Patent ID: 8864350

Claim:
A vehicle headlamp comprising: a first lamp unit adapted to switch and emit an auxiliary light distribution pattern and a light distribution pattern for a high beam; and a second lamp unit adapted to emit a light distribution pattern for a low beam, wherein the first lamp unit comprises: a semiconductor-type light source: a reflector having a first reflection surface and a second reflection surface; a shade that is disposed to be movable between a first location and a second location, and that is adapted to: shade a fraction of light from the semiconductor-type light source and to cause residual light to be incident to the first reflection surface, when the shade is positioned in the first location, and cause the light from the semiconductor-type light source to be incident to the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface, when the shade is positioned in the second location; and a driving mechanism adapted to move and switch the shade between the first location and the second location, wherein the first reflection surface is a reflection surface that is provided in proximity to the semiconductor-type light source, the reflection surface being adapted to reflect and emit incident light from among beams of the light from the semiconductor-type light source as the auxiliary light distribution pattern, and the second reflection surface is a reflection surface that is provided outside of the first reflection surface so as to be spaced from the semiconductor-type light source, the reflection surface being adapted to reflect and emit incident light from among beams of the light from the semiconductor-type light source as the light distribution pattern for the high beam.