Apparatus for point of service manufacture of custom headwear

Apparatus to provide point of service manufacture of a custom headwear for a head of a subject, said apparatus comprising:

• image capture apparatus disposed at a physical location to capture a three-dimensional image of said subject's head, and to generate a three-dimensional digital data file representative of a head;
• a three-dimensional digital data file representative of said subject's head generated by said image capture apparatus;
• additive manufacture apparatus located at said physical location;
• a processing apparatus;
• a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions stored thereon executed by said processor to operate on said three-dimensional digital data file to produce a device file comprising a shape for said headwear and computer executable instructions stored thereon executed by said processor to automatically calculate contour lines for said custom headwear, said device file comprising said contour lines;
• a subject device file for said subject's head, said subject device file comprising a shape for said custom headwear comprising said contour lines;
• said subject device file generated by said processing apparatus executing said computer executable instructions to operate on said three-dimensional digital data file, said subject device file comprising said shape for said custom headwear for said subject, said subject device file provided to said additive manufacture apparatus;
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• said additive manufacture apparatus comprising apparatus to receive and utilize said device file to manufacture said custom headwear at said physical location, said custom headwear comprising said peripheral edges.