	US 11,952,697 B2
	Method of controlling washing machine
Dongkil Choi, Seoul (KR); Sunjung Kim, Seoul (KR); and Hyemin Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/624,704
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/008706 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 4, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/002720, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0080606 (KR), filed on Jul. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0259786 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. D06F 33/43 (2020.01); D06F 33/34 (2020.01); D06F 33/40 (2020.01); D06F 39/04 (2006.01); D06F 105/02 (2020.01); D06F 105/10 (2020.01); D06F 105/48 (2020.01)

CPC D06F 33/40 (2020.02) [D06F 33/34 (2020.02); D06F 39/04 (2013.01); D06F 2105/02 (2020.02); D06F 2105/10 (2020.02); D06F 2105/48 (2020.02)]

15 Claims

1. A method for controlling a washing machine, the washing machine including a tub configured to receive water, a drum having an inlet defined on a front surface thereof and configured to receive laundry, the method comprising:

supplying a first amount of water to submerge at least a first portion of the drum in the tub;

performing a first operation for heating water in the tub by a heater while rotating the drum at a first set speed;

based on performing the first operation, of draining water from the tub;

based on draining water from the tub, of supplying a second amount of water to submerge at least a second portion of the drum in the tub, the second amount being greater than the first amount; and

based on supplying the second amount of water to the tub, performing a second operation for heating water in the tub by the heater while rotating the drum at a second set speed that is less than the first set speed.