Patent ID: 7406737

Claim:
A control method for a washing machine including a rotating tub for washing laundry contained therein in accordance with rotation thereof, and a steam generating unit for heating water supplied thereto, thereby generating steam, the control method comprising: supplying a detergent solution to the rotating tub after applying wash water to the rotating tub; rotating the rotating tub at a high speed causing the laundry wetted with detergent and wash water contained in the rotating tub to be in constant contact with an inner peripheral surface of the rotating tub without falling down, by virtue of a centrifugal force generated during the rotation of the rotating tub; and supplying the steam from the steam generating unit into the rotating tub during the high-speed rotation of the rotating tub, to increase an internal temperature of the rotating tub and the laundry wetted with detergent and wash water; wherein the detergent solution and the steam are supplied during a same wash course prior to a spin-dry cycle.