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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | COGNEX CORPORATION – SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
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Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  | Charged to Costs and Expenses |  | Charged to Other Accounts |  | Deductions |  | Other |  | Balance at End of Period
|  | (In thousands)
Reserve for Uncollectible Accounts Receivable: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2016 |  | $ | 736 |  |  | $ | 216 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (64 | ) | (a) | $ | (15 | ) | (b) | $ | 873 |
2015 |  | $ | 820 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (44 | ) | (a) | $ | (40 | ) | (b) | $ | 736 |
2014 |  | $ | 909 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (32 | ) | (a) | $ | (57 | ) | (b) | $ | 820 |
Reserve for Excess and Obsolete Inventory: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2016 |  | $ | 3,803 |  |  | $ | 3,641 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (4,075 | ) | (a) | $ | (52 | ) | (c) | $ | 3,317 |
2015 |  | $ | 5,058 |  |  | $ | 1,562 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2,443 | ) | (a) | $ | (374 | ) | (c) | $ | 3,803 |
2014 |  | $ | 4,301 |  |  | $ | 3,204 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,978 | ) | (a) | $ | (469 | ) | (c) | $ | 5,058 |
Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2016 |  | $ | 3,259 |  |  | $ | 857 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,116 |
2015 |  | $ | 2,483 |  |  | $ | 817 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (41 | ) |  | $ | 3,259 |
2014 |  | $ | 1,758 |  |  | $ | 725 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,483 |
(a) | Specific write-offs
(b) | Collections of previously written-off accounts and foreign currency exchange rate changes
(c) | Foreign currency exchange rate changes

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (SX 210.12-09) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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