Patent ID: 8719986

Claim:
A control method of a washing machine comprising: executing a washing cycle to wash laundry to be washed by supplying wash water, dissolving detergent in wash water and washing the laundry; executing a rinsing cycle to rinse the laundry by draining wash water, spin-drying the laundry, and rinsing the laundry; and executing a spin-drying cycle to spin-dry the laundry by draining wash water and spin-drying the laundry, wherein the dissolving of the detergent is carried out at a water level lower than a predetermined reference water level, wherein, in the washing of the laundry, a centrifugal tumbling operation of rotating a drum at a high velocity in one direction to cause wash water to flow over the drum and then to drop onto the laundry, a tub/drum rotating operation of rotating the drum in both directions, and a pulsator rotating operation of rotating a pulsator in both directions are executed together, wherein the centrifugal tumbling operation and the tub/drum rotating operation are executed at the predetermined reference water level, and the pulsator rotating operation is executed at a water level higher than the reference water level, and wherein the centrifugal tumbling operation and the tub/drum rotating operation are alternately executed for a designated time and then the pulsator rotating operation is executed.