A package shipping processing system has a kiosk housing, with a computer terminal with a display device, an input device, a data processor, and network data communications module included therein. A weighing scale with a platform on which objects for shipment are placed, and in communication with the computer terminal, reports a measured weight of the object. An imaging device is disposed in proximity to the weighing scale and positioned to have a field of view extending beyond the platform of the weighing scale. The imaging device is in communication with the computer terminal to transmit captured image data of the object placed on the platform. The data processor generates dimensional parameters along a plurality of axes based on the image data, and a new shipping record with the dimensional parameters and the measured weight of the object.

A package shipping processing system has a kiosk housing, with a computer terminal with a display device, an input device, a data processor, and network data communications module included therein. A weighing scale with a platform on which objects for shipment are placed, and in communication with the computer terminal, reports a measured weight of the object. An imaging device is disposed in proximity to the weighing scale and positioned to have a field of view extending beyond the platform of the weighing scale. The imaging device is in communication with the computer terminal to transmit captured image data of the object placed on the platform. The data processor generates dimensional parameters along a plurality of axes based on the image data, and a new shipping record with the dimensional parameters and the measured weight of the object.

A method is disclosed, inter alia, performed by a first apparatus or by a component thereof. The first apparatus comprises a plurality of register compartments. The method includes receiving a shipment, in particular a letter shipment. The method includes checking whether the shipment is to be placed in a register compartment of the plurality of register compartments. The method includes accepting the shipment into a register compartment if the checking has concluded that the shipment is to be accepted into a register compartment of the plurality of register compartments and rejecting the shipment if the checking has concluded that the shipment should not be accepted into a register compartment of the plurality of register compartments. In addition, corresponding apparatuses, systems and computer programs for the respective performance and/or control of the disclosed method are disclosed.