Patent ID: 7993043

Claim:
A vehicle lamp configured to irradiate infrared light in a vehicle forward direction, the vehicle lamp comprising: a projection lens disposed along an optical axis extending in a lamp backward and forward direction; and first and second light source units disposed in the rear of the projection lens, wherein the first light source unit includes: a first light emitting element which is disposed in the rear of a rear focal point of the projection lens and emits the infrared light; and a first reflector which reflects the infrared light toward the optical axis in a lamp forward direction, wherein an infrared light distribution pattern is formed by the infrared light which is reflected by the first reflector to pass through the projection lens, wherein the second light source unit includes: a second light emitting element which is disposed in the rear of the rear focal point of the projection lens and emits visible light; and a second reflector which reflects the visible light toward the optical axis in a lamp forward direction, wherein a visible light distribution pattern is formed by the visible light which is reflected by the second reflector to pass through the projection lens, wherein the visible light distribution pattern overlaps with the infrared light distribution pattern, and wherein when the first light source unit is turned on, the second light source unit is turned on simultaneously with the first light source, wherein when the first light source unit and the second light source unit are simultaneously turned on, the second light source unit is turned on so as to be dimmer than a normal lamp-on state.