ToF ipfupiso yeTime of Flight. Sensor inoburitsa chiedza che near-infrared chakagadziriswa chinoonekwa mushure mekusangana nechinhu. Sensor inoverenga musiyano wenguva kana musiyano wechikamu pakati pekubuda kwechiedza nekuratidzira uye inoshandura daro renzvimbo yakatorwa mifananidzo kuti ibudise ruzivo rwakadzama.

Kamera inofamba nenguva ine zvinhu zvakawanda, chimwe chazvo i lenzi ye optics. Lenzi inounganidza chiedza chinoratidzwa uye inotarisa nharaunda ichiisa mufananidzo we sensor inova moyo we TOF kamera. Sefa ye optical band-pass inongopfuura chiedza ne wavelength yakafanana neyuniti ye illumination. Izvi zvinobatsira kudzvinyirira chiedza chisina basa uye kuderedza ruzha.
Lenzi yekubhururuka kwenguva (Lenzi yeToF) imhando yelenzi yekamera inoshandisa tekinoroji yekutora nguva yekufamba nendege kutora ruzivo rwakadzama muchiitiko. Kusiyana nemalenzi echinyakare anotora mifananidzo ye2D, malenzi eToF anoburitsa ma pulse echiedza che infrared uye anoyera nguva inotora kuti chiedza chidzoke kubva pazvinhu zviri muchiitiko. Ruzivo urwu runobva rwashandiswa kugadzira mepu ye3D yechiitiko, zvichibvumira kuona zvakadzama uye kutevedza zvinhu.
Magirazi eTOF anowanzo shandiswa mumashandisirwo akadai semarobhoti, mota dzinozvitonga, uye augmented reality, uko ruzivo rwakadzama rwakakosha pakuona nekuita sarudzo nemazvo. Anoshandiswawo mune zvimwe zvishandiso zvemagetsi zvevatengi, zvakaita semafoni, pamashandisirwo akadai sekuziva kumeso uye kuona kudzika kwemifananidzo.
Chancctv yanga ichinyanya kutarisa pakugadzira malenzi eTOF, uye yakagadzira malenzi eTOF akatsaurirwa kuUAV. Maparamita acho anogona kugadziriswa zvichienderana nekushandiswa chaiko uye zvinodiwa kuti zvienderane nezvinodiwa nemaindasitiri emhando yepamusoro.