image processing. I'm doing this in the following way:

1. byte[] array to YUV image
2. YUV image to JPEG.
3. JPEG to Bitmap.
4. Bitmap to pixels array.
5. Pixels array to pixels matrix.

Is there any optimal way for achieving same results? Currently, my implementation is as follow.

@Override
public void onPreviewFrame(byte[] data, Camera camera) {

try {
    final YuvImage image = new YuvImage(data, ImageFormat.NV21,
            size.width, size.height, null);
    final File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
            .getPath() + "/" + String.valueOf(br) + "out.jpg");
    final FileOutputStream file_o_s = new FileOutputStream(file);
    Thread comp_thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
        @Override
        public void run() {
            try {
                image.compressToJpeg(
                        new Rect(0, 0, size.width, size.height), 40,
                        file_o_s);
                file_o_s.flush();
                file_o_s.close();

                Bitmap bMap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(file.getPath());
                int[] pixels_array = new int[bMap.getHeight()*bMap.getWidth()];
                bMap.getPixels(pixels_array, 0, bMap.getWidth(), 0, 0, bMap.getWidth(), bMap.getHeight());
                int[][] pixels_matrix = new int[bMap.getHeight()][bMap.getWidth()];

                int start = 0;
                for (int r = 0; r < bMap.getHeight(); r++) {
                    int L = Math.min(bMap.getWidth(), pixels_array.length - start);
                    pixels_matrix[r] = java.util.Arrays.copyOfRange(pixels_array, start, start + L);
                    start += L;
                }

            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

        }
    });
    comp_thread.start();

} catch (Exception e) {
    Log.e(tag, e.getMessage());
}
}

Answer 1

Just specify that camera preview must provide RGB images

ie Camera.Parameters.setPreviewFormat(ImageFormat.RGB_565);