You need to try the following to take photo from webcam using HTML5:
Declare variables
var streaming = false,
video = document.querySelector('#video'), canvas = document.querySelector('#canvas'),
photo = document.querySelector('#photo'),
startbutton = document.querySelector('#startbutton'),
width = 320,
height = 0;Using getUserMedia
navigator.getMedia = ( navigator.getUserMedia || navigator.webkitGetUserMedia || navigator.mozGetUserMedia || navigator.msGetUserMedia);