1. A mobile terminal comprising: a terminal body; a display unit configured to switch between an activated state in which lighting is turned on and a deactivated state in which lighting is turned off; and a controller configured to: sense a plurality of touch inputs applied to the display unit when the display unit is deactivated, release a locked state of the terminal, when the sensed touch inputs are matched to a pre-set pattern, switch the deactivated display unit to an activated state, and selectively display on the activated display unit at least one execution screen based on characteristics of the sensed touch inputs among a plurality of pre-set execution screens, wherein: the display unit is divided into a plurality of regions respectively corresponding to different execution screens in the deactivated state, the controller is further configured to selectively display at least one execution screen based on a position of a region to which the sensed touch inputs have been applied, and display an execution screen corresponding to any one region to which the sensed touch inputs have been applied among the plurality of regions, when the sensed touch inputs are sensed in a first region of a display region of the display unit, the controller is further configured to execute a function set by a user and display an execution screen of the executed function, and when the sensed touch inputs are sensed in a second region different from the first region of the display region, the controller is further configured to display a home screen.