The present application relates to a kind of household appliance control method, device, storage medium and household appliance, whether there is object movement in target area by detecting whether there is object movement in target area, when there is object movement in target area, whether the object of movement is target according to the farthest distance between the object of movement and household appliance whether greater than second preset distance is determined, to avoid the object of movement near household appliance is mistaken for target, improve the accuracy of target identification, simultaneously, when determining the object of movement is target, by sending target function execution instruction to household appliance, make household appliance execute target function according to target function execution instruction, make household appliance can automatically execute target function when identifying target, improve the intelligence and user experience of household appliance.