The invention discloses a
video monitoring system capable of collecting information of a second generation identity card, which comprises display equipment, a computer, a multi-
branch video collection card, a comprehensive data
concentrator, a camera and a second generation identity
card reader, wherein after the camera collects images of clients, the camera sends the images to the multi-
branch video collection card, after the second generation identity
card reader collects the information of an identity card, the information is transmitted to the comprehensive data
concentrator, and the computer collects video data flow output by the multi-
branch video collection card, receives data sent by the comprehensive data
concentrator, conducts superposition process on two kinds of data, and transmits the two kinds of data to the display equipment, thereby enabling a name and an identity card number of the same person to be superposed on a
video monitoring image of the display equipment in word mode, and picture information is displayed in the
video monitoring image of the display equipment in
image mode. The video
monitoring system has the advantages that in important situations, information in the second generation identity cards of the clients is superposed and synthesized in a current video monitoring image simultaneously, thereby being favorable for distinguishing and checking for obtaining evidence afterwards.