The invention relates to the technical field of coal flow recognition. The invention relates to a conveyor belt, in particular to a method and system for identifying coal flow in the conveyor belt based on video monitoring. ANALYSIS BY REAL-TIME VIDEO PICTURE, a belt picture in the video picture is extracted and separated from coal in the belt; according to the coal flow detection method, the coalflow detection device and the coal flow detection system, extraction of coal flow pictures is achieved, the real-time coal flow is visually and clearly displayed to a user, in the process, abnormal behaviors such as belt deviation and sudden overexposure can be recognized, the real-time width of the coal flow can be displayed, and overload and no-load behaviors can be simply and visually detected; the method comprises the following steps that S1, a system is built; s2, acquiring a real-time picture; s3, extracting and converting an analysis area; s4, performing image sharpening processing; s5, texture extraction; S6, coal-belt separation; s7, calculating a coal flow proportion; and S8, overload and no-load recognition.