Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for performing fast segmentation of an image. In embodiments, an image may be segmented by generating a background mask, generating an edge mask, dilating the edge mask, and refining that edge mask by applying refinement operations that remove edge pixels...http://www.google.de/patents/US7899248?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7899248 - Fast segmentation of images
