System and method for adaptively separating foreground from arbitrary background in presentations

An image processing system for distinguishing between foreground content and background content in an image presentation, comprising:

• an initial background model;
• and
• an image processor for constructing a final background model from the initial background model using the image presentation for distinguishing between foreground content and background content in the image presentation.

A method, in an image processing system, for constructing a final background model for use in distinguishing between foreground content and background content in an image presentation, comprising:

• providing an initial background model;
• and
• constructing a final background model from the initial background model using the image presentation.

A computer program product in a computer readable medium for constructing a final background model for distinguishing between foreground content and background content in an image presentation, comprising:

• first instructions for providing an initial background model;
• and
• second instructions for constructing a final background model from the initial background model using the image presentation.