def make_merge_image(imageA_path, imageB_path, resize_flag=False, blank_flag=False): imageA = cv2.imread(imageA_path) imageB = cv2.imread(imageB_path) if resize_flag: imageA = cv2.resize(imageA, (256, 256)) imageB = cv2.resize(imageB, (256, 256)) if blank_flag: # make blank image for only input image imageA = ip.AddBlankRegion(imageA, 16, 32) merge_image = np.concatenate([imageA, imageB], axis=1) return merge_image