Patent ID: 8679198

Claim:
A method of controlling a washing machine that includes a drum, the method comprising: sensing an amount of laundry; comparing the sensed laundry amount to a first specific value; and operating the drum based on a result of the comparison, wherein said operating includes: (a) operating the drum at a first speed so that a first part of the laundry tumbles within the drum and a second part of the laundry adheres to the drum, wherein the drum is operated at the first speed at a point in time which corresponds to when the sensed laundry amount exceeds the first specific value, said operating the drum at the first speed further including maintaining the drum at substantially the first speed for a first time period, wherein the first speed corresponds to a speed that causes the second part of the laundry to adhere to the drum at a location where the second part of the laundry reaches substantially an uppermost point during rotation of the drum, and (b) operating the drum to increase from the first speed to a second speed, wherein substantially all the laundry adheres to the drum at the second speed, wherein the first time period is greater than zero, and wherein (a) and (b) are performed after a laundry loose operation.