Abstract: Disclosed herein are a voltage regulator for impedance matching and pre-emphasis, a method of regulating voltage for impedance matching and pre-emphasis, and a voltage mode driver using the voltage regulator and the method. The voltage regulator includes a first loop circuit configured to regulate a supply voltage for a pre-driver of a main tap, a second loop circuit configured to regulate a supply voltage for a pre-driver of a pre-emphasis tap, and a driver voltage determination unit configured to include a reference resistor and to determine supply voltage for the voltage mode driver. The first loop circuit includes a variable resistor, a first main tap replica, and a first OP amp, and the second loop circuit includes a resistor having a resistance value identical to that of the reference resistor of the voltage regulator, a second main tap replica, a pre-emphasis tap replica, and a second OP amp.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for managing images based on user preferences. The apparatus includes a database for storing images, an image search module for searching the images stored in the database, an image output module for outputting at least one image retrieved by the image search module, a preference input module for, when the retrieved image is output through the image output module, receiving a user preference for the output image from a user, and an image path database for storing a storage path of the image, output through the image output module, based on the user preference received through the user preference input module. The image search module searches images whose storage paths are stored in the image path database or images whose storage paths are not stored in the image path database according to the user's selection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for localizing a sound source in real time. The apparatus for localizing a sound source in real time includes a sound signal acquisition unit for acquiring sound signals through two or more channels. A sample delay storage unit stores a plurality of pieces of data, sampled from the sound signals acquired through respective channels, for a predetermined period of time. A correlation calculation unit calculates correlations between the channels from the plurality of pieces of sampled data stored in the sample delay storage unit. A sound source direction calculation unit calculates an azimuth angle of the sound source using both the correlations between the channels and location relationships of the sound signal acquisition unit. Accordingly, the present invention can localize a sound source in real time.