How to Use time-of-flight in a Sentence
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The breakthrough came with a time-of-flight camera, which allowed the flying umbrella to track and follow a user directly, even in the dark.
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New Atlas,
31 Jan. 2026
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Such time-of-flight measurement requires hours of scanning time to produce a resolution measured in centimeters.
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IEEE Spectrum,
16 Jan. 2020
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This is accompanied by the dual-lens configuration, which enables real-time depth perception without requiring structured light or time-of-flight sensors.
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Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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Obstacle Avoidance systems usually feature six vision sensors (two at the front, rear and bottom) and a downward infrared time-of-flight (ToF) sensor.
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James Abbott,
Space.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Other gesture recognition technologies exist, such as cameras and time-of-flight sensors, but these are susceptible to lighting conditions and, in a smartwatch scenario, could be easily blocked by your sleeve.
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IEEE Spectrum,
16 May 2019
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Their three robotic rovers, outfitted with an array of cutting-edge imagery gear including time-of-flight cameras, helped the team generate an atlas of 3D maps of the site - from its skylight to its inner passageways.
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Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Not a Wheelchair—an EV EV1 combines two lidar units, two cameras, 10 time-of-flight depth sensors, and six ultrasonic sensors.
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IEEE Spectrum,
17 Feb. 2026
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An alternative to time-of-flight detection How does our planar lens architecture address key remaining challenges of optical beam steering for lidar applications?
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Josué J. López,
IEEE Spectrum,
1 Dec. 2020
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