Laundry treating apparatus and method for controlling the same

A method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet, a tub configured to receive water, a drum that is rotatably disposed inside the tub and has an open surface configured to receive clothes therethrough and a bottom surface located at an opposite side of the open surface, the drum being configured to rotate about a vertical rotation axis, a rotator that is rotatably disposed at the bottom surface of the drum and includes a bottom portion rotatably disposed on the bottom surface of the drum, a pillar protruding from the bottom portion toward the open surface, and a plurality of blades spaced apart from one another along a circumferential direction of the pillar and inclined with respect to a longitudinal direction of the pillar, a water supply configured to supply water into the tub, a sprayer configured to receive water from the water supply and to spray the water into the drum, a drainage configured to discharge the water in the tub to an outside of the cabinet, a motor configured to generate rotational force, a gear set that is configured to simultaneously or selectively transmit the rotational force from the motor to the drum and the rotator, and a controller configured to control (i) rotation directions of the drum and the rotator by controlling the gear set, (ii) operation of the water supply and the drainage, and (iii) and a washing course including at least one of a water supplying operation, a washing operation, a rinsing operation, or a dehydration operation, the method comprising:

• performing the rinsing operation,
• wherein the rinsing operation comprises:
• supplying a fabric softener into the drum with the water supplied from the water supply;
• after completion of supplying the fabric softener into the drum, spraying water into the drum through the sprayer in a state in which the drainage is closed;
• and
• rotating the drum and the rotator in a same direction while spraying the water through the sprayer in the state in which the drainage is closed.