Mobile terminal and operation control method thereof

摘要

There is disclosed a mobile terminal for providing a guide and feedback for a lock release operation to implement a gesture for a lock release operation at 5 an arbitrary location and in various directions and a method of releasing a user interface lock state thereof. A method of releasing a user interface lock state in a mobile terminal having a touch sensing display according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include setting the mobile terminal to a user interface lock state; detecting a contact with the touch sensing display at an arbitrary location on 10 the touch sensing display; displaying a lock release region corresponding to the arbitrary location while maintaining a contact with the touch sensing display; displaying the movement of the contact in the lock release region; and switching the mobile terminal into a user interface lock release state when the movement of the contact in the lock release region satisfies a predetermined condition. SET MOBILE TERMINAL TO USER INTERFACE LOCK STATE BY s110 PREDETERMINED SCHEME DETECT CONTACT WITH TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY AT S AN ARBITRARY LOCATION ON THE TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY S120 DISPLAY LOCK RELEASE REGION CORRESPONDING TO 1 THE ARBITRARY LOCATION WHILE MAINTAINING CONTACT WITH THE TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY DISPLAY THE MOVEMENT OF THE S140 CONTACT IN THE LOCK RELEASE REGION THE MOVEMENT OF NANANTEUE CONTACT IN THE LOC RELEASE N INTAIN LCTE E REGION SATISFIES PREDETERMINED THE MOBILE TERMINAL CONDITION? SWITCH MOBILE TERMINAL INTO USER S160 INTERFACE LOCK RELEASE STATE