Acquisitions (Details) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($) Y Acquistion	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($) Y Acquistion	Dec. 31, 2010 JPY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($) Y Acquistion	Mar. 31, 2011 Winterthur Technologie AG	Dec. 31, 2011 Winterthur Technologie AG USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Other Acquisitions USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Other Acquisitions USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Arizant Inc. USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Attenti Holdings S. A. USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2010 Cogent Inc. USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 Cogent Inc. USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2010 A-One JPY (¥) Y	Dec. 31, 2011 Avery Dennison Corp. USD ($)
Business Acquisitions Information
Accounts receivable	$ 106	$ 93		$ 31		$ 45	$ 61	$ 21	$ 15	$ 23		$ 34
Inventory	128	77		10		69	59	19	36	5		17
Other current assets	42	43				6	36	2	3	7		31
Marketable securities		380										380
Property, plant, and equipment	175	106		15		73	102	29	38	9		30
Purchased finite-lived intangible assets	342					226	116
Purchased finite-lived intangible assets								69	362	90		142
Purchased finite-lived intangible assets		663		93
Purchased goodwill	259	980		(25)		147	112	51	512	122		295
Accounts payable and other liabilities, net of other assets	(148)	(164)		(21)		(70)	(78)	(35)	(29)	(12)		(88)
Interest bearing debt	(103)	(105)		(18)		(79)	(24)	(53)	(31)	(21)
Deferred tax asset/(liability)	(86)	(225)		(16)		(58)	(28)	(21)	(141)	(16)		(47)
Net assets acquired	715	1,848		69		359	356	82	765	207		794
Noncontrolling interest	(56)					(56)
Net assets acquired excluding noncontrolling interest	659					303	356
Supplemental information:
Cash paid	703	2,105		73		327	376	156	776	227		946
Expected purchase price														550
Less: Cash acquired	54	275		4		34	20	92	11	20		152
Cash paid, net of cash acquired	649	1,830		69		293	356	64	765	207		794
Non-cash	10	18				10		18
Net assets acquired	715	1,848		69		359	356	82	765	207		794
Number of business combinations completed	9	10	10	4
Percentage of subsidiary share's owned by entity on the business acquisition date (as a percent)					86.00%
Percentage of subsidiary share's owned by entity as of latest balance sheet date (as a percent)						100.00%
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets, weighted-average life (in years)	14	11	11	8
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets life, low end of range (in years)	3	2	2	3
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets life, high end of range (in years)	20	17	17	12
Acquired intangible assets				28
Acquired finite-lived intangible asset amount				20
Acquired indefinite-lived intangible assets				8
Five-year financed liability of 1.7 billion in Japanese Yen (approximately $18 million in USD)		18	1,700										1,700
Term of financed liability													5
Embedded mirroring put and call options with respect to remaining minority shares, term (in years)													5
Purchase price paid to acquire remaining noncontrolling interest											248
Acquired cash and