Consolidated Statements of Operations (Restated) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Revenue
Products	$ 13,798	$ 13,290
Services	2,526	2,153
Total net revenue	16,324	15,443
Cost of revenue
Products	6,688	6,961
Services	1,574	1,116
Total cost of revenue	8,262	8,077
Expenses
Marketing	2,109	2,158
General and administrative	3,032	2,801
Research and development	2,610	2,181
Income from operations	311	226
Other income (expense)
Interest income, net	31	80
Equity in income (loss) of affiliate company	2	(41)
Other income, net	406	23
Income from continuing operations before taxes	750	288
Income taxes	93	130
Income from continuing operations	657	158
Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of taxes		(345)
Net income (loss)	657	(187)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	400	465
Net income attributable to Intelligent Systems Corporation	$ 1,057	$ 278
Income per share from continuing operations: Basic and diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.11	$ 0.07
Loss per share from discontinued operations: Basic and diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.00	$ (0.04)
Net income (loss) per share: Basic and diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.11	$ 0.03
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding (in Shares)	8,958,028	8,958,028
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in Shares)	8,977,196	8,962,297