Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The Company’s goodwill at September 30, 2015 represented the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of net identifiable assets acquired in the August 29, 2014 IQinVision business combination. The Company conducted an impairment test at March 31, 2016 using the income approach and determined that its goodwill carrying value was fully impaired. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $6.0 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2016. This noncash charge was principally based upon an updated assessment of the Company's continuing depressed market valuation and operating losses.

The components and estimated useful lives of intangible assets as of September 30, 2016 and 2015 are stated below. Since the Company's merger with IQinVision in 2014, it has essentially redesigned its acquired camera line. Thus, the Company determined that its technology asset was fully impaired and, as a result, recorded an impairment charge of $2.0 million at September 30, 2016. Amortization is provided on a straight line method, or in the case of customer relationships, on an accelerated method, over the following estimated useful lives:



	September 30, 2016				September 30, 2015
	Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Estimated Useful Life
Definite-lived intangibles:
Technology	$	—	$	—	$	2,500,000	$	270,833	10 years
Customer relationships	910,000		371,833		910,000		148,833		7 years
Tradenames	660,000		91,667		660,000		47,667		15 years
	$	1,570,000	$	463,500	$	4,070,000	$	467,333

The activity in the goodwill balance consists of the following:



Balance at October 1, 2014	6,016,469
Changes in Goodwill	—
Balance at September 30, 2015	6,016,469
Goodwill Impairment	(6,016,469		)
Balance at September 30, 2016	$	—

Amortization expense related to intangible assets for the year ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 was $517,000 and $432,000, respectively. Annual amortization expense for intangible assets over the next five years ending September 30 and thereafter is summarized as follows:



Fiscal Year	Amount
2017	$	268,000
2018	177,000
2019	123,000
2020	91,000
2021	72,000
Thereafter	375,500

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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