Time-of-Flight Sensor

A depth sensor that measures distance by emitting modulated light and measuring the phase shift or round-trip time of the reflected signal. ToF sensors provide direct depth measurements at each pixel, unlike stereo cameras that require correspondence matching. They are used in short-range depth cameras (PMD, Azure Kinect) and single-point ranging modules (VL53L series).

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