Patent ID: 8882928

Claim:
A method of controlling a dishwasher including a washing chamber accommodating a dish, a sump storing washing water and supplying the washing water to the washing chamber, a filter part provided to the sump and filtering a foreign substance from the washing water and a washing water guide to guide the washing water from the sump to the washing chamber, the method comprising: driving a first pump to perform a washing or rinsing process; stopping the first pump and then turning on a second pump for a first set time to perform a discharging process, after the washing or rinsing process; stopping the second pump and driving the first pump for a second set time; and stopping the first pump after the second set time, wherein, in the stopping of the second pump and the driving of the first pump for the second set time, the second set time is a time elapsed until a level of the washing water in the washing water guide is higher than an upper end of the sump.