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However, if the number of desired regions is less than 2<jats:sup><jats:italic>m<\/jats:italic><\/jats:sup>, there exist some empty phases which need costly parameter estimation for segmentation purpose. In this paper, we propose an automatic construction method for characteristic functions via transformation between a natural number and its binary expression, and thus, the characteristic functions of empty phases can be written and recognized naturally. In order to avoid the redundant parameter estimations of these regions, we add area constraints in the original model to replace the corresponding region terms to preserve its systematic form and achieve high efficiency. Additionally, we design the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) for the proposed modified model to decompose it into some simple sub-problems of optimization, which can be solved using Gauss-Seidel iterative method or generalized soft thresholding formulas. 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