Patent ID: 8435177

Claim:
A method for monitoring exercise motions of a person performing a corresponding exercise, the method comprising the steps of: a) selecting a first sensor signal, the first sensor signal originating from a first sensor configured to detect data of the person to monitor the exercise while the person is performing the exercise motion, the first sensor being selected from the group consisting of movement sensors, physiological activity sensors, muscle activity sensors and respiratory sensors; b) monitoring the first sensor signal and comparing the first sensor signal to a first sensor signal template stored in a memory unit and determining via a signal processing unit whether the first sensor signal deviates from the first sensor signal template by more than a pre-determined value to determine whether the person is performing the exercise correctly with respect to the first sensor signal; c) when the first sensor signal does not deviate from the first sensor signal template by more than the pre-determined value, performing a procedural loop comprising the steps of: monitoring at least one further signal originating from at least one further sensor configured to detect data of the person to monitor the exercise while the person is performing the exercise motion and being selected from the group consisting of movement sensors, physiological activity sensors, muscle activity sensors and respiratory sensors; comparing the at least one further signal from the at least one further sensor to at least one further sensor signal template stored in the memory unit representing the exercise the person is performing; and evaluating the comparison result via the signal process unit to determine whether the at least one further sensor signal deviates from the at least one further sensor signal template by more than a further pre-determined value to determine whether the person is performing the exercise correctly with respect to the at least one further sensor signal; d) communicating to the person performing the exercise when he first sensor signal deviates from the first sensor signal template by more than the pre-determined value; and e) communicating to the person performing the exercise when the at least one further signal deviates from the at least one further sensor signal template by more than the further pre-determined value.