Remote state following devices

1. A system comprising:

an imaging device that captures image data of an environment;

a control system communicatively coupled to the imaging device and an electronic device, the control system comprising a visually monitored interface control mode with configuration to:

identify a pairing identifier of a control interface in the field of view of the image data and thereby detect the control interface,

interpret a visual state of the control interface, and

modulate an operating state of the electronic device in coordination with the visual state.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein configuration to modulate the operating state in coordination with the visual state is restricted to modulate the operating state during detection of the control interface.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising the control interface.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein there are at least two types of detectable control interfaces, and wherein a first type of control interface has a first set of visual states that are mapped to two distinct operating states and a second type of control interface that has a second set of visual states that are mapped to a range of operating states.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the imaging device captures image data of an environment, wherein the control system comprises configuration to configure a sub-region of image data as a location of the control interface.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the sub-region of the image data is automatically configured as the location of the control interface.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the control system is further configured to detect a second control interface in a second sub-region of image data, interpret the visual state of the second control interface, and wherein modulation of the operating state is further modulated in coordination with the visual state of the second control interface.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the imaging device comprises an optical system with a narrow field of view.

9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a pairing indicator that is configured to signal pairing state of the system.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control interface is a non-electric element.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control interface comprises at least one interaction region, wherein the interpretation of visual state comprises configuration to detect a user gesture within the interaction region, and wherein the detected gesture and the interaction region map to a targeted operating state.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the control system further comprises a pairing mode, wherein during a pairing mode, the control system is configured to detect a pairing identifier in a sub-region of the image data, and upon detection of the pairing identifier, register that sub-region for detection of a control interface.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein configuration to interpret a visual state of the control interface comprises configuration to detect a set of visual physical states of a control interface.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein configuration to interpret a visual state of the control interface comprises configuration to detect a visual gesture with an interaction region of the control interface.

15. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an ambient activity sensor, and wherein the control system comprises activating the visually monitored interface control mode upon activation of the ambient activity sensor.

16. The system of 1 , further comprising a directable housing that at least partially encases the imaging device and couples to the electronic device.

17. The system of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a lighting device, and wherein the operating state is an illumination state of the lighting device.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the control interface is a bi-stable light switch.