Portable electronic equipment and control method thereof

PURPOSE: A portable electronic equipment and a control method thereof are provided to prevent an input error resulting from the various sizes of fingers by sensing the motion of a finger within a sensing distance in a non-contact manner. CONSTITUTION: An infrared temperature sensor(11) detects a temperature of infrared emission energy from the movement of a finger in a sensing distance and outputs temperature information. A control unit(13) recognizes the motion of the finger based on the temperature information and displays a moving pointer according to the motion of the finger in a display unit(17). The control unit performs a set function corresponding to the motion of the finger.