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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Stockholders' Equity (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Stockholders' Equity (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 06, 2020	Dec. 29, 2020	Sep. 29, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Aug. 07, 2020
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Description of shares of common stock			Annual Meeting of our Company held on September 29, 2020, stockholders approved a proposal to increase the number of authorized shares of our common stock to 25,000,000 shares. Accordingly, on November 5, 2020, we filed an amendment to the Neonode Inc. Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (our “Certificate of Incorporation”), with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to increase the number of authorized shares of our common stock to 25,000,000 shares.
Shares issued		37,288				517
Common stock issued upon exercise of common stock warrants, shares		2,020
Number of warrants exercised				325,000	360,000
Proceeds for exercised (in Dollars)					$ 36,000
Dividends at the rate				5.00%
Total dividends received (in Dollars)				$ 33,000
Series C-1 Preferred Shares and Series C-2 Preferred Shares [Member] \| Neonode [Member]
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Shares of Neonode common stock				684,378
Series C-1 Preferred Shares and Series C-2 Preferred Shares [Member] \| Private Placement [Member]
Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Description of shares of common stock	On August 6, 2020, in connection with the closing of the Private Placement, the Company designated (i) 365 shares of its authorized and unissued preferred stock as Series C-1 Preferred Stock by filing a Series C-1 Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and (ii) 4,084 shares of its authorized and unissued preferred stock as Series C-2 Preferred Stock by filing a Series C-2 Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.