This paper, in the field of home automation with increased security, is to develop a function of storing and inquiring images, which are taken by the camera of a videophone connected to DVR devices. Particularly, as soon as visitors push a bell button, the images of them are stored automatically and let us check the information of them Besides, we can monitor the status of an empty house with varieties of sensors. Information of these can be checked out through internet in real-time by home automation and web-based systems. Finally, we developed home security system that sends a homeowner a text message about the status of the house in case of strange things happening at the empty house.