Document And Entity Information
Privately-held Technology Company [Member]
Information pertaining to the privately-held technology company investment.
Note To Financial Statement Details Textual
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CoreCard Software, Inc. Acquisition [Member]
Information pertaining to the acquisition of CoreCard Software, Inc.
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Financing Receivables [Text Block]
Expenses
Notes To Financial Statements
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract]
AOCI Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
us-gaap_Revenues
Total net revenue
us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends
Distribution of dividend to stockholders
Customer B [Member]
Refers to information regarding customer B.
Customer A [Member]
Refers to information regarding customer A.
Customer D [Member]
Refers to information regarding customer D.
Customer C [Member]
Refers to information regarding customer C.
ins_PaymentsForNotesAndInterestReceivable
Advances of note and interest receivable
Payments for issuance of note and interest receivable.
Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Retained Earnings [Member]
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]
Marketable securities
Sale of capital stock pursuant to exercise of option
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Parent [Member]
Equity Component [Domain]
Common Stock [Member]
Equity Components [Axis]
us-gaap_CostMethodInvestments
Cost Method Investments
us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Intelligent Systems Corporation
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInEmployeeRelatedLiabilities
Accrued payroll
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedLiabilities
Accrued expenses
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable
Accounts payable
Legal Matters and Contingencies [Text Block]
ins_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenueNoncurrent
Deferred revenue, net of current portion
The increase (decrease) during the reporting period, excluding the portion taken into income, in the liability reflecting revenue yet to be earned for which cash or other forms of consideration was received or recorded as a receivable, and is not expected to be recognized in the next twelve months.
Diluted (in dollars per share)
Cash
Cash at beginning of period
Cash at end of period
Subsequent Events [Text Block]
Services
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentLiabilities
Other current liabilities
Basic (in dollars per share)
Scenario, Unspecified [Domain]
Scenario [Axis]
Fair Value, Option [Text Block]
Adjustments
us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
Concentration risk
Customer Concentration Risk [Member]
us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
Customer [Axis]
Concentration Risk Type [Domain]
us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Unrecognized Tax Benefits
Customer [Domain]
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Concentration Risk Type [Axis]
Non-cash investment expense
Cost-method Investments, Other than Temporary Impairment
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesExpense
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Interest on Income Taxes Expense
us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesExpense
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties Expense
Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Cost-method Investments, Description [Text Block]
ins_NumberOfStockbasedCompensationPlansInEffect
Number of Stock-based Compensation Plans in Effect
Number of stock-based compensation plans in effect
us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense
Concentration Risk Benchmark [Domain]
Concentration Risk Benchmark [Axis]
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]
ins_CostmethodInvestmentsOtherThanTemporaryImpairmentPercentOfInvestmentWrittendown
Cost-method Investments, Other than Temporary Impairment, Percent of Investment Written-down
This item represents the percentage written down due to an other than temporary decline in value that has been recognized against an investment accounted for under the cost method of accounting.
Final Inc. [Member]
Related to the entity Final.
us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period
us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Total comprehensive income (loss)
ins_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenueCurrent
Deferred revenue, current portion
The increase (decrease) during the reporting period, excluding the portion taken into income, in the liability reflecting revenue yet to be earned for which cash or other forms of consideration was received or recorded as a receivable, and which are expected to be recognized as such within one year or the normal operating cycle.
Net income (loss)
Net income (loss)
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable
Accounts receivable
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross
Investment [Axis]
us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Other long-term liabilities
us-gaap_LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Equity in loss of affiliate company
Investment [Domain]
Income taxes
Accumulated income
Products
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherNoncurrentAssets
Other long-term assets
us-gaap_PolicyTextBlockAbstract
Accounting Policies
us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentAssets
Other current assets
Statement [Table]
us-gaap_DeferredRevenueNoncurrent
Deferred revenue, net of current portion
Income Statement [Abstract]
FINANCING Activities:
Class of Stock [Axis]
Schedule of Stockholders Equity [Table Text Block]
us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfInvestments
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Investments
Gain on sale of long-term investment
Description of New Accounting Pronouncements Not yet Adopted [Text Block]
us-gaap_DisclosureTextBlockAbstract
Notes to Financial Statements
us-gaap_LiabilitiesCurrent
Total current liabilities
us-gaap_OtherLiabilitiesCurrent
Other current liabilities
Revenue
Other income (loss)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Lumense Inc. [Member]
Represents Lumense Inc.
