Object recognition method and object recognition device

The invention discloses an object recognition method and an object recognition device. The object recognition method which is used for recognizing an object with specific color distribution features and specific contour features comprises the steps of extracting a contour from an input image according to color distribution features; determining a scanning window according to contour features and the color distribution features; and classifying an image portion corresponding to the determined scanning window to determine whether the object is contained or not.