// Procedure cv_LoadImage(ImFile:PChar; var Mat: Pointer; var Width,Height:Int32);
void loadImage(char* imfile, Mat** cvImage, int &Width, int &Height)
{
    Mat* res = new Mat();
    *res = imread(imfile);
    if (res->empty())
    {
        cout << "Cannot load image!" << endl;
        cvImage = NULL;
        return;
    }
    Width = res->cols;
    Height = res->rows;
    *cvImage = res;
}


// Procedure cv_FreeImage(var Mat: Pointer);
void freeImage(Mat** cvImage) {
    Mat* res = *cvImage;
    res->release();
    delete *cvImage;
    *cvImage = NULL;
}


// Function cv_MatchTemplate(var Sub,Img:Pointer; MatchMethod: Int32; var Mat: Pointer): Pointer;
float* matchTemplate(Mat* &templ, Mat* &im, int matchMethod, Mat** result)
{
    if ((matchMethod < 0) || (matchMethod > 5))
    {
        cout << "Undefined matchMethod! Should be in range of 0-5" << endl;
        return NULL;
    }

    if ((im->type() != templ->type()) || (im->depth() != templ->depth()))
    {
        cout << "[Error]: " << endl;
        cout << "\t-> type:\t" << templ->type() << ", " << im->type() << endl;
        cout << "\t-> depth:\t" << templ->depth() << ", " << im->depth() << endl;
        return NULL;
    }

    Mat* res = new Mat();

    int result_cols =    im->cols - templ->cols + 1;
    int result_rows = im->rows - templ->rows + 1;
    res->create( result_cols, result_rows, CV_32FC1 );

    //cout << "Processing..." << endl;
    matchTemplate( *im, *templ, *res, matchMethod );
    normalize( *res, *res, 0, 1, NORM_MINMAX, -1, Mat() );
    *result = res;

    return (float*)res->data;
}