Vehicle lamp
A vehicle lamp includes: a light source; and a scanner configured to scan light emitted from the light source, and configured to irradiate the scanned light toward outside a vehicle. The light source includes a plurality of visible light sources configured to emit visible light, and at least one infrared light source configured to emit infrared light, and the infrared light source is arranged between the visible light sources.
1. A vehicle lamp comprising:
a light source; and
a scanner configured to scan light emitted from the light source, and irradiate the scanned light toward outside a vehicle,
wherein the light source includes a plurality of visible light sources each configured to emit visible light, and at least two infrared light sources configured to emit infrared light, the at least two infrared light sources are arranged between the visible light sources, and at least one of the plurality of visible light sources is arranged between the at least two infrared light sources.
2. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the visible light source and the infrared light source are arranged in parallel in a scanning direction of the scanner.
3. The vehicle lamp according to claim 2 , wherein light sources disposed at both ends of the plurality of light sources are visible light sources.
4. The vehicle lamp according to claim 2 , wherein respective irradiation areas of the plurality of adjacent visible light sources are continuous in the scanning direction, and respective irradiation areas of the at least two adjacent infrared light sources are continuous in the scanning direction.
5. The vehicle lamp according to claim 4 , wherein an area obtained by combining the irradiation areas of the plurality of visible light sources is further expanded into both sides of the scanning direction than an area obtained by combining the irradiation areas of the at least two infrared light sources.
6. The vehicle lamp according to claim 3 , wherein respective irradiation area by the plurality of adjacent visible light sources are continuous in the scanning direction, and respective irradiation area of the at least two adjacent infrared light sources are continuous in the scanning direction.
7. The vehicle lamp according to claim 6 , wherein an area obtained by combining the irradiation areas of the plurality of visible light sources is further expanded into both sides in the scanning direction than an area obtained by combining the irradiation areas of the at least two infrared light sources.
8. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the visible light source and the infrared light source are formed of a semiconductor light emitting diode.
9. The vehicle lamp according to claim 2 , wherein the visible light source and the infrared light source are formed of a semiconductor light emitting diode.
10. The vehicle lamp according to claim 3 , wherein the visible light source and the infrared light source are formed of a semiconductor light emitting diode.
11. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the scanner includes a rotating reflector in which an angle of a reflective surface configured to reflect light emitted from the light source is changed continuously in accordance with rotation thereof, or a movable mirror in which a reflective surface is tilted along a scanning direction.
12. The vehicle lamp according to claim 2 , wherein the scanner includes a rotating reflector in which an angle of a reflective surface configured to reflect light emitted from the light source is changed continuously in accordance with rotation thereof, or a movable mirror in which a reflective surface is tilted along a scanning direction.
13. The vehicle lamp according to claim 3 , wherein the scanner includes a rotating reflector in which an angle of a reflective surface configured to reflect light emitted from the light source is changed continuously in accordance with rotation thereof, or a movable mirror in which a reflective surface is tilted along a scanning direction.
14. The vehicle lamp according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a lighting controller configured to control a lighting timing of the visible light source corresponding to scanning of visible light of the scanner.
15. The vehicle lamp according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a lighting controller configured to control a lighting timing of the visible light source corresponding to scanning of visible light of the scanner.
16. The vehicle lamp according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a lighting controller configured to control a lighting timing of the visible light source corresponding to scanning of visible light of the scanner.
17. The vehicle lamp according to claim 14 , wherein the lighting controller controls the lighting timing based on a detection signal of an object detector configured to detect an object based on reflected light of irradiated infrared light.
18. The vehicle lamp according to claim 17 , further comprising the object detector.