PURPOSE: To link individual identification information to face picture information at the time of electronically filing ID card information.

CONSTITUTION: The face of an applicant is taken by a video camera for photographing face 112, and individual identification information mentioned in an application A is taken by a video camera for photographing information data 113. A synthesizer arranges a face picture and the picture of individual identification information at the prescribed positions of a screen, which are obtained by a synthesis position counting circuit 202 based on a synchronizing signal from a synchronizing signal generator 201, so as to synthesize the pictures. The synthesized picture is stored in a frame memory 204 and it is inputted to an electronic file device.