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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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,
		2014			2015			2016
Net income attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders (in thousands)		$	66,598			25,195			50,912
Denominator for basic earnings per ordinary share:
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (in thousands)			342,190			343,570			344,655
Basic earnings per ordinary share attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders		$	0.19			0.07			0.15

		Year Ended December 31,
		2014			2015			2016
Net income attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders (in thousands)		$	66,598			25,195			50,912
Denominator for diluted earnings per ordinary share:
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (in thousands)			342,190			343,570			344,655
Unvested RSUs (in thousands)			1,807			562			69
			343,997			344,132			344,724
Diluted earnings per ordinary share attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders		$	0.19			0.07			0.15

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,
		2014			2015			2016
		(in thousands)
Net income attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders		$	66,598			25,195			50,912
Transfers (to) from the noncontrolling interests:
Increase in Himax Technologies, Inc.’s paid-in capital for sale of shares of subsidiaries			131			32			9
Decrease in Himax Technologies, Inc.’s paid-in capital and retained earnings for purchase of shares of subsidiaries			(1,144)			(1,036)			(229)
Change from net income attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders and transfers from noncontrolling interests		$	65,585			24,191			50,692

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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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