Method and system for processing captured image information in an interactive video display system

An interactive display system, the system comprising:

• a camera configured to capture images;
• a computing device configured to:
• developed a slow-changing background model and a fast-changing background model, each of the background models based in part on tends in the images captured from the camera,
• detect a background change in one or more of the images captured from the camera with respect to the slow-changing background model, and
• determine that the background change exceeds a threshold associated with the slow-changing background model;
• and
• a video display configured to display a vision image generated using the fast-changing background model in response to background change exceeding the threshold.

A computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for adapting to changes in captured camera images, the method comprising:

• developing a slow-changing background model and a fast-changing background model, each of the background models based in part on trends in the captured camera images;
• detecting a background change in one or more of the captured camera images with respect to the slow-changing background mode;
• determining that the background change exceeds a threshold associated with the slow-changing background model;
• and
• generating a vision image using the fast-changing background model as a result of the background change exceeding the threshold.