In this paper, a new method for target recognition, normalized fringe-adjusted joint transform correlation is proposed. Analysis shows that the method can work more effectively. Simulation results show that, compared with NJTC and JTC, the correlation peak is more obvious, sharper; compared with FAF JTC, the anti-noise ability is greatly increased; and simulation shows that in 0 to 0.2 noise level, the new method increases PBR, and discrimination; the output is stable under different illumination.