The invention relates to hard disk video equipment with video structural description function, which comprises a pickup unit, an image acquisition unit and an image analysis and judgment module, wherein the pickup unit is connected with the image analysis and judgment module through the image acquisition unit. The invention also relates to a hard disk video method for realizing the video structural description function by using the equipment. By adopting the hard disk video equipment with the video structural description function and the method thereof, specific coding and storage on the monitored video can be performed, and structural description of monitored video image information is realized, so that description information about the attribute and content of the monitored video image information is generated; the structure is simple and practical, and meanwhile the processing process is quick and convenient; the description information can be used for browsing and quick search; and a small data quantity facilitates storage and network transmission, the utilization efficiency of video information is greatly improved, the labor cost is reduced, the working performance is stable and reliable, and the application range is broad.