Merge pull request #1210 from KunjShah01/main

Update __init__.py

modules/__init__.py

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+import os 
+import cv2
+import numpy as np
+
+# Utility function to support unicode characters in file paths for reading
+def imread_unicode(path, flags=cv2.IMREAD_COLOR):
+    return cv2.imdecode(np.fromfile(path, dtype=np.uint8), flags)
+
+# Utility function to support unicode characters in file paths for writing
+def imwrite_unicode(path, img, params=None):
+    root, ext = os.path.splitext(path)
+    if not ext:
+        ext = ".png"
+    result, encoded_img = cv2.imencode(ext, img, params if params else [])
+    result, encoded_img = cv2.imencode(f".{ext}", img, params if params is not None else [])
+        encoded_img.tofile(path)
+        return True
+    return False