Let Γ denote a bipartite distance-regular graph with diameter D ≥ 4, valency k ≥ 3 and intersection numbers ci , bi (0 ≤ i ≤ D). By a pseudo cosine sequence of Γ we mean a sequence of scalars σ0, . . . , σD such that σ0 = 1 and ciσi−1 + biσi+1 = kσ1σi for 1 ≤ i ≤ D − 1. By an associated pseudo primitive idempotent we mean a nonzero scalar multiple of the matrix ∑D i=0 σi Ai , where A0, . . . , ...