Patent ID: 8550676

Claim:
A vehicle light comprising: a light emitting diode light source configured to emit visible light at a plurality of wavelengths, the light emitting diode light source having a light emitting surface at an edge of which color shading occurs; and a lens body having a light incident surface, a reflecting surface, and a light exiting surface, and configured such that light beams from the light emitting diode light source enter the lens body through the light incident surface and are reflected by the reflecting surface in a predetermined direction to exit from the lens body through the light exiting surface so that an image of the light emitting surface of the light emitting diode light source is enlarged and projected by the lens body and the light beams exiting from the lens body form illumination light with a predetermined light distribution pattern, wherein the reflecting surface is formed so that light beams emitted from the edge of the light emitting diode light source exits through the light exiting surface of the lens body so as to be directed while spread to a boundary and an inner area of the light distribution pattern, and the light beams emitted from the edge of the light emitting diode light source is overlaid over light beams emitted from an area other than the edge of the light emitting face of the light emitting diode light source, the lens body has a refractive optical path configured to direct the light beams emitted from the edge of the light emitting diode light source towards the boundary of the light distribution pattern and refract the light beams by at least one of the light incident surface and the light exiting surface; and the reflecting surface includes a refractive optical path reflecting portion configured to reflect the light beams passing through the refractive optical path, the refractive optical path reflecting portion configured such that light beams that have passed through the refractive optical path and subjected to color separation at all wavelengths exits from the lens body through the light exiting surface towards the boundary of or within the light distribution pattern, the light beams emitted from the edge of the light emitting diode light source exits from the light exiting surface of the lens body so as to be spread in a direction of the boundary or inner area of the light distribution pattern by the refractive optical path reflecting portion.