A control method of a PI controller which selectively performs a proportional control and a proportional/integral control, the method includes Fourier transforming an output of the PI controller, calculating a spectral energy ratio of the transformed output of the PI controller of at a reference frequency for all frequency regions, performing the proportional control in response to the calculated spectral energy ratio exceeding a predetermined reference ratio, and the proportional/integral control in response to the spectral energy ratio being the predetermined reference ratio or less. Accordingly, a PI controller utilizing the method can easily detect a switching point between a proportional control and a proportional/integral control, independent of species and states of a system thereof.