Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Revenue
Products	$ 13,023	$ 13,798
Services	3,507	2,526
Total net revenue	16,530	16,324
Cost of revenue
Products	6,507	6,688
Services	2,465	1,574
Total cost of revenue	8,972	8,262
Expenses
Marketing	2,214	2,109
General and administrative	3,017	3,032
Research and development	2,491	2,610
Income (loss) from operations	(164)	311
Other income (expense)
Interest income, net	7	31
Investment write-down	(17)
Equity in income (loss) of affiliate company	(12)	2
Other income, net	49	406
Income (loss) before income taxes	(137)	750
Income taxes	80	93
Net income (loss)	(217)	657
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	751	398
Net income attributable to Intelligent Systems Corporation	$ 534	$ 1,055
Income per share based on income attributable to Intelligent Systems Corporation:
Net income per share: Basic and diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.06	$ 0.11
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding (in Shares)	8,958,028	8,958,028
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in Shares)	8,967,679	8,977,196