您可以使用IMFINFO 执行此任务,这样您就不必将图像加载到内存中。
figdirectory = pwd;
fullpath = sprintf('%s/*.jpg', figdirectory);
d = dir(fullpath);
nImages = length(d);
%# imageType is a cell array with either 'grayscale', 'truecolor', or 'indexed',
%# depending on the kind of image you have.
imageType = cell(nImages,1);
for iImg = 1:nImages
info = imfinfo(d(iImg).name);
imageType{iImg} = info.ColorType;
end
%# isGrayscale is true for grayscale images, false otherwise
%# (though note that there might be mapped images that map to a grayscale colormap).
isGrayscale = cellfun(@(x)strcmp(x,'grayscale'),imageType);
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%# the indexed images have to be loaded in order for you to check
%# for grayscale maps
indexedIdx = find(cellfun(@(x)strcmp(x,'indexed'),imageType));
for iImg = indexedIdx(:)'
[~,map] = imread(fullfile(figDirectory,d(iImg).name));
%# It's a grayscale image if rgb map values are all equal
isGrayscale(iImg) = all(all(bsxfun(@eq,map,map(:,1)),2),1);
end
%# finally, it is possible that the images are *stored* as truecolor
%# but containing, in fact, a grayscale image
truecolorIdx = find(cellfun(@(x)strcmp(x,'truecolor'),imageType));
for iImg = truecolorIdx(:)'
img = imread(fullfile(figDirectory,d(iImg).name));
%# It's a grayscale image if rgb map values are all equal
isGrayscale(iImg) = all(all(all(bsxfun(@eq,img(:,:,1),img),1),2),3);
end