MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME

PURPOSE: A portable terminal and a control method thereof are provided to control a focus corresponding to the movement of a subject. CONSTITUTION: A display unit(151) outputs an image which is inputted through a camera. A user input unit(130) is selected by a plurality of objects included in the image. When a control unit(180) maintains a focus based on the object selected by the user input unit, the magnification of the image is controlled based on the selected object corresponding to a magnification control command. A detection unit detects the movement of the selected object. [Reference numerals] (110) Wireless communication unit; (111) Broadcasting reception module; (112) Mobile communication module; (113) Wireless Internet module; (114) Local area communication module; (115) Location information module; (120) A/V input unit; (121) Camera; (122) Microphone; (130) User input unit; (140) Sensing unit; (150) Output unit; (151) Display unit; (152) Sound output module; (153) Alarm unit; (154) Haptic module; (160) Memory; (170) Interface unit; (180) Control unit; (181) Detection unit; (182) Multimedia module; (190) Power supplying unit