An image segmenting apparatus and method is provided. The image segmenting apparatus includes an initial image segmenting unit, a region structurizing unit and a redundant region combiner. The initial image segmenting unit converts color signals of an input image into a color space which is based on...http://www.google.fr/patents/US6606408?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US6606408 - Image segmenting apparatus and method