homeBLOX: introducing process-driven home automation

Authors:
Michael Rietzler;Julia Greim;Marcel Walch;Florian Schaub;Björn Wiedersheim;Michael Weber
Affiliations:
Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany;Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany;Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany;Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany;Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany;Ulm University, 89069 Ulm, Germany
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing adjunct publication
Year:
2013

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Abstract

Home automation promises more convenience for residential living. We propose process-driven home automation as an approach to reduce the difficulty of specifying automation tasks without restricting users in terms of customizability and complexity of supported scenarios. Our graph-based user interface abstracts from the complexity of process specification, while created sequences are automatically translated into BPEL code for execution. Our homeBLOX architecture extends a process engine with the capabilities to communicate with heterogeneous smart devices, integrate virtual devices, and support different home automation protocols. We report on initial user tests with our automation interface and demonstrate the customizability and expressiveness of our system based on realized example use cases.