Patent ID: 7503087

Claim:
A method for controlling a washing machine, said washing machine having means for determining an open state or a closed state of a door of the washing machine, the method comprising steps of: sensing a first wet laundry amount after initiating a wash cycle of a wash course; resetting the wash cycle upon detection of an open state of the door during the wash cycle before a predetermined point of the wash cycle; controlling the wash course by dividing the wash cycle into three predetermined time intervals; wherein a first predetermined time interval is allocated for a step of resetting the wash cycle if the detection of the open state of the door; a second predetermined time interval is allocated for a step of sensing a second wet laundry amount if the detection of the open state of the door, and a step of controlling the wash course based on the second wet laundry amount; and a third predetermined time interval is allocated for a step of maintaining the wash course; wherein the first predetermined time interval starts from an initiation of the wash cycle, the third predetermined time interval finishes at an end of the wash cycle, and the second predetermined interval is between the first predetermined time interval and the third predetermined time interval.