ToF shine takaitaccen lokacin tashi. Na'urar firikwensin tana fitar da hasken kusa da infrared wanda aka daidaita wanda ke haskakawa bayan an ci karo da wani abu. Na'urar firikwensin tana ƙididdige bambancin lokaci ko bambancin mataki tsakanin fitar haske da haske sannan ta canza nisan wurin da aka ɗauki hoton don samar da bayanai masu zurfi.

Kyamarar da ke tashi a lokacin tashi ta ƙunshi abubuwa da yawa, ɗaya daga cikinsu shine ruwan tabarau na gani. Ruwan tabarau yana tattara hasken da aka nuna sannan ya ɗauki hoton muhallin zuwa na'urar firikwensin hoto wanda shine zuciyar kyamarar TOF. Matatar mai amfani da hasken haske tana wucewa ne kawai da tsawon tsayi iri ɗaya da na'urar haske. Wannan yana taimakawa wajen rage hasken da ba ya da alaƙa da shi da kuma rage hayaniya.
Lokacin ruwan tabarau na tashi (Ruwan tabarau na ToF) wani nau'in ruwan tabarau ne na kyamara wanda ke amfani da fasahar lokacin tashi don ɗaukar bayanai masu zurfi a cikin wani yanayi. Ba kamar ruwan tabarau na gargajiya waɗanda ke ɗaukar hotuna 2D ba, ruwan tabarau na ToF suna fitar da bugun hasken infrared kuma suna auna lokacin da hasken ke ɗauka don ya dawo daga abubuwan da ke cikin wurin. Sannan ana amfani da wannan bayanin don samar da taswirar 3D na wurin, wanda ke ba da damar fahimtar zurfin da bin diddigin abu daidai.
Ana amfani da ruwan tabarau na TOF a aikace-aikace kamar na'urorin robot, motocin da ke aiki a kansu, da kuma ainihin abin da aka ƙara, inda cikakken bayani game da zurfin bayanai yake da matuƙar muhimmanci don fahimtar gaskiya da yanke shawara. Haka kuma ana amfani da su a wasu na'urorin lantarki na masu amfani da su, kamar wayoyin komai da ruwanka, don aikace-aikace kamar gane fuska da fahimtar zurfin hoto.
Chancctv ta daɗe tana mai da hankali kan haɓaka ruwan tabarau na TOF, kuma ta ƙirƙiro jerin ruwan tabarau na TOF waɗanda aka keɓe ga UAV. Ana iya keɓance sigogin bisa ga ainihin aikace-aikacen da buƙatu don biyan buƙatun masana'antu masu inganci.