The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal including a display unit configured to enable a touch input, and a controller configured to execute a first touch sensing mode for processing a touch input applied to a specific position of the display unit as a control command for the specific position, wherein the controller configured for cooperating with the display unit to: execute a second touch sensing mode which is a different type of sensing mode from the first touch sensing mode, sense a user's touch input within a first region of the display unit in the second touch sensing mode, and process the user's touch input as a control command corresponding to a touch input to a second region of the display unit.