The invention provides a method and a device for improving the figure recognition precision of an indoor
monitoring system. The method comprises the following steps: setting a face feature
library and an appearance feature
library; extracting face features and appearance features of the figure target entering the monitoring image range, and recognizing the figure target; extracting face features and appearance features of the figure targets appearing at other positions in the monitoring image range, and recognizing the figure targets; when the number of people in the monitoring image range is large, extracting the face feature and the appearance feature of each person, and recognizing each person; and when the face features of the person in the monitoring image range cannot be extracted, performing detection and recognition by utilizing the appearance features of the person. The figure recognition precision and performance of the
monitoring system can be remarkably improved, the operation efficiency is high, the calculation burden of the
system is not increased while the performance of the
system is improved, deployment, expansion and
system upgrading are easy, and the method can be applied to intelligent
video monitoring systems of office places, shopping malls and the like.