General and administrative
us-gaap_LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositionsCurrent
Liability for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, Current
us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Income (loss) from operations
us-gaap_DeferredRevenueCurrent
Deferred revenue, current portion
us-gaap_CostOfRevenue
Total cost of revenue
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding and Exercisable [Table Text Block]
Amendment Flag
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, 8,777,988 and 8,743,299 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)
us-gaap_OtherAssetsNoncurrent
Other long-term assets
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Stock-based compensation expense
Current Fiscal Year End Date
Shares vested and exercisable, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
Shares vested and exercisable (in shares)
Shares vested and exercisable, weighted average remaining contractual life (Year)
Shares vested and exercisable, aggregate intrinsic value
Investments
Document Fiscal Period Focus
Document Fiscal Year Focus
Document Period End Date
us-gaap_CostOfServices
Services
Document Type
Shares outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value
Shares outstanding, weighted average remaining contractual life (Year)
us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Accounts payable
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Information [Table]
us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent
Accrued payroll
us-gaap_AssetsCurrent
Total current assets
us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Accrued expenses
Entity Filer Category
us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireNotesReceivable
Payments to Acquire Notes Receivable
Entity Current Reporting Status
Entity Voluntary Filers
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer
Shares outstanding, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
Depreciation and amortization
Adjustments to reconcile net loss from continuing operations to net cash used for operating activities:
Entity Central Index Key
Entity Registrant Name
Entity [Domain]
Legal Entity [Axis]
Shares outstanding (in shares)
us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Forfeitures and Expirations in Period
Noncontrolling interest
Current liabilities:
us-gaap_OtherAssetsCurrent
Other current assets
us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireLongtermInvestments
Purchase of long-term investment
Marketing
Proceeds from sale of long-term investment
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)
Cash paid during the period for income taxes
us-gaap_Assets
Total assets
Additional paid-in capital
Notes and interest receivable, current portion
Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of notes and interest receivable. For classified balance sheets, represents the current amount receivable, that is amounts expected to be collected within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.
Trading Symbol
ins_CostMethodInvestmentsPercentSold
Cost Method Investments, Percent Sold
The percentage of cost method investments sold during the period.
ins_NotesReceivablePeriodAdvances
Notes Receivable, Period Advances
The cash outflow related to notes receivable that may be required as periodic advances.
Notes and interest receivable, net of current portion
Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of notes and interest receivable. For classified balance sheets, represents the noncurrent amount receivable, that is amounts expected to be collected after one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.
ins_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfRestrictedCash
Proceeds From Issuance of Restricted Cash
The cash inflow from the issuance of restricted cash back to the company from certain holding accounts.
us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Purchases of property and equipment
us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net income (loss) attributable to Intelligent Systems Corporation
us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Total Intelligent Systems Corporation stockholders’ equity
us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized
us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Products
Schedules of Concentration of Risk, by Risk Factor [Table Text Block]
Concentration Risk Disclosure [Text Block]
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Cost of revenue
us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Accounts receivable, net
Statement [Line Items]
Research and development
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Accrued
ins_ReceivableCommitmentToLend
Receivable Commitment to Lend
The entire commitment to lend made by the company to another entity.
ins_NotesReceivableStatedInterestRate
Notes Receivable, Stated Interest Rate
The stated interest rate of notes receivable.
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale marketable securities
Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]
Current assets:
us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Property and equipment, at cost less accumulated depreciation
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities
Net cash used for financing activities
us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax
Foreign currency translation adjustments
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities
us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Net decrease in cash
us-gaap_TableTextBlock
Notes Tables
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash
Other comprehensive income (loss):
us-gaap_CashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesDiscontinuedOperations
Net cash used for operating activities of discontinued operations
us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income (loss) before Income taxes
us-gaap_StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Total stockholders’ equity
Balance
Balance
Intelligent Systems Corporation stockholders’ equity:
Business Acquisition, Acquiree [Domain]
us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Net cash used for operating activities
Business Acquisition [Axis]
Earnings (loss) per share attributable to Intelligent Systems Corporation: