Automated inventory control rfid bin

An apparatus, comprising:

• a storage bin;
• a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that is attached to an interior portion of the storage bin;
• a supporting base that is positioned within the storage bin and has a receiving slot at an end, the receiving slot comprising a slide channel that extends along a top portion of the supporting base;
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• a radio frequency (RF)-blocking slide divider that comprises a base panel and a divider panel that has a narrowed end, the base panel being connected to the divider panel at the narrowed end, the divider panel comprising an RF shield, the base panel being inserted in the receiving slot, the narrowed end fitting within the slide channel, wherein the RF-blocking slide divider conceals the RFID tag from detection from an RFID reader at a position along the slide channel.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a storage bin that comprises an elevated platform, the elevated platform and a bottom portion of the storage bin forming a receiving slot, the receiving slot comprises a slide channel that extends along a portion of the elevated platform;
• a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that is attached to a portion of the storage bin;
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• a radio frequency (RF)-blocking slide divider that comprises a base panel connected to a divider panel that has a narrowed end, the base panel being inserted in the receiving slot, the narrowed end fitting within the slide channel, wherein the RF-blocking slide divider comprises an RF shield and conceals the RFID tag from detection from an RFID reader at a position along the slide channel.