Rails and webcams

hi! does anybody know how to capture images from a webcam using ruby on rails?

I need to know if there is a code available for connecting to a webcam using ruby and if it is possible to capture images automatically once connected.

You'll need some kind of client side technology for that, e.g. Flash (which may or may not be able to interface with a webcam -- I really don't know).

RoR runs on the server, and is restricted to communicating with that webcam-client over http (or some web service layer on top of http), i.e. accept requests/uploads and serve contents.

HTH, Isak