An electronic device comprising: a fingerprint sensor ; a pressure sensor (734-1, 734-2, 850); a processor ; a display panel including the fingerprint sensor and a touch sensor ; and one or more control circuits configured to control the touch sensor , wherein the processor is configured to: acquire a user's touch input, identify a touch input shape corresponding to the user's touch input, determine whether the touch input shape coincides with a configured touch input shape and, if the touch input shape coincides with the configured touch input shape, activate the fingerprint sensor, activate a high brightness mode if a pressure intensity corresponding to the user's touch input based on the pressure sensor exceeds a predetermined pressure intensity value, wherein in the high brightness mode the processor is configured to determine a fingerprint recognition region , control the fingerprint recognition region to be bright on the display panel and control the remaining region of the display panel to be dark in comparison with the fingerprint recognition region, acquire biometric information corresponding to the user's touch input through a control of the fingerprint sensor , and compare the acquired biometric information with biometric information stored in a memory and authenticate a user based on the result of the comparison. a fingerprint sensor ; a pressure sensor (734-1, 734-2, 850); a processor ; a display panel including the fingerprint sensor and a touch sensor ; and one or more control circuits configured to control the touch sensor , wherein the processor is configured to: acquire a user's touch input, identify a touch input shape corresponding to the user's touch input, determine whether the touch input shape coincides with a configured touch input shape and, if the touch input shape coincides with the configured touch input shape, activate the fingerprint sensor, activate a high brightness mode if a pressure intensity corresponding to the user's touch input based on the pressure sensor exceeds a predetermined pressure intensity value, wherein in the high brightness mode the processor is configured to determine a fingerprint recognition region , control the fingerprint recognition region to be bright on the display panel and control the remaining region of the display panel to be dark in comparison with the fingerprint recognition region, acquire biometric information corresponding to the user's touch input through a control of the fingerprint sensor , and compare the acquired biometric information with biometric information stored in a memory and authenticate a user based on the result of the comparison. acquire a user's touch input, identify a touch input shape corresponding to the user's touch input, determine whether the touch input shape coincides with a configured touch input shape and, if the touch input shape coincides with the configured touch input shape, activate the fingerprint sensor, activate a high brightness mode if a pressure intensity corresponding to the user's touch input based on the pressure sensor exceeds a predetermined pressure intensity value, wherein in the high brightness mode the processor is configured to determine a fingerprint recognition region , control the fingerprint recognition region to be bright on the display panel and control the remaining region of the display panel to be dark in comparison with the fingerprint recognition region, acquire biometric information corresponding to the user's touch input through a control of the fingerprint sensor , and compare the acquired biometric information with biometric information stored in a memory and authenticate a user based on the result of the comparison. <EOS>