Home control system over an MHP based architecture

The interactions between controls units and users in Domotics applications constitute a critical aspect which has greatly limited the diffusion of home automation systems. Usually, ordinary people have not familiarity with automation systems and find difficult to use their control interface. In this paper the authors exploit the interactive and representative potentialities provided in synergy by both the MHP decoder and TV, in order to develop an innovative way to simplify this interaction. As an example the control of a home alarm system is presented.