1. In a computing environment, a method of operation comprising:
receiving a request to add a first display container cell with a first container cell size to a cell based end user face of a display device, with the first display container cell being nested within a second display container cell with a second container cell size;
adding the first display container cell within the second display container cell, including at least one of
shifting one or more existing display container cells within the second display container cell to coalesce available space within the second display container cell, and
downsizing one or more of the existing display container cells to increase available space within the second display container cell,
in view of at least one of
re-sizing priorities of said first display container cell and said one or more display container cells of said second display container cell, and
one or more attributes of said second display container cell governing at least one of placement and alignment of immediately nested display container cells.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said shifting of the one or more existing display container cells of the second display container cell comprises shifting the one or more existing display container cells of the second display container cell to a corner of the second display container cell.
3-4. (canceled)
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said downsizing of one or more existing display container cells of the second display container cell comprises successively downsizing the existing display container cells of the second display container cell.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein said successive downsizing of the existing display container cells of the second display container cell comprises successively downsizing the existing display container cells of the second display container cell in order of their relative priorities.
7-8. (canceled)
9. The method of claim 1, wherein said downsizing of the existing display container cells of the second display container cell comprises transforming the one or more of the existing display container cells of the second display container cell to their kernel forms.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein said downsizing of the existing display container cells of the second display container cell comprises transforming the one or more of the existing display container cells of the second display container cell to display action cells of an image icon type.
11. The method of claim 1, where said adding of the first display container cell within the second display container cell comprises adding the first display container cell with a third container cell size that is smaller than the first container cell size.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises upon adding the first display container cell within the second display container cell, performing at least one of
upsizing one or more downsized existing display container cells of the second display container cell, and
back-shifting one or more shifted existing display container cells of the second display container cell,
in view of at least one of
said re-sizing priorities of said one or more display container cells of said second display container cell, and
said one or more attributes of said second display container cell governing at least one of placement and alignment of immediately nested display container cells.
13-14. (canceled)
15. In a computing environment, a method of operation comprising:
receiving a request to expand a selected one of a plurality of display container cells nested within a host display container cell of an end user interface of a display device;
expanding the selected one of the nested display container cells, including at least one of
shifting one or more of the other nested display container cells to coalesce available space within the host display container cell, and
downsizing one or more of the other nested display container cells to increase available space within the host display container cell,
in view of at least one of
re-sizing priorities of the other display container cells of said host display container cell, and
one or more attributes of said host display container cell governing at least one of placement and alignment of immediately nested display container cells.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein said shifting of the one or more nested display container cells of the host display container cell comprises shifting the one or more nested display container cells of the host display container cell to a corner of the host display container cell.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein said downsizing of one or more nested display container cells of the host display container cell comprises successively downsizing the nested display container cells of the host display container cell.
18. (canceled)
19. The method of claim 15, wherein said downsizing of the nested display container cells of the host display container cell comprises transforming the one or more of the nested display container cells of the host display container cell to their kernel forms.
20. The method of claim 15, wherein said downsizing of the nested display container cells of the host display container cell comprises transforming the one or more of the nested display container cells of the host display container cell to display action cells of an image icon type.
21. The method of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises upon expanding the selected one of the nested display container cells, performing at least one of
upsizing one or more downsized nested display container cells of the host display container cell, and
back-shifting one or more shifted nested display container cells of the host display container cell,
in view of at least one of
said re-sizing priorities of the other display container cells of said host display container cell, and
said one or more attributes of said host display container cell governing at least one of placement and alignment of immediately nested display container cells.
22-23. (canceled)
24. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor to execute programming instructions; and
storage medium coupled to the at least one processor, having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions to be executed by said at least one processor to enable the apparatus to
receive a request to add a first display container cell with a first container cell size to a cell based end user face of a display device, with the first display container cell being nested within a second display container cell with a second container cell size;
adding the first display container cell within the second display container cell, including at least one of
shifting one or more existing display container cells within the second display container cell to coalesce available space within the second display container cell, and
downsizing one or more of the existing display container cells to increase available space within the second display container cell,
in view of at least one of
re-sizing priorities of said first display container cell and said one or more display container cells of said second display container cell, and
one or more attributes of said second display container cell governing at least one of placement and alignment of immediately nested display container cells.
25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said programming instructions further enable the apparatus to perform said shifting of the one or more existing display container cells of the second display container cell by shifting the one or more existing display container cells of the second display container cell to a corner of the second display container cell.
26. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said programming instructions further enable the apparatus to perform said downsizing of one or more existing display container cells of the second display container cell by successively downsizing the existing display container cells of the second display container cell.
27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said programming instructions further enable the apparatus to perform said successive downsizing of the existing display container cells of the second display container cell by successively downsizing the existing display container cells of the second display container cell in order of their relative priorities.
28. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said programming instructions further enable the apparatus to perform said downsizing of the existing display container cells of the second display container cell by transforming the one or more of the existing display container cells of the second display container cell to their kernel forms.
29. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said programming instructions further enable the apparatus to perform said downsizing of the existing display container cells of the second display container cell by transforming the one or more of the existing display container cells of the second display container cell to display action cells of an image icon type.
30. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said programming instructions further enable the apparatus to perform said adding of the first display container cell within the second display container cell by adding the first display container cell with a third container cell size that is smaller than the first container cell size.
31. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said programming instructions further enable the apparatus to upon adding the first display container cell within the second display container cell, perform at least one of
upsizing one or more downsized existing display container cells of the second display container cell, and
back-shifting one or more shifted existing display container cells of the second display container cell,
in view of at least one of
said re-sizing priorities of said one or more display container cells of said second display container cell, and
said one or more attributes of said second display container cell governing at least one of placement and alignment of immediately nested display container cells.
32. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor to executing programming instructions; and
storage medium coupled to the at least one processor, having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions to be executed by said at least one processor to enable the apparatus to
receiving a request to expand a selected one of a plurality of display container cells nested within a host display container cell of an end user interface of a display device;
expanding the selected one of the nested display container cells, including at least one of
shifting one or more of the other nested display container cells to coalesce available space within the host display container cell, and
downsizing one or more of the other nested display container cells to increase available space within the host display container cell,
in view of at least one of
re-sizing priorities of the other display container cells of said host display container cell, and
one or more attributes of said host display container cell governing at least one of placement and alignment of immediately nested display container cells.
33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein said programming instructions further enable the apparatus to perform said shifting of the one or more nested display container cells of the host display container cell by shifting the one or more nested display container cells of the host display container cell to a corner of the host display container cell.
34. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein said programming instructions further enable the apparatus to perform said downsizing of one or more nested display container cells of the host display container cell comprises successively downsizing the nested display container cells of the host display container cell.
35. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein said programming instructions further enable the apparatus to perform said downsizing of the nested display container cells of the host display container cell by transforming the one or more of the nested display container cells of the host display container cell to their kernel forms.
36. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein said programming instructions further enable the apparatus to perform said downsizing of the nested display container cells of the host display container cell by transforming the one or more of the nested display container cells of the host display container cell to display action cells of an image icon type.
37. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein said programming instructions further enable the apparatus to upon expanding the selected one of the nested display container cells, perform at least one of
upsizing one or more downsized nested display container cells of the host display container cell, and
back-shifting one or more shifted nested display container cells of the host display container cell,
in view of at least one of
said re-sizing priorities of the other display container cells of said host display container cell, and
said one or more attributes of said host display container cell governing at least one of placement and alignment of immediately nested display container cells.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A thermal spray slurry comprising ceramic particles in a content of 10% by mass or more and 85% by mass or less, and having a viscosity of 3,000 mPa\xb7s or less.
2. The thermal spray slurry according to claim 1, wherein the ceramic particles have an average particle size of 1 nm or more and less than 200 nm.
3. The thermal spray slurry according to claim 2, further comprising a dispersant.
4. The thermal spray slurry according to claim 2, further comprising a viscosity modifier.
5. The thermal spray slurry according to claim 1, wherein the ceramic particles have an average particle size of 200 nm or more and 5 \u03bcm or less.
6. The thermal spray slurry according to claim 5, further comprising a flocculant.
7. A thermal spray coating obtained by thermally spraying the thermal spray slurry according to claim 1.
8. A method for forming a thermal spray coating, comprising high velocity flame spraying the thermal spray slurry according to claim 1, containing water as a dispersion medium, to form a thermal spray coating.
9. A method for forming a thermal spray coating, comprising plasma spraying the thermal spray slurry according to claim 1, containing an organic solvent as a dispersion medium, to form a thermal spray coating.
10. The method for forming a thermal spray coating according to claim 8, further comprising feeding the thermal spray slurry to a thermal spraying apparatus by an axial feeding method.
11. The method for forming a thermal spray coating according to claim 8, further comprising feeding the thermal spray slurry to a thermal spraying apparatus by using two feeders in such a way that the variation period of the feed rate of the thermal spray slurry from one of the feeders is opposite in phase to that from the other feeder.
12. The method for forming a thermal spray coating according to claim 8, further comprising:
temporarily storing the thermal spray slurry delivered from a feeder in a tank immediately before reaching a thermal spraying apparatus; and
feeding the thermal spray slurry in the tank to the thermal spraying apparatus by utilizing free fall of the thermal spray slurry.
13. The method for forming a thermal spray coating according to claim 8, further comprising feeding the thermal spray slurry to a thermal spraying apparatus through an electrically conductive tube.
14. The method for forming a thermal spray coating according to claim 8, further comprising heating, during said spraying, the thermal spray slurry to a temperature of 110% or more of the melting point of the ceramic particles.
15. The thermal spray slurry according to claim 3, further comprising a viscosity modifier.
16. The method for forming a thermal spray coating according to claim 9, further comprising feeding the thermal spray slurry to a thermal spraying apparatus by an axial feeding method.
17. The method for forming a thermal spray coating according to claim 9, further comprising feeding the thermal spray slurry to a thermal spraying apparatus by using two feeders in such a way that the variation period of the feed rate of the thermal spray slurry from one of the feeders is opposite in phase to that from the other feeder.
18. The method for forming a thermal spray coating according to claim 9, further comprising:
temporarily storing the thermal spray slurry delivered from a feeder in a tank immediately before reaching a thermal spraying apparatus; and
feeding the thermal spray slurry in the tank to the thermal spraying apparatus by utilizing free fall of the thermal spraying slurry.
19. The method for forming a thermal spray coating according to claim 9, further comprising feeding the thermal spray slurry to a thermal spraying apparatus through an electrically conductive tube.
20. The method for forming a thermal spray coating according to claim 9, further comprising heating, during said spraying, the thermal spray slurry to a temperature of 110% or more of the melting point of the ceramic particles.