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The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Property, Plant, and Equipment (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) segment | Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |  |  |
Number of operating segments | segment | 1 |  |
Advertising Costs [Abstract] |  |  |
Advertising costs | $ | $ 10,000 | $ 10,000 | $ 12,000
Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 1 year |  |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 27 years 6 months |  |
Computers [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 3 years |  |
Computers [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 5 years |  |
Office Equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 3 years |  |
Office Equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 5 years |  |
Software [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 3 years |  |
Software [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 5 years |  |
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 3 years |  |
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 5 years |  |
Automobiles [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 5 years |  |
Automobiles [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 10 years |  |
Leasehold and Building Improvements [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 10 years |  |
Machinery and equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 1 year |  |
Machinery and equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 5 years |  |
Building [Member] |  |  |
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment, estimated economic life | 27 years 6 months |  |

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- Definition Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 720 -SubTopic 35 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6420018&loc=d3e36677-107848 + Details
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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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