AUTO-STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY CONTROL

1 . An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory storing computer program instructions configured, working with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

detecting bending of a flexible auto-stereoscopic display; and

adjusting a parallax barrier arrangement of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display in dependence upon the bending of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display.

2 . An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein adjustment of the parallax barrier arrangement depends upon where the flexible auto-stereoscopic display is bent.

3 . An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein adjustment of the parallax barrier arrangement depends upon the extent to which the flexible auto-stereoscopic display is bent.

4 . An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the parallax barrier arrangement is configured to provide a plurality of opaque regions defining a plurality of slits, and adjusting the parallax barrier arrangement comprises adjusting at least one characteristic of the opaque regions.

5 . An apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the at least one characteristic comprises one or more positions of the opaque regions.

6 . An apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the at least one characteristic comprises one or more widths of the opaque regions.

7 . An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positions of a viewer's eyes are determined using at least one image captured by one or more image sensors, and the parallax barrier arrangement is adjusted in dependence upon the determined positions.

8 . An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein adjustment of the parallax barrier arrangement changes which pixels of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display are viewable by one or both eyes of a viewer.

9 . An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the computer program instructions are configured, working with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to: change how auto-stereoscopic image content is displayed by pixels of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display, in accordance with adjustment of the parallax barrier arrangement.

10 . An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the computer program instructions are configured, working with the at least one processor, to cause: an output to be provided to a viewer, following the bending of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display, which is associated with a switch from the flexible auto-stereoscopic display displaying a stereoscopic image to the flexible auto-stereoscopic display displaying a non-stereoscopic image.

11 . An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the computer program instructions are configured, working with the at least one processor, to cause: the flexible auto-stereoscopic display to change from displaying a stereoscopic image to displaying a non-stereoscopic image, in dependence upon the bending of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display.

12 . An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the flexible auto-stereoscopic display which includes a display panel and the parallax barrier arrangement.

13 . A method, comprising:

detecting bending of a flexible auto-stereoscopic display; and

adjusting a parallax barrier arrangement of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display in dependence upon the bending of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display.

14 . A method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the parallax barrier arrangement is configured to provide a plurality of opaque regions defining a plurality of slits, and adjusting the parallax barrier arrangement comprises adjusting at least one characteristic of the opaque regions.

15 . A method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the at least one characteristic comprises one or more positions of the opaque regions and/or one or more widths of the opaque regions.

16 . A method as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising:

changing how auto-stereoscopic image content is displayed by pixels of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display, in accordance with adjustment of the parallax barrier arrangement.

17 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions that, when performed by at least one processor, cause at least the following to be performed:

detecting bending of a flexible auto-stereoscopic display; and

adjusting a parallax barrier arrangement of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display in dependence upon the bending of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display.

18 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the parallax barrier arrangement is configured to provide a plurality of opaque regions defining a plurality of slits, and adjusting the parallax barrier arrangement comprises adjusting at least one characteristic of the opaque regions.

19 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the at least one characteristic comprises one or more positions of the opaque regions and/or one or more widths of the opaque regions.

20 . A non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 17 , further comprising: changing how auto-stereoscopic image content is displayed by pixels of the flexible auto-stereoscopic display, in accordance with adjustment of the parallax barrier arrangement.