Video stabilization using padded margin pixels

A system for video stabilization, comprising:

• a video stabilization management component configured to:
• generate a padded pixel percentage parameter;
• determine a padded resolution based upon the padded pixel percentage parameter and a target resolution;
• and
• provide the padded resolution to a capture device, utilizing a digital driver interface, for use by the capture device in capturing a padded input;
• negotiate with the capture device to obtain the padded input, the padded input comprising padded margin pixels, the padded input having a padded resolution larger than the target resolution;
• and
• provide the padded input to a video stabilization component to obtain a target image frame having the target resolution.

A method for image frame generation comprising:

• negotiating with a capture device to obtain a padded input, the padded input comprising padded margin pixels the negotiating with the capture device comprising:
• selecting a padded pixel percentage parameter based upon at least one of a cropping metric used by the video stabilization component, a field of view (FOV) of a sensor of the capture device, an amount of padding to be used by the video stabilization component, a set of available resolutions for the capture device, the target resolution, or an analysis of available computer resources of a computing device associated with the capture device;
• and
• instructing the capture device to obtain the padded input based upon the padded pixel percentage parameter;
• obtaining an image frame to be combined with the padded input;
• and
• utilizing the padded margin pixels to compensate for one or more missing pixels between the image frame and the padded input to create a combined image frame.