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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments |
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 |
At December 31, 2016 and January 2, 2016, cash, cash equivalents and investments consisted of the following:
Year-End 2016 (In thousands) | Cash and cash equivalents |  | Short-term investments |  | Long-term investments
Available-for-sale securities |  |  |  |  |
Debt securities | — |  |  |  | $2,252 |  |  |  | $10,033 |
Cash and money market accounts |  | $36,312 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total |  | $36,312 |  |  |  | $2,252 |  |  |  | $10,033 |
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 |  | Divestitures |  | Balance at end of period
Year ended December 31, 2016 |  | $4,287 |  |  | (357 | ) |  | 1,598 |  |  | 192 |  |  |  | $2,140 |
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 |
Schedule of Product Warranties | Activity associated with warranty obligations was as follows:
(In thousands) | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Balance at the beginning of the period |  | $16,227 |  |  |  | $16,719 |  |  |  | $13,840 |
Accrual assumed from acquisition | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,100 |
Accrual settled from divestiture | (538 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Accruals for warranties issued during the period | 20,055 |  |  | 19,995 |  |  | 18,951 |
Accrual (Recovery) related to pre-existing warranties | 604 |  |  | (334 | ) |  | 172 |
Settlements made during the period | (21,098 | ) |  | (20,153 | ) |  | (17,344 | )
Balance at the end of the period |  | $15,250 |  |  |  | $16,227 |  |  |  | $16,719 |
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) | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Numerators: |  |  |  |  |  |
Numerators for both basic and diluted EPS net income attributable to parent company |  | $85,577 |  |  |  | $105,436 |  |  | $ | 61,471 |
Denominators: |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic EPS weighted- average common shares outstanding | 44,414 |  |  | 44,285 |  |  | 44,760 |
Potentially dilutive shares from stock option plans | 1,088 |  |  | 1,156 |  |  | 819 |
Denominator for diluted EPS | 45,502 |  |  | 45,441 |  |  | 45,579 |
Earnings per share – basic |  | $1.93 |  |  |  | $2.38 |  |  |  | $1.37 |
Earnings per share – diluted |  | $1.88 |  |  |  | $2.32 |  |  |  | $1.35 |

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