The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for image identification. The method and the device for the image identification are used for identifying vehicles by identifying vehicle windows to avoid identification failure caused by mutual blocking of a plurality of vehicles on the road and to improve the stability of the vehicle identification. The method includes determining a current search window according to current window zoom factors; recording information of a vehicle window image when an image in a searching window is judged to be the vehicle window image; and moving the searching window on the current image according to a preset track to continue to search for the window image.