A mobile terminal comprising: a camera configured to obtain an image; a display unit configured to display a preview image obtained through the camera; and a controller configured to: control the display unit to operate in any one of a first state in which graphic objects relating to image capturing functions are displayed overlapping the preview image and a second state in which the graphic objects are not displayed while the preview image is displayed, when the display unit is operated in the first state, control the camera to capture the preview image based on a touch applied to an image capturing button among the graphic objects, and when the display unit is operated in the second state, control the camera to capture the preview image based on a touch applied to the preview image, wherein the controller is configured to perform image capturing regardless of a position to which the touch is applied to the preview image in the second state; characterized in that the mobile terminal further comprising a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; wherein when a pre-set type touch applied by the user to the display unit is sensed, the controller is further configured to switch a state of the display unit from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state, and wherein when the pre-set type touch applied is sensed in the second state, the controller switches a state of the display unit from the second state to the first state in which a graphic object related to the image capturing functions is output. a camera configured to obtain an image; a display unit configured to display a preview image obtained through the camera; and a controller configured to: control the display unit to operate in any one of a first state in which graphic objects relating to image capturing functions are displayed overlapping the preview image and a second state in which the graphic objects are not displayed while the preview image is displayed, when the display unit is operated in the first state, control the camera to capture the preview image based on a touch applied to an image capturing button among the graphic objects, and when the display unit is operated in the second state, control the camera to capture the preview image based on a touch applied to the preview image, wherein the controller is configured to perform image capturing regardless of a position to which the touch is applied to the preview image in the second state; characterized in that the mobile terminal further comprising a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; wherein when a pre-set type touch applied by the user to the display unit is sensed, the controller is further configured to switch a state of the display unit from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state, and wherein when the pre-set type touch applied is sensed in the second state, the controller switches a state of the display unit from the second state to the first state in which a graphic object related to the image capturing functions is output. control the display unit to operate in any one of a first state in which graphic objects relating to image capturing functions are displayed overlapping the preview image and a second state in which the graphic objects are not displayed while the preview image is displayed, when the display unit is operated in the first state, control the camera to capture the preview image based on a touch applied to an image capturing button among the graphic objects, and when the display unit is operated in the second state, control the camera to capture the preview image based on a touch applied to the preview image, wherein the controller is configured to perform image capturing regardless of a position to which the touch is applied to the preview image in the second state; characterized in that the mobile terminal further comprising a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication; wherein when a pre-set type touch applied by the user to the display unit is sensed, the controller is further configured to switch a state of the display unit from the first state to the second state or from the second state to the first state, and wherein when the pre-set type touch applied is sensed in the second state, the controller switches a state of the display unit from the second state to the first state in which a graphic object related to the image capturing functions is output.