The invention relates to a human identification device used for a face recognition system, belonging to the technical field of face recognition. The human identification device comprises a left light source, a right light source, a camera and a computer; the left light source and the right light source are respectively arranged at the right front side and the left front side of a to-be-recognized person and used for lighting the face of the to-be-recognized person; and the computer is respectively connected with the left light source, the right light source and the camera. The human identification device provided by the invention identifies the to-be-recognized person and a paper photo and a display screen through utilizing the positive and negative faces formed by a manner that the head of the to-be-recognized person shields the side lighting, the identification accurate rate is high. Compared with the prior art, the identification device does not need the to-be-recognized person to do expression changes to match the recognition, and moreover, the device solves the defects that in the prior art, only the dynamic photos can be identified and the dynamic screen images cannot be identified, thus, the security and convenience of the face recognition system are greatly improved; and meanwhile, by adopting the technical scheme provided by the invention, the system is simple and reliable in structure, fast in identification speed and easy in implementation.