Share-Based Compensation (Details 3)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Imaging Cayman [Member] \| Stock Option 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 Option 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 Option 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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The expected volatility of the share price used to calculate the fair value of the share options granted. Expected volatility is a measure of the amount by which a price is expected to fluctuate during a period. The measure of volatility used in option pricing models is the annualised standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a period of time.

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The implied yield currently available on zero-coupon government issues of the country in whose currency the exercise price for share options granted is expressed, with a remaining term equal to the expected term of the option being valued (based on the option's remaining contractual life and taking into account the effects of expected early exercise). [Refer: Government [member]]

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The percentage of an expected dividend used to calculate the fair value of share options granted.

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