How to scan an image straight onto a cloud database through web browser interface

I have a MySQL cloud database with a browser-based front-end.

Backend code is written using Perl/Dancer

The employee logs on to www.example.com and enters the data into fields, hits ' save ' to create a new record.

Now I need to scan in an image and attach it as one of the fields.

How can I accomplish this?

I realise that I could just scan the image, save it as a file on the desktop, and then upload this file. but there is a high volume of data to process, this method is very clunky.

( It isn't essential 开发者_运维技巧that it is a scanner, it could equally well be a web cam or digital camera )

To control scanner's from browser u may either use activeX controls or u may use flash, which gives options to take options from web/digital