Unlocking control method and terminal device

The invention discloses an unlocking control method.The unlocking control method comprises the steps that when a terminal device is in a screen-off state and a screen unlocking code input by a user and touch pressing operation, for a fingerprint recognition module of the terminal device, of the user are detected, code matching is conducted for the screen unlocking code, an interrupt request is triggered, an original fingerprint image is acquired, and fingerprint recognition processing is conducted for the original fingerprint image; if it is detected that the result of code matching is yes and the result of fingerprint recognition processing is match, a screen of the terminal device is lightened.According to the unlocking control method and the terminal device, the unlocking time of the terminal device can be shortened.