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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

Basic and diluted earnings per ordinary share have been calculated as follows:

		Year Ended December 31,
		2013			2014			2015
Net income attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders (in thousands)		$	61,476			66,598			25,195
Denominator for basic earnings per ordinary share:
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (in thousands)			340,423			342,190			343,570
Basic earnings per ordinary share attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders		$	0.18			0.19			0.07

		Year Ended December 31,
		2013			2014			2015
Net income attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders (in thousands)		$	61,476			66,598			25,195
Denominator for diluted earnings per ordinary share:
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (in thousands)			340,423			342,190			343,570
Unvested RSUs (in thousands)			3,195			1,807			562
			343,618			343,997			344,132
Diluted earnings per ordinary share attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders		$	0.18			0.19			0.07

Schedule Of Changes In Company Ownership Interests In Subsidiaries [Table Text Block]

The effects of changes in the Company’s ownership interests in its subsidiaries on Himax Technologies, Inc. equity are set forth as follows:

		Year Ended December 31,
		2013			2014			2015
		(in thousands)
Net income attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders		$	61,476			66,598			25,195
Transfers (to) from the noncontrolling interests:
Increase (decrease) in Himax Technologies, Inc.’s paid-in capital for sale of shares of subsidiaries			(1,455)			131			32
Decrease in Himax Technologies, Inc.’s paid-in capital and retained earnings for purchase of shares of subsidiaries			(1,006)			(1,144)			(1,036)
Change from net income attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders and transfers from noncontrolling interests		$	59,015			65,585			24,191

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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