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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 02, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments | At January 2, 2016 and January 3, 2015, cash, cash equivalents and investments consisted of the following:
Year-End 2015 (In thousands) | Cash and cash equivalents |  | Short-term investments |  | Long-term investments
Held-to-maturity securities |  |  |  |  |
Certificates of deposit | $ | — |  |  | $ | 252 |  |  | $ | — |
Available-for-sale securities |  |  |  |  |
Debt securities | — |  |  | 4,000 |  |  | 8,067 |
Cash and money market accounts | 28,548 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 28,548 |  |  | $ | 4,252 |  |  | $ | 8,067 |
The amortized cost basis of the debt securities as of January 2, 2016 was $12.1 million. Immaterial unrealized gains are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income as of January 2, 2016 for these debt securities.
Year-End 2014 (In thousands) | Cash and cash equivalents |  | Short-term investments |  | Long-term investments
Held-to-maturity securities |  |  |  |  |
Certificates of deposit | $ | — |  |  | $ | 252 |  |  | $ | — |
Available-for-sale securities |  |  |  |  |
Debt securities | — |  |  | 2,800 |  |  | 9,240 |
Cash and money market accounts | 34,144 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 34,144 |  |  | $ | 3,052 |  |  | $ | 9,240 |
The amortized cost basis of the debt securities as of January 3, 2015 was $12.0 million. Unrealized gains of $0.1 million and unrealized losses of $0.0 million are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income as of January 3, 2015 for these debt securities.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | Balance at beginning of period |  | Charged to costs and expenses |  | Amounts written off, net of recoveries and other adjustments |  | Balance at end of period
Year ended January 2, 2016 | 5,096 |  |  | 1,394 |  |  | 2,203 |  |  | 4,287 |
Year ended January 3, 2015 | 6,208 |  |  | 343 |  |  | 1,455 |  |  | 5,096 |
Year ended December 28, 2013 | 5,151 |  |  | 2,590 |  |  | 1,533 |  |  | 6,208 |
Schedule of Product Warranties | Activity associated with warranty obligations was as follows:
(In thousands) | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Balance at the beginning of the period | $ | 16,719 |  |  | $ | 13,840 |  |  | $ | 13,055 |
Accrual assumed from acquisition | — |  |  | 1,100 |  |  | — |
Accruals for warranties issued during the period | 19,995 |  |  | 18,951 |  |  | 21,878 |
Accrual(Recovery) related to pre-existing warranties | (334 | ) |  | 172 |  |  | 106 |
Settlements made during the period | (20,153 | ) |  | (17,344 | ) |  | (21,199 | )
Balance at the end of the period | $ | 16,227 |  |  | $ | 16,719 |  |  | $ | 13,840 |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS):
(In thousands, except per share data) | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Numerators: |  |  |  |  |
Numerators for both basic and diluted EPS net income attributable to parent company | $ | 105,436 |  |  | $ | 61,471 |  |  | $ | 63,683 |
Denominators: |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic EPS weighted- average common shares outstanding | 44,285 |  |  | 44,760 |  |  | 45,251 |
Potentially dilutive shares from stock option plans | 1,156 |  |  | 819 |  |  | 706 |
Denominator for diluted EPS | 45,441 |  |  | 45,579 |  |  | 45,956 |
Earnings per share – basic | $ | 2.38 |  |  | $ | 1.37 |  |  | $ | 1.41 |
Earnings per share – diluted | $ | 2.32 |  |  | $ | 1.35 |  |  | $ | 1.39 |

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