1. A granulating method for forming a particle from a liquid material by using a continuous ink-jet method comprising the steps of:
a) supplying a liquid material containing a solid component and a binder component into one or more ink-jet nozzles of a continuous ink-jet nozzle;
b) applying fluctuating pressure to eject the supplied liquid material as a continuous liquid flow from the ink-jet nozzles;
c) separating said continuous liquid flow ejected from the ink-jet nozzles to form a droplet;
d) carrying the droplet into a drying means for drying the droplet; and
e) obtaining a granulated particle(s) by drying the carried droplet.
2. The granulating method according to claim 1, which is characterized in that controlling a condition of the liquid flow from the ink-jet nozzle in order to keep a desired droplet diameter while monitoring the formed droplet.
3. The granulating method according to claim 1, which is characterized in that when two or more ink-jet nozzles are used, to set an average diameter of droplet formed from each of the ink-jet nozzles.
4. A granulating method for forming a particle from a liquid material by using a continuous ink-jet method comprising:
supplying a liquid material containing a solid component and a binder component into one or more ink-jet nozzles of a continuous ink-jet nozzle;
forming a droplet by ejecting the supplied liquid material from the ink-jet nozzles;
carrying the droplet into drying means for drying the droplet; and
obtaining a granulated particle(s) by drying the carried droplet, which is
characterized in that when two or more ink-jet nozzles are used, to form the droplet so as to change the component of the droplet formed from each ink-jet nozzle.
5. The granulating method according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the solid component of the liquid material contains one or more components selected from inorganic or organic substances.
6. The granulating method according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the liquid material is used after removing coarse particles by a filter of 500 mesh or more.
7. The granulating method according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the liquid material is used with the viscosity of 500 mPa\xb7s or less.
8. The granulating method according to claim 1, which is characterized in that to add a thickening agent to the liquid material.
9. The granulating method according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the diameter of the ink-jet nozzle is selectively-used in a range of 20 \u03bcm to 120 \u03bcm according to the particle diameter of a granulated particle(s).
10. The granulating method according to claim 1, which is characterized in that eject of the liquid material from the ink-jet nozzle is carried out such that the liquid material is continuously supplied into the ink-jet nozzle and ejected at a constant speed by a supply liquid material pressure, and applying the fluctuation pressure to a liquid material flow passing through the ink-jet nozzle.
11. The granulating method according to claim 1, which is characterized in that using the piezo element and applying pressure to the liquid material flow is made fluctuate based on controlling an applied voltage to the piezo element.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
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21. A method, comprising:
determining, by a processor and based on a ranking model, a first priority score associated with a first notification and a second priority score associated with a second notification, wherein the ranking model is based at least in part on a plurality of weights, wherein each respective weight from the plurality of weights is associated with a respective characteristic value from a plurality of characteristic values, and wherein the first notification is associated with a first characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values and the second notification is associated with a second characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values;
outputting, by the processor and for concurrent display at a display device, the first notification and the second notification, wherein the first notification is graphically emphasized over the second notification based on the first priority score being greater than the second priority score;
receiving, by the processor, an indication of a user input responsive to display of the first notification and the second notification, the user input comprising a selection of the second notification;
responsive to receiving the indication of the user input, modifying the ranking model by decreasing the respective weight associated with the first characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values relative to the respective weight associated with the second characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values;
determining, by the processor and based on the ranking model, a third priority score associated with a third notification, wherein the third notification is associated with the second characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values; and
outputting, by the processor and for concurrent display at the display device, the first notification and the third notification, wherein the third notification is graphically emphasized over the first notification based on the third priority score being greater than the first priority score.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein each respective characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values represents a value for at least one of source application, sender, time of receipt, and notification content.
23. The method of claim 21, wherein modifying the ranking model is further based on a time at which the indication of user input is received.
24. The method of claim 21, wherein modifying the ranking model is further based on a location of the display device when the indication of user input is received.
25. The method of claim 21, wherein the second notification and the third notification are a same notification.
26. The method of claim 21, wherein the user input corresponds to a command for dismissing the second notification.
27. The method of claim 21, wherein the third notification is represented by a graphic, and wherein graphically emphasizing the third notification comprises enlarging at least a portion of the graphic.
28. The method of claim 21, wherein the first notification, the second notification, and the third notification are each represented by a respective graphic in an ordered list, the relative position of each respective graphic in the ordered list based on the respective priority score associated with the respective notification represented by the respective graphic.
29. The method of claim 21, wherein determining the third priority score is based at least in part on an orientation of the display device.
30. The method of claim 21, wherein determining the third priority score is based at least in part on an application currently being accessed at a computing device associated with the processor.
31. The method of claim 21, wherein determining the third priority score is based at least in part on a last application that was previously accessed at a computing device associated with the processor.
32. The method of claim 21, further comprising requesting explicit user feedback indicative of whether the modifying of the ranking model is correct.
33. A system, comprising:
at least one memory operatively coupled to a processor and configured for storing data and instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
determining, by a processor and based on a ranking model, a first priority score associated with a first notification and a second priority score associated with a second notification, wherein the ranking model is based at least in part on a plurality of weights, wherein each respective weight from the plurality of weights is associated with a respective characteristic value from a plurality of characteristic values, and wherein the first notification is associated with a first characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values and the second notification is associated with a second characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values;
outputting, by the processor and for concurrent display at a display device, the first notification and the second notification, wherein the first notification is graphically emphasized over the second notification based on the first priority score being greater than the second priority score;
responsive to stopping output of the first notification and the second notification, determining, by the processor, an absence of user interaction with the first notification during display of the first notification and the second notification;
responsive to determining the absence of user interaction, modifying the ranking model by decreasing the respective weight associated with the first characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values relative to the respective weight associated with the second characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values;
determining, by the processor and based on the ranking model, a third priority score associated with a third notification, wherein the third notification is associated with the second characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values; and
outputting, by the processor and for concurrent display at the display device, the first notification and the third notification, wherein the third notification is graphically emphasized over the first notification based on the third priority score being greater than the first priority score.
34. The system of claim 33, wherein each respective characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values represents a value for at least one of source application, sender, time of receipt, and notification content.
35. The system of claim 33, wherein the second notification and the third notification are a same notification.
36. The system of claim 33, wherein the third notification is represented by a graphic, and wherein graphically emphasizing the third notification comprises enlarging at least a portion of the graphic.
37. The system of claim 33, wherein the first notification, the second notification, and the third notification are each represented by a respective graphic in an ordered list, the relative position of each respective graphic in the ordered list based on the respective priority score associated with the respective notification represented by the respective graphic.
38. The system of claim 33, wherein determining the third priority score is based at least in part on a last application that was previously accessed at a computing device associated with the processor.
39. The system of claim 33, the method further comprising requesting explicit user feedback indicative of whether the modifying of the ranking model is correct.
40. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
determining, by a processor and based on a ranking model, a first priority score associated with a first notification and a second priority score associated with a second notification, wherein the ranking model is based at least in part on a plurality of weights, wherein each respective weight from the plurality of weights is associated with a respective characteristic value from a plurality of characteristic values, and wherein the first notification is associated with a first characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values and the second notification is associated with a second characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values;
outputting, by the processor and for concurrent display at a display device, the first notification and the second notification, wherein the first notification is graphically emphasized over the second notification based on the first priority score being greater than the second priority score;
receiving, by the processor, an indication of a user input responsive to display of the first notification and the second notification, the user input comprising a selection of the second notification;
responsive to receiving the indication of the user input, modifying the ranking model by decreasing the respective weight associated with the first characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values relative to the respective weight associated with the second characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values;
determining, by the processor and based on the ranking model, a third priority score associated with a third notification, wherein the third notification is associated with the second characteristic value from the plurality of characteristic values; and
outputting, by the processor and for concurrent display at the display device, the first notification and the third notification, wherein the third notification is graphically emphasized over the first notification based on the third priority score being greater than the first priority score.