Mobile terminal unlocking method and mobile terminal

The invention belongs to the field of mobile terminals, and discloses a mobile terminal unlocking method and a mobile terminal. In the mobile terminal unlocking method, the eye characteristic information of the current user is obtained, whether the current user is a system preset user or not is judged according to preset eye characteristic values and the eye characteristic information, according to the judgement result and the threshold of time during which the current user watches a display screen, the mobile terminal is controlled to be unlocked or to maintain a screen locking state. In the mobile terminal unlocking method, the mobile terminal is unlocked through an eye, whether the current user is the system preset user or not is judged, when the current user is the system preset user, whether the user needs to unlock the mobile terminal or not is detected according to the time during which the user watches the mobile terminal. In the mobile terminal unlocking method, only the eye characteristic of the user and the time during which the user watches the mobile terminal need to be verified, the unlocking manner is simple, and the usage experience of the user is improved.