The present invention relates to a brain-
machine interface 
system based on face recognition specific wave N170 component, which implements sorting of facial pictures and object pictures, and comprises a picture stimulator, a cortical 
electric signal collector, a face recognition specific wave N170 
detector, and a picture sorter. Pictures to be sorted are presented by the visual picture stimulator as 
visual stimulations to a user, and the cortical electric signals of the user generated in response are recorded and subjected to amplification and A / D conversion, and then processed and analyzed by the face recognition specific wave N170 
detector, whereby a determination is made whether the collected cortical electric signals contain specific wave N170 component related to facial picture stimulation, and accordingly, the cortical electric signals are transformed into picture sorting control commands for identifying facial pictures and object pictures. The advantages of the present invention are: the present invention utilizes the specific cortical 
electric signal N170 component generated in the facial 
picture recognition process in response to facial picture stimulations, and employs an effective online 
feature extraction and 
sorting algorithm in the cortical 
electric signal analyzer; therefore, the discrimination ratio of the 
system is increased. The present invention provides a novel means for persons who suffer from 
dyskinesia but can think normally to communicate with and control the external environment.