Patent ID: 8913990

Claim:
A mobile terminal capable of setting a locked state, the mobile terminal comprising: a detector operable to detect one or more changes in an angle of the mobile terminal; a canceller operable to cancel the locked state based on the detected one or more changes in the angle of the mobile terminal; and a displayer operable to display a movable object in a display area on a display of the mobile terminal, and change a position of the movable object relative to the display area in response to the detected one or more changes in the angle of the mobile terminal; wherein canceling the locked state based on the detected one or more changes in the angle of the mobile terminal comprises determining if one or more positions of the movable object relative to the display area, resulting from the detected one or more changes in the angle of the mobile terminal, satisfy a predetermined cancellation condition, and, if it is determined that the one or more positions of the movable object satisfy the predetermined cancellation condition, canceling the locked state.