Patent ID: 7740396

Claim:
A method for improving the operational performance of a moving cement mixer vehicle having a rotating mixing drum, the method comprising the steps of: receiving input data indicative of a steering angle; comparing the input data to a steering angle threshold value; determining if the input data indicative of a steering angle of the vehicle exceeds the steering angle threshold value; receiving input data indicative of at least one of a lateral acceleration and vehicle speed; automatically adjusting at least one of a lateral acceleration and vehicle speed threshold value based on the input data indicative of the steering angle exceeding the steering angle threshold value; comparing the input data indicative of at least one of the lateral acceleration and vehicle speed to at least one of the adjusted lateral acceleration and vehicle speed threshold value; wherein one or more trigger events corresponds to the input data indicative of the at least one of the lateral acceleration and vehicle speed exceeding at least one of the adjusted threshold value for the lateral acceleration and vehicle speed input data; and supplying a control signal for automatically stopping rotation of the mixing drum when the one or more trigger events are occurring.