A mobile terminal includes a camera configured to acquire a preview image, a display configured to display the acquired preview image, an artificial intelligence unit configured to sense photographing state information of the preview image, to recognize a direction of a user's hand gripping the mobile terminal according to the sensed photographing state information, and to display a floating button on the display at a position corresponding to the recognized direction of the user's hand, and a controller configured to perform a function corresponding to the floating button selected according to a request for selecting the floating button. The artificial intelligence unit may change attributes of the floating button according to sensing of additional photographing state information after displaying the floating button.