Comparison of Background Subtraction Methods for a Multimedia Application

This article presents the Aqu@theque application and a comparison of background subtraction methods to improve the performance of this application. The Aqu@theque application consists in elaborating an information system dedicated to aquariums in an interactive learning area. In particular, this article presents our comparison of different background subtraction methods to detect fish in video sequences and the improvement for the Aqu@theque application.