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Business Acquisitions (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Nov. 30, 2016	Nov. 04, 2016	Dec. 31, 2018	Jan. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired		$ 200
Goodwill			$ 904,571	$ 909,811	$ 909,811	$ 801,406
Point Grey Research, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired		39,800
Goodwill		$ 183,678
Prox Dynamics, AS [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles	$ 123,100				31,400
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	31400000
Goodwill					$ 96,431
Patents [Member] \| Prox Dynamics, AS [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	8 years
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	3100
Developed technology \| Point Grey Research, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life		10 years
Developed technology \| Prox Dynamics, AS [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	8 years
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	23400
Trade name \| Point Grey Research, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life		7 years
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired		$ 13,200
Trade name \| Prox Dynamics, AS [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	7 years
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	3500
Trade Names [Member] \| Prox Dynamics, AS [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	8 years
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	1400
Backlog \| Point Grey Research, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life		1 year
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired		$ 2,300
Non-Competition Agreements \| Point Grey Research, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life		5 years
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired		$ 1,000
Developed technology \| Point Grey Research, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets acquired		$ 23,100