INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

Intangible assets consist of the following:

	Software Development Costs				Patents and Licenses				Trade Names and Technology				Customer Relationships
			Accumulated				Accumulated				Accumulated				Accumulated
	Costs		Amortization		Costs		Amortization		Costs		Amortization		Costs		Amortization		Net
Balance as of December 31, 2017	$	18,647,000	$	(18,211,000)	$	12,378,000	$	(9,171,000)	$	1,450,000	$	(243,000)	$	2,880,000	$	(836,000)	$	6,894,000
Additions		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Impairments		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		-
Amortization		-		(134,000)		-		(166,000)		-		(56,000)		-		(221,000)		(577,000)
Balance as of March 31, 2018	$	18,647,000	$	(18,345,000)	$	12,378,000	$	(9,337,000)	$	1,450,000	$	(299,000)	$	2,880,000	$	(1,057,000)	$	6,317,000

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Estimated amortization expense for total intangible assets for the succeeding five years is as follows:

Balance 2018	$	1,724,000
2019		1,763,000
2020		993,000
2021		818,000
2022		574,000
Thereafter		445,000
	$	6,317,000