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Employee Savings Plan - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]      
Minimum age to be eligible to defined contribution plan 21 years    
Maximum contribution by company expressed, per dollar of employee contributions $ 0.5cgnx_CompanyContributionPerDollarOfEmployeeContribution    
Maximum contribution by company expressed as percentage of employee pre-tax salary 25.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanMaximumAnnualContributionsPerEmployeePercent    
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent of Employees' Gross Pay 3.00%us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercent    
Company contributions vest at end of two years 20.00%cgnx_CompanyContributionsVestAtEndOfTwoYear    
Company contributions vest at end of three years 40.00%cgnx_CompanyContributionsVestAtEndOfThreeYears    
Company contributions vest at end of four years 60.00%cgnx_CompanyContributionsVestAtEndOfFourYears    
Company contributions vest at end of five years 100.00%cgnx_CompanyContributionsVestAtEndOfFiveYears    
Company contributions to employee savings plan $ 1,555,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized $ 1,423,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized $ 1,362,000us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized