Patent ID: 7475444
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling a washing machine, comprising: a first step of detecting the amount of eccentricity of laundry in a drum to determine whether the laundry is a single load or a multiple load, after a washing operation is performed, and then water is drained out of the drum; a second step of carrying out a spin-drying action based on the determined load amount and performing a rinsing operation; a third step of changing the number of eccentricity detections based on the determination as to whether the initially determined load amount is the single load or the multiple load to redetermine the load amount, when the amount of eccentricity is redetected to carry out the spin-drying action; and a fourth step of carrying out a final spin-drying action according to a spin-drying operation after a final rinsing action is carried out.