System and method for producing custom fitted face masks and applications thereof

A method for producing a custom-fitted face mask, the method comprising:

• utilizing a mobile computing device to project a matrix of infrared wavelength laser points on a person's face, wherein each laser point in the matrix has a corresponding initial location on the person's face;
• measuring one or more changes in the initial location of one or more of the infrared wavelength laser points, thereby producing one or more measurement change values;
• generating a 3D point cloud model of the person's face using the one or more measurement change values;
• and
• using the 3D point cloud model to manufacture a custom mask cushion that is capable of integrating with a generically-sized face mask, thereby producing a custom-fitted face mask for the person's face,
• wherein the using the 3D point cloud model to manufacture a custom mask cushion comprises:
• generating a uniform coordinate system for referencing equivalent points on a plurality of 3D face scans, each of the plurality of 3D face scans representing a different face;
• fitting the generically-sized face mask on to a 3D face scan in the plurality of 3D face scans and quantifying an amount of mismatch between the generically-sized face mask and the 3D face scan;
• clustering the plurality of 3D face scans to minimize an amount of overall mismatch that would result from using a fixed number of standard-sized face masks to cover all of the plurality of 3D face scans;
• and
• generating a set of exemplar face scans based on the clustering.