The invention relates to the field of the electronic technology, and discloses a
password input detection method and a terminal. The
password input detection method comprises the following steps of: receiving and recording a series of gesture information input by a user, wherein the series of gesture information is the combination of first preset gesture information and second preset gesture information; carrying out
transcoding on the series of gesture information through a preset
transcoding rule, and obtaining an input
password corresponding to the series of gesture information; judging whether the input password is matched with a preset password or not; and if the input password is matched with the preset password, judging that the input password is correct. The invention also provides a terminal which comprises a receiving and recording module, a
transcoding module and a judgment module. If the implementation way of the invention is adopted, when a user inputs the password to unlock
electronic equipment, operation is simple and single and is unlikely to be snooped, the password can be prevented from being maliciously memorized, a password leakage probability is effectively lowered, no additional hardware does not need to be arranged in the
electronic equipment, and therefore, cost is low.