Led-type vehicular lamp

A vehicular lamp comprising:

• a plurality of LED light sources comprising a first LED light source group and a second LED light source group;
• a plurality of lenses comprising a first lens group for forming light from said first LED light source group into corresponding parallel light fluxes directed in a first direction and a second lens group for forming light from said second LED light source group into corresponding parallel light fluxes directed in a second direction substantially orthogonal to said first direction;
• a reflector for reflecting said parallel light fluxes from said lens toward a front of said lamp, a reflecting surface of said reflector being divided into a plurality of segments, each of said segments comprising a first reflective element for reflecting parallel light fluxes from said first lens group toward said front of said lamp and a second reflective element for reflecting parallel light fluxes from said second lens group toward said front of said lamp;
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• a translucent cover provided on a front side of said reflector.

A method of operating a vehicular lamp, comprising the steps of:

• providing a vehicular lamp comprising:
• a plurality of LED light sources comprising a first LED light source group and a second LED light source group;
• first lens means for forming light from said first LED light source group into corresponding parallel light fluxes directed in a first direction, and second lens means for forming light from said second LED light source group into corresponding parallel light fluxes directed in a second direction non-parallel to said first direction;
• means for reflecting said parallel light fluxes from said lens means in a frontward direction of said lamp;
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• a translucent cover provided on a front side of said reflector;
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• activating said first LED light source group to emit light in a tail lamp lighting mode, and activating both said first LED light source group and said second first LED light source group to emit light in a stop lamp lighting mode.

A method of operating a vehicular lamp, comprising the steps of:

• providing a vehicular lamp comprising:
• a plurality of LED light sources comprising a first LED light source group and a second LED light source group;
• a plurality of lenses comprising a first lens group for forming light from said first LED light source group into corresponding parallel light fluxes directed in a first direction and a second lens group for forming light from said second LED light source group into corresponding parallel light fluxes directed in a second direction substantially orthogonal to said first direction;
• a reflector for reflecting said parallel light fluxes from said lens toward a front of said lamp, a reflecting surface of said reflector being divided into a plurality of segments, each of said segments comprising a first reflective element for reflecting parallel light fluxes from said first lens group toward said front of said lamp and a second reflective element for reflecting parallel light fluxes from said second lens group toward said front of said lamp;
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• a translucent cover provided on a front side of said reflector;
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• activating said first LED light source group to emit light in a tail lamp lighting mode, and activating both said first LED light source group and said second first LED light source group to emit light in a stop lamp lighting mode.