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Google Patents Other Than Search

Bill Slawski has spotted a series of Google patents that don't have much to do with search. The oddest patent in the bunch offers a way to electronically tune drums, cymbals and other percussion instruments. Some patents point to video game controllers. Most of the patents describe hardware devices, rather than software. He points to Google's new hire earlier this year -- Johnny Chung Lee, core developer for Microsoft's game controller Kinect -- before jumping the Redmond, Wash. ship to sail for dock in Mountain View, Calif.

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