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Equity Method Investments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Equity Method Investments Disclosure [Text Block] |
Note 6. | Equity Method Investments
As of December 31, 2011 and 2012, equity method investments consisted of the following:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | Amount |  |  | Holding % |  |  | Amount |  |  | Holding % |
Create Electronic Optical Co., Ltd. |  | $ | 439 |  |  |  | 21.11 |  |  |  | 283 |  |  |  | 21.11 |
The Company disposed of Hangzhou Crystal Display Technology Co., Ltd. equity to its other shareholders in June 2011 and resulted in $313 thousand gain on disposal of the equity, which was presented in other income in the accompanying consolidated statement of income. Investment accounted for under the equity method is Create Electronic Optical Co., Ltd. (C.E.O.), a camera module supplier. At investment date, the difference between the carrying amount of the Company’s investment in C.E.O. and the underlying equity in the net assets of C.E.O. was $370 thousand which was resulting from C.E.O.’s identifiable intangible assets and was amortized over 3 years. At the December 31, 2012, the excess of cost of such investment in C.E.O. over the Company’s share of the net assets of C.E.O. was $34 thousand. As of December 31, 2012, it was not practicable for management to estimate the fair value of the Company’s investments in C.E.O. due to the lack of quoted market price and the inability to estimate the fair value without incurring excessive costs. However, management identified no events or changes in circumstance that may significantly affect the Company’s ability on recovering the carrying value of the investment.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 35 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7658923&loc=d3e32787-111569 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) -Number 18 -Paragraph 20 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 35 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7658923&loc=d3e32847-111569 + Details
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