adding new flags to imread to load image reduced

modules/imgcodecs/include/opencv2/imgcodecs.hpp

@@ -67,7 +67,13 @@ enum ImreadModes {
        IMREAD_COLOR                = 1,  //!< If set, always convert image to the 3 channel BGR color image.
        IMREAD_ANYDEPTH             = 2,  //!< If set, return 16-bit/32-bit image when the input has the corresponding depth, otherwise convert it to 8-bit.
        IMREAD_ANYCOLOR             = 4,  //!< If set, the image is read in any possible color format.
-       IMREAD_LOAD_GDAL  = 8   //!< If set, use the gdal driver for loading the image.
+       IMREAD_LOAD_GDAL            = 8,  //!< If set, use the gdal driver for loading the image.
+       IMREAD_GRAYSCALE_REDUCED_2  = 16, //!< If set, always convert image to the single channel grayscale image and the image size reduced 1/2.
+       IMREAD_COLOR_REDUCED_2      = 17, //!< If set, always convert image to the 3 channel BGR color image and the image size reduced 1/2.
+       IMREAD_GRAYSCALE_REDUCED_4  = 32, //!< If set, always convert image to the single channel grayscale image and the image size reduced 1/4.
+       IMREAD_COLOR_REDUCED_4      = 33, //!< If set, always convert image to the 3 channel BGR color image and the image size reduced 1/4.
+       IMREAD_GRAYSCALE_REDUCED_8  = 64, //!< If set, always convert image to the single channel grayscale image and the image size reduced 1/8.
+       IMREAD_COLOR_REDUCED_8      = 65  //!< If set, always convert image to the 3 channel BGR color image and the image size reduced 1/8.
      };
 
 //! Imwrite flags
@@ -133,14 +139,6 @@ returns an empty matrix ( Mat::data==NULL ). Currently, the following file forma
  */
 CV_EXPORTS_W Mat imread( const String& filename, int flags = IMREAD_COLOR );
 
-/** @brief Loads and resizes down an image from a file.
-@anchor imread_reduced
-@param filename Name of file to be loaded.
-@param flags Flag that can take values of @ref cv::ImreadModes
-@param scale_denom
- */
-CV_EXPORTS_W Mat imread_reduced( const String& filename, int flags = IMREAD_COLOR, int scale_denom=1 );
-
 /** @brief Loads a multi-page image from a file. (see imread for details.)
 
 @param filename Name of file to be loaded.

modules/imgcodecs/src/loadsave.cpp

@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ enum { LOAD_CVMAT=0, LOAD_IMAGE=1, LOAD_MAT=2 };
  *
 */
 static void*
-imread_( const String& filename, int flags, int hdrtype, Mat* mat=0, int scale_denom=1 )
+imread_( const String& filename, int flags, int hdrtype, Mat* mat=0 )
 {
     IplImage* image = 0;
     CvMat *matrix = 0;
@@ -262,6 +262,17 @@ imread_( const String& filename, int flags, int hdrtype, Mat* mat=0, int scale_d
         return 0;
     }
 
+    int scale_denom = 1;
+    if( flags > IMREAD_LOAD_GDAL )
+    {
+    if( flags & IMREAD_GRAYSCALE_REDUCED_2 )
+        scale_denom = 2;
+    else if( flags & IMREAD_GRAYSCALE_REDUCED_4 )
+        scale_denom = 4;
+    else if( flags & IMREAD_GRAYSCALE_REDUCED_8 )
+        scale_denom = 8;
+    }
+
     /// set the scale_denom in the driver
     decoder->setScale( scale_denom );
 
@@ -320,8 +331,7 @@ imread_( const String& filename, int flags, int hdrtype, Mat* mat=0, int scale_d
         return 0;
     }
 
-    int testdecoder = decoder->setScale( scale_denom ); // if decoder is JpegDecoder then testdecoder will be 1
-    if( (scale_denom > 1 ) & ( testdecoder > 1 ) )
+    if( decoder->setScale( scale_denom ) > 1 ) // if decoder is JpegDecoder then decoder->setScale always returns 1
     {
         resize( *mat, *mat, Size( size.width / scale_denom, size.height / scale_denom ) );
     }
@@ -421,27 +431,6 @@ Mat imread( const String& filename, int flags )
     return img;
 }
 
-/**
- * Read an image and resize it
- *
- *  This function merely calls the actual implementation above and returns itself.
- *
- * @param[in] filename File to load
- * @param[in] flags Flags you wish to set.
- * @param[in] scale_denom Scale value
-*/
-Mat imread_reduced( const String& filename, int flags, int scale_denom )
-{
-    /// create the basic container
-    Mat img;
-
-    /// load the data
-    imread_( filename, flags, LOAD_MAT, &img, scale_denom );
-
-    /// return a reference to the data
-    return img;
-}
-
 /**
 * Read a multi-page image
 *