The invention discloses an eye positioning and eye state recognizing method, wherein first setting an self-adaptive threshold value to pretreat a face image, according to the face geometry character, designing an eye classifier, positioning eye initially, for some edge images, based on the symmetry face and eye, accurately positioning eye, thereby providing a method for positioning face symmetry axis based on lip auxiliary positioning, then dividing one eye from a positioned eye binary picture, according to the black pixel character of pupil, judging the eye state. The inventive method has real-time property, with the application for different backgrounds, lights, rotation and bias angles, and face details or the like to position eye and recognize eye state.