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.