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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Expenses [Table Text Block] | The amount of share-based compensation expenses included in applicable costs of sales and expense categories and related tax effects are summarized as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Cost of revenues |  | $ | 240 |  |  |  | 124 |  |  |  | 176 |
Research and development |  |  | 8,803 |  |  |  | 5,062 |  |  |  | 5,625 |
General and administrative |  |  | 1,525 |  |  |  | 872 |  |  |  | 1,191 |
Sales and marketing |  |  | 1,613 |  |  |  | 1,005 |  |  |  | 1,230 |
Total compensation recognized in income |  | $ | 12,181 |  |  |  | 7,063 |  |  |  | 8,222 |
Income tax benefit |  | $ | 2,127 |  |  |  | 818 |  |  |  | 1,886 |
Schedule of Nonvested Restricted Stock Units Activity [Table Text Block] | RSUs activity under the long-term incentive plan during the periods indicated is as follows:
|  | Number of Underlying Shares for RSUs |  |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Balance at January 1, 2010 |  |  | 3,837,752 |  |  | $ | 3.23 |
Granted |  |  | 3,488,952 |  |  |  | 2.47 |
Vested |  |  | (4,145,854 | ) |  |  | 2.84 |
Forfeited |  |  | (492,468 | ) |  |  | 3.10 |
Balance at December 31, 2010 |  |  | 2,688,382 |  |  |  | 2.87 |
Granted |  |  | 2,727,278 |  |  |  | 1.10 |
Vested |  |  | (4,096,965 | ) |  |  | 1.74 |
Forfeited |  |  | (146,307 | ) |  |  | 2.87 |
Balance at December 31, 2011 |  |  | 1,172,388 |  |  |  | 2.68 |
Granted |  |  | 5,522,279 |  |  |  | 1.95 |
Vested |  |  | (3,879,959 | ) |  |  | 2.10 |
Forfeited |  |  | (177,253 | ) |  |  | 2.81 |
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  |  | 2,637,455 |  |  |  | 1.99 |
Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Expenses Restricted Stock Units [Table Text Block] | The allocation of compensation expenses and related tax effects from the RSUs granted to employees under the long-term incentive plan are summarized as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Cost of revenues |  | $ | 240 |  |  |  | 124 |  |  |  | 176 |
Research and development |  |  | 8,153 |  |  |  | 4,790 |  |  |  | 5,605 |
General and administrative |  |  | 1,505 |  |  |  | 863 |  |  |  | 1,184 |
Sales and marketing |  |  | 1,587 |  |  |  | 996 |  |  |  | 1,230 |
Total compensation from RSUs |  | $ | 11,485 |  |  |  | 6,773 |  |  |  | 8,195 |
Income tax benefit |  | $ | 2,127 |  |  |  | 818 |  |  |  | 1,886 |
Schedule of Nonvested Share Activity [Table Text Block] | Non-vested share activity of this award during the period indicated is as follows:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Balance at January 1, 2010 |  |  | 1,121,000 |  |  | $ | 0.464 |
Vested |  |  | (988,000 | ) |  |  | 0.464 |
Forfeited |  |  | (133,000 | ) |  |  | 0.464 |
Balance at December 31, 2010 |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Imaging Cayman [Member] |
Schedule of Nonvested Share Activity [Table Text Block] | Non-vested share activity of this award for Imaging Cayman during the period indicated is as follows:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Balance at January 1, 2010 |  |  | 5,648,889 |  |  | $ | 0.33 |
Granted |  |  | 1,380,000 |  |  |  | 0.33 |
Vested |  |  | (868,390 | ) |  |  | 0.33 |
Forfeited |  |  | (813,722 | ) |  |  | 0.33 |
Balance at December 31, 2010 |  |  | 5,346,777 |  |  |  | 0.33 |
Cancelled |  |  | (5,346,777 | ) |  |  | 0.33 |
Balance at December 31, 2011 |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Imaging Taiwan [Member] |
Schedule of Nonvested Share Activity [Table Text Block] | Non-vested share activity of this award for Imaging Taiwan during the period indicated is as follows:
|  | Number of Shares |  |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |
Balance at January 1, 2011 |  |  | 1,939,490 |  |  | $ | 0.72 |
Granted |  |  | 567,689 |  |  |  | 0.72 |
Vested |  |  | (601,129 | ) |  |  | 0.72 |
Forfeited |  |  | (28,971 | ) |  |  | 0.72 |
Balance at December 31, 2011 |  |  | 1,877,079 |  |  |  | 0.72 |
Vested |  |  | (699,967 | ) |  |  | 0.72 |
Forfeited |  |  | (821,365 | ) |  |  | 0.72 |
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  |  | 355,747 |  |  |  | 0.72 |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block] | The risk-free rates for the expected term of the options are based on the interest rate of 3 years ROC central government bond at the time of grant.
|  | 2012 |
Valuation assumptions: |  |  |  |
Expected dividend yield |  |  | 0 | %
Expected volatility |  |  | 43.29 | %
Expected term (years) |  |  | 3.125 |
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 0.87 | %
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block] | Stock option activity during the periods indicated is as follows:
|  | Number of shares |  |  | Weighted average exercise price |  |  | Weighted average remaining contractual term |
Balance at January 1, 2012 |  |  | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  |  | 1,115,000 |  |  |  | 1.004 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (65,000 | ) |  |  | 1.004 |  |  |  |  |
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  |  | 1,050,000 |  |  |  | 1.004 |  |  |  | 3.5 |
Himax Media Solutions [Member] |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block] | The risk-free rates for the expected term of the options are based on the interest rate of 10 years and 5 years ROC central government bond at the time of grant for the 2007 plan and the 2009 plan, respectively.
|  | 2007 |  |  | 2009 |
Valuation assumptions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected dividend yield |  |  | 0 | % |  |  | 0 | %
Expected volatility |  |  | 39.94 | % |  |  | 51.52 | %
Expected term (years) |  |  | 4.375 |  |  |  | 4.375 |
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 2.4776 | % |  |  | 2 | %
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block] | A summary of stock options activity during the periods indicated is as follows:
|  | Number of shares |  |  | Weighted average exercise price |  |  | Weighted average remaining contractual term |
Balance at January 1, 2010 |  |  | 1,693,250 |  |  | $ | 1.664 |  |  |  | 2.826 |
Granted |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (249,375 | ) |  |  | 1.680 |  |  |  |  |
Balance at December 31, 2010 |  |  | 1,443,875 |  |  |  | 1.660 |  |  |  | 2.452 |
Granted |  |  | 444,500 |  |  |  | 1.834 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (346,813 | ) |  |  | 1.717 |  |  |  |  |
Balance at December 31, 2011 |  |  | 1,541,562 |  |  |  | 1.696 |  |  |  | 1.803 |
Granted |  |  | 9,750 |  |  |  | 1.856 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited |  |  | (372,187 | ) |  |  | 1.721 |  |  |  |  |
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  |  | 1,179,125 |  |  |  | 1.690 |  |  |  | 0.803 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2012 |  |  | 1,101,938 |  |  |  | 1.721 |  |  |  |  |

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