function imageSet = LoadImageSet(startDay, startMonth, startYear, startHour, startMin, endDay, endMonth, endYear, endHour, endMin, filePath)
% imageSet = LoadImageSet(startDay, startMonth, startYear, startHour, startMin, endDay, endMonth, endYear, endHour, endMin, filePath).  
% This function loads the set of images in chronological order, and puts
% them into a column vector.
% Author : Sasakthi Abeysinghe, Timothy Simpson
% Date   : 04/05/2006

disp('Loading Images ... This might take a few mins...');
currentTimestamp = datenum(startYear, startMonth, startDay, startHour, startMin, 0);
endTimestamp = datenum(endYear, endMonth, endDay, endHour, endMin, 0);
timestep = 1.0/(24.0*60.0);
initialized = 0;
count = 0;

while currentTimestamp < endTimestamp,
    currentTimestamp = currentTimestamp + timestep;
    filename = strcat(filePath, datestr(currentTimestamp, 'ddmmyy_HHMM'), '.jpg');
    fid = fopen(filename);
    if(fid ~= -1)
        count = count + 1;
        fclose(fid);
        image = imresize(imread(filename), [240, 320], 'bilinear');
        image = image(:);
        if(initialized)
            imageSet = [image, imageSet];
        else,
            imageSet = image;
            initialized = 1;
        end
        if(count == 1000)
            break;
        end
    end
end
disp('Image Loading complete!');
clear initialized;
clear filename;
clear fid;
clear image;
clear currentTimestamp;
clear endTimestamp;
clear timestep;