The invention discloses an intelligent patrol inspection terminal and method for a helicopter. The intelligent patrol inspection terminal and method for the helicopter can realize the functions, such as introduction of helicopter power line inspection and patrol inspection plans, introduction of GPS (Global Positioning System)/Beidou information, generation of tasks, flight safety analysis, jitter eliminating, stabilizing and automatic tracking of patrol inspection data , intelligent selection of target frames of poles and towers, display of visible images and visible /infrared video data and automatic uploading of defect or hidden danger marks, patrol inspection tasks and data; and thus, the intelligent patrol inspection terminal and method for the helicopter are used for assisting helicopter inspectors to complete power line inspection tasks effectively.