I-tof isifinyezo sesikhathi sokundiza. Inzwa ikhipha ukukhanya okulungiselelwe okuvuselelwa okuvezwa okuboniswe ngemuva kokubhekana nento. Inzwa ibala umehluko wesikhathi noma umehluko wesigaba phakathi kokuphuma kokukhanya nokukhombisa futhi uguqule ibanga lesigcawu sezithombe ukukhiqiza imininingwane ejulile.
 
 Ikhamera yesikhathi sendiza iqukethe izakhi eziningi, enye yazo ilensi ye-Optics. I-lens ibutha ukukhanya okubonisiwe kanye nezithombe imvelo kwi-sensor yesithombe okuyinhliziyo yekhamera ye-tof. Isihlungi se-band-pass ye-Optical sidlula kuphela ukukhanya okufana ne-wavelength efanayo njengeyunithi yokukhanya. Lokhu kusiza ukucindezela ukukhanya okungeyona efanele futhi kunciphise umsindo.
 Isikhathi selensi yendiza (I-TOF LEns) Uhlobo lwelensi yekhamera esebenzisa ubuchwepheshe besikhathi sokundiza ukubamba imininingwane ejulile endaweni yesehlakalo. Ngokungafani namalensi endabuko athwebula izithombe ze-2D, amalensi we-tof akhipha ama-pulses akhanyayo afakiwe futhi alinganise isikhathi esidingayo ukuze ukukhanya kuthambekele emuva kwezinto endaweni yesehlakalo. Lolu lwazi lusetshenziselwa ukukhiqiza imephu ye-3D yesehlakalo, okuvumela ukubonwa okunembile kokujula nokulandela kwento.
 Ama-TOF lens asetshenziswa kakhulu kwizicelo ezinjengerobhothi, izimoto ezizimele, kanye neqiniso ukungathandwa kwabathelisi esikubona, lapho ulwazi olunembile lokungezwa lubalulekile ekuboneni okunembile nokuthatha izinqumo. Baphinde basetshenziswe kumadivayisi athile abathengi be-elekthronikhi, njengama-Smartphones, ngezicelo ezinjengokuhlonishwa kobuso nokujula kokuzwakala kwezithombe.
 I-CHACCCCTV ibilokhu igxile ekuthuthukisweni kwamalensi we-toof, futhi ithuthukise uchungechunge lwama-tof lens enikezelwe ku-UAV. Amapharamitha angenziwa ngokwezifiso ngokuya ngohlelo lokusebenza kanye nezidingo zokuhlangabezana nezidingo zezimboni ezifanele.