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Background, Principal Activities and Basis of Presentation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Disclosure About Subsidiary [Table Text Block] | Himax Technologies, Inc. is a holding company located in the Cayman Islands. Following is general information about Himax Technologies, Inc.’s subsidiaries:
|  |  |  | Jurisdiction of |  | Percentage of Ownership December 31, |
Subsidiary |  | Main activities |  | Incorporation |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |
Himax Technologies Limited |  | IC design and sales |  | ROC |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Technologies Korea Ltd. |  | Sales |  | South Korea |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Technologies Japan Ltd. |  | Sales |  | Japan |  |  | - |  |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Semiconductor, Inc. |  | IC design and sales |  | ROC |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Technologies (Samoa), Inc. |  | Investments |  | Samoa |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Technologies (Suzhou), Co., Ltd. |  | Sales |  | PRC |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Technologies (Shenzhen), Co., Ltd. |  | Sales |  | PRC |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Display, Inc. |  | LCOS and MEMS design, manufacturing and sales |  | ROC |  |  | 81.53 | % |  |  | 76.70 | %
Integrated Microdisplays Limited |  | LCOS sales |  | Hong Kong |  |  | 81.53 | % |  |  | 76.70 | %
Himax Display (USA) Inc. (1) |  | MEMS design |  | Delaware, USA |  |  | 81.53 | % |  |  | 76.70 | %
Himax Analogic, Inc. |  | IC design and sales |  | ROC |  |  | 74.60 | % |  |  | 83.17 | %
Himax Imaging, Inc. |  | Investments |  | Cayman Islands |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Himax Imaging, Ltd. |  | IC design and sales |  | ROC |  |  | 87.95 | % |  |  | 88.07 | %
Himax Imaging Corp. |  | IC design |  | California, USA |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 88.07 | %
Argo Limited |  | Investments |  | Cayman Islands |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Tellus Limited |  | Investments |  | Cayman Islands |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
|  |  |  | Jurisdiction of |  | Percentage of Ownership December 31, |
Subsidiary |  | Main activities |  | Incorporation |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |
Himax Media Solutions, Inc. |  | TFT-LCD television, monitor chipset operations, ASIC service and IP licensing |  | ROC |  |  | 78.28 | % |  |  | 92.37 | %
Himax Media Solutions (Hong Kong) Limited (2) |  | Investments |  | Hong Kong |  |  | 78.28 | % |  |  | - |
Harvest Investment Limited |  | Investments |  | ROC |  |  | 100.00 | % |  |  | 100.00 | %
Iris Optronics Co., Ltd. (3) |  | E-paper manufacturing and sales |  | ROC |  |  | 22.22 | % |  |  | - |
| (1) | Spatial Photonics, Inc. has was renamed Himax Display (USA) Inc. on July 3, 2012.
| (2) | Himax Media Solutions (Hong Kong) Limited was deregistered and dissolved on October 25, 2013.
| (3) | Iris Optronics Co., Ltd. (“Iris”) was incorporated on May 18, 2012 and the paid-in capital was $153 thousand. The Company initially had a controlling financial interest in Iris because it had a majority voting interest at Iris board of directors. As a result, Iris was included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements since that date. On October 7, 2013, the Company no longer had a majority voting interest at Iris board of directors level, but still has the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of Iris. Therefore, the Company ceased consolidating Iris in its consolidated financial statements and now accounts for its investment in Iris using the equity method. The Company re-measured its investment in Iris at fair value due to the change in control and recognized a re-measurement gain.

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