WATER LEVEL SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CLOTHES TREATMENT APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME

Provided is a method for controlling a clothes treatment apparatus comprising: a tub for receiving water; a drum which is rotatably disposed in the tub and receives clothes; a chamber which is in communication with the tub and in which a pressure corresponding to a water level of the tub is formed; an elastic part disposed inside the chamber and elastically deformed according to a change in the pressure of the chamber; an output unit for generating an electrical signal corresponding to the amount of deformation of the elastic part, the output unit including a plurality of gauge resistors disposed on one surface of the elastic part; and a control unit for receiving the electrical signal and comparing the same with a reference electrical signal indicating the state where the tub has a water level of zero, so as to sense the level of water received in the tub. The method comprises: draining water from the tub; detecting an electrical signal from the output unit; comparing the detected electrical signal with a reference electrical signal; and correcting the reference electrical signal when the difference between the reference electrical signal and the detected electrical signal is out of a predetermined first setting range.