A method for searching for an object within a scene picture, the method being applied in a terminal device and comprising: in response to a searching request with respect to an object to be searched for, acquiring a scene picture for surrounding environment through an image capturing apparatus of the terminal device; detecting whether a suspected object corresponding to the object to be searched for exists in the scene picture; the method being characterized by: when a suspected object exists in the scene picture, highlighting the suspected object in an augmented reality manner comprising displaying a reference item around the suspected object in an augmented manner, the reference item indicating a location of the suspected object; and wherein detecting whether the suspected object corresponding to the object to be searched for exists in the scene picture comprises: detecting a similarity between a reference object in the scene picture and the object to be searched for; and when the similarity is greater than or equal to a similarity threshold, determining that the suspected object corresponding to the object to be searched for exists in the scene picture the method, when it is determined that multiple suspected objects corresponding to the object to be searched for exist in the scene picture, being further characterized by highlighting a plurality of said suspected objects in an AR manner and virtually superimposing detected similarity values respectively beside the suspected objects. in response to a searching request with respect to an object to be searched for, acquiring a scene picture for surrounding environment through an image capturing apparatus of the terminal device; detecting whether a suspected object corresponding to the object to be searched for exists in the scene picture; the method being characterized by: when a suspected object exists in the scene picture, highlighting the suspected object in an augmented reality manner comprising displaying a reference item around the suspected object in an augmented manner, the reference item indicating a location of the suspected object; and wherein detecting whether the suspected object corresponding to the object to be searched for exists in the scene picture comprises: detecting a similarity between a reference object in the scene picture and the object to be searched for; and when the similarity is greater than or equal to a similarity threshold, determining that the suspected object corresponding to the object to be searched for exists in the scene picture the method, when it is determined that multiple suspected objects corresponding to the object to be searched for exist in the scene picture, being further characterized by highlighting a plurality of said suspected objects in an AR manner and virtually superimposing detected similarity values respectively beside the suspected objects. when a suspected object exists in the scene picture, highlighting the suspected object in an augmented reality manner comprising displaying a reference item around the suspected object in an augmented manner, the reference item indicating a location of the suspected object; and wherein detecting whether the suspected object corresponding to the object to be searched for exists in the scene picture comprises: detecting a similarity between a reference object in the scene picture and the object to be searched for; and when the similarity is greater than or equal to a similarity threshold, determining that the suspected object corresponding to the object to be searched for exists in the scene picture the method, when it is determined that multiple suspected objects corresponding to the object to be searched for exist in the scene picture, being further characterized by highlighting a plurality of said suspected objects in an AR manner and virtually superimposing detected similarity values respectively beside the suspected objects. detecting a similarity between a reference object in the scene picture and the object to be searched for; and when the similarity is greater than or equal to a similarity threshold, determining that the suspected object corresponding to the object to be searched for exists in the scene picture the method, when it is determined that multiple suspected objects corresponding to the object to be searched for exist in the scene picture, being further characterized by highlighting a plurality of said suspected objects in an AR manner and virtually superimposing detected similarity values respectively beside the suspected objects.