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Share-Based Compensation (Details 2) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Imaging Cayman [Member] | Stock Options 2012 Plan [Member] |
Valuation assumptions: |
Expected dividend yield | 0.00%
Expected volatility | 43.29%
Expected term (years) | 3 years 1 month 15 days
Risk-free interest rate | 0.87%
Imaging Cayman [Member] | Stock Options 2013 Plan [Member] |
Valuation assumptions: |
Expected dividend yield | 0.00%
Expected volatility | 39.50%
Expected term (years) | 2 years 1 month 15 days
Risk-free interest rate | 0.85%
Imaging Cayman [Member] | Stock Options 2016 Plan [Member] |
Valuation assumptions: |
Expected dividend yield | 0.00%
Expected volatility | 38.04%
Expected term (years) | 3 years 1 month 15 days
Risk-free interest rate | 0.50%
Imaging Taiwan [Member] | Stock Options 2016 Plan [Member] |
Valuation assumptions: |
Expected dividend yield | 0.00%
Expected volatility | 38.04%
Expected term (years) | 3 years 1 month 15 days
Risk-free interest rate | 0.50%
Himax Display [Member] | Stock Options 2015 Plan [Member] |
Valuation assumptions: |
Expected dividend yield | 0.00%
Expected volatility | 33.52%
Expected term (years) | 3 years 1 month 15 days
Risk-free interest rate | 0.65%

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- Definition The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(iii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(ii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(iv) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition Expected term of share-based compensation awards, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(i) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 14.D.2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27013229&loc=d3e301413-122809 + Details
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