Image recognition system, image recognition method, and entry system

An image recognition method to be executed by a computer of an image recognition system, the image recognition method including:

• an acquisition step of acquiring a captured image from a camera mounted on a vehicle;
• a recognition step of recognizing a human in the captured image;
• and
• a determination step of taking the human in the captured image as a subject person and determining, from the captured image, whether or not the subject person is carrying baggage, wherein
• the determination step extracts a partial image from the captured image, the partial image having a predetermined shape and size and including a hand of the subject person in the captured image, and,
• when an image pattern different from a background image in the partial image is recognized at a tip of the hand in the partial image, determines that the subject person is carrying baggage.