The invention discloses a target recognition method implemented by combining small image comparison and
fuzzy recognition. Defects of single-mode recognition are overcome, the accuracy rate of
human head recognition can be increased by about 10% according to small-
scale test results, and therefore the accuracy rate of customer flow is increased. The target recognition method can be applied to the field of customer flow statistics. By means of the target recognition method, the
human head detection rates in different regions or at different angles under the same environment can be increased, and the
human head detection rates under different environments can be increased. According to test results under an actual environment, the human head
detection rate is increased by about 10% compared with that in the prior art. The human head detection rates are increased, more realistic trajectories can be constructed, and therefore the accuracy rate of customer flow statistics is increased. According to the test results under the actual environment, the accuracy rate of customer flow statistics is increased by about 5% compared with that in the prior art.