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Related Party Transactions (Notes)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block]
16.    Related Party Transactions
The Company may from time to time enter into agreements with shareholders, affiliates and other companies engaged in certain aspects of the display, electronics, optical and software industries as part of our business strategy. In addition, the wearable computing product market is relatively new and there may be other technologies the Company needs to purchase from affiliates in order to enhance its product offering.
The Company and Goertek have entered into agreements to jointly develop and commercialize a range of technologies and wearable products. These include: a mutually exclusive supply and manufacturing arrangement for a certain display product for twenty four months after mass production begins; an agreement that provides the Company with the right of first refusal to invest in certain manufacturing capacity for certain products with Goertek; an agreement whereby Goertek will provide system level original equipment manufacturing services for the Company's wearable products; an arrangement whereby the Company will supply display modules for Goertek's virtual reality and augmented reality products; and other agreements related to promotion around certain products as well as providing designs relating to head mounted displays.
The Company and RealWear, Inc. have entered into agreements where the Company has agreed to supply display modules for RealWear, Inc.'s augmented reality products. The Company has also licensed certain intellectual property to RealWear, Inc. and the Company received a 15% warrant in RealWear, Inc.'s next equity offering round, which was exercised in April 2018. The Company also received a $1.5 million license fee for the intellectual property licensed to RealWear, Inc. and the Company is entitled to receive sales-based royalties from RealWear, Inc.
During fiscal years 2018, 2017 and 2016, the Company had the following transactions with related parties:
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
 
Revenue
 
Purchases
 
Revenue
 
Purchases
 
Revenue
 
Purchases
Goertek
$
—

 
$
646,135

 
$
—

 
$
727,101

 
$
—

 
$
—

RealWear, Inc.
1,220,838

 
—

 
576,644

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
$
1,220,838

 
$
646,135

 
$
576,644

 
$
727,101

 
$
—

 
$
—

At December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017, the Company had the following receivables and payables with related parties:
 
December 29, 2018
 
December 30, 2017
 
Receivables
 
Contract Assets
 
Payables
 
Receivables
 
Payables
Goertek
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
207,530

 
$
—

 
$
326,877

RealWear, Inc.
1,041,334

 
400,000

 
—

 
414,635

 
—

 
$
1,041,334

 
$
400,000

 
$
207,530

 
$
414,635

 
$
326,877