Generating quincunx video streams for light modulating backplanes with configurable multi electrode pixels

1. A method to generate a quad-quincunx video stream from a high resolution video stream having a plurality of high resolution video frames, the method comprising:

generating a first first-type quincunx field from a first high resolution video frame for the quad-quincunx video stream;

generating a first second-type quincunx field from a second high resolution video frame, wherein the first second-type quincunx field follows the first first-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream;

generating a first third-type quincunx field from a third high resolution video frame, wherein the first third-type quincunx video field follows the first second-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream; and

generating a first fourth-type quincunx field from a fourth high resolution video frame, wherein the first fourth-type quincunx video field follows the first third-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the first first-type quincunx field is a top left quincunx field;

the first second-type quincunx field is a bottom right quincunx field;

the first third-type quincunx field is a top right quincunx field; and

the first fourth-type quincunx field is a bottom left quincunx field.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the first first-type quincunx field is a top left quincunx field;

the first second-type quincunx field is a top right quincunx field;

the first third-type quincunx field is a bottom right quincunx field; and

the first fourth-type quincunx field is a bottom left quincunx field.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the first first-type quincunx field is a top left quincunx field;

the first second-type quincunx field is a bottom right quincunx field;

the first third-type quincunx field is a bottom left quincunx field; and

the first fourth-type quincunx field is a top right quincunx field.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a second third-type quincunx field from the first high resolution video frame, wherein the second third-type quincunx video field follows the first first-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream; and

generating a second fourth-type quincunx field from the second high resolution video frame, wherein the second fourth-type quincunx video field follows the first second-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second third-type quincunx field precedes the first second-type quincunx field and the second fourth-type quincunx field precedes the first third-type quincunx field.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

generating a second first-type quincunx field from the third high resolution video frame, wherein the second first-type quincunx video field follows the second fourth-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream; and

generating a second second-type quincunx field from the fourth high resolution video frame, wherein the second fourth-type quincunx video field follows the first third-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second first-type quincunx field precedes the first third-type quincunx field and the second second-type quincunx field precedes the first fourth-type quincunx field.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein

the first first-type quincunx field is a top left quincunx field;

the first second-type quincunx field is a top right quincunx field;

the first third-type quincunx field is a bottom right quincunx field; and

the first fourth-type quincunx field is a bottom left quincunx field.

10. The method of claim 7 further comprising:

generating a third second-type quincunx field from the first high resolution video frame, wherein the third second-type quincunx video field follows the second third-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream; and

generating a third fourth-type quincunx field from the first high resolution video frame, wherein the third fourth-type quincunx video field follows the third second-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the third second-type quincunx field and the third fourth-type quincunx field precede the first second-type quincunx field.

12. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

generating a third first-type quincunx field from the second high resolution video frame, wherein the third first-type quincunx video field follows the third fourth-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream; and

generating a third third-type quincunx field from the second high resolution video frame, wherein the third third-type quincunx video field follows the third first-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the third first-type quincunx field and the third third-type quincunx field precede the first third-type quincunx field.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

generating a fourth second-type quincunx field from the third high resolution video frame, wherein the fourth second-type quincunx video field follows the first third-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream; and

generating a fourth fourth-type quincunx field from the third high resolution video frame, wherein the fourth fourth-type quincunx video field follows the fourth second-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the fourth second-type quincunx field and the fourth fourth-type quincunx field precede the first fourth-type quincunx field.

16. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

generating a fourth first-type quincunx field from the fourth high resolution video frame, wherein the fourth first-type quincunx video field follows the fourth fourth-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream; and

generating a fourth third-type quincunx field from the fourth high resolution video frame, wherein the fourth third-type quincunx video field follows the fourth first-type quincunx field in the quad-quincunx video stream.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein

the first first-type quincunx field is a top left quincunx field;

the first second-type quincunx field is a top right quincunx field;

the first third-type quincunx field is a bottom right quincunx field; and

the first fourth-type quincunx field is a bottom left quincunx field.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein each quincunx pixel in the first first-type quincunx field has an associated pixel in the first high resolution video frame and further comprising calculating each quincunx pixel of the first first-type quincunx field using smoothing filter and a pixel block containing high resolution pixels including the associated pixel.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the calculating each quincunx pixel of the first first-type quincunx field using smoothing filter and a pixel block containing high resolution pixels including the associated pixel further comprises computing a cross-correlation of the pixel block and the smoothing filter.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the computing a cross-correlation of the pixel block and the smoothing filter further comprises:

computing a product of each pixel in the pixel block with a corresponding filter value in the smoothing filter to form a plurality of products; and

adding the plurality of products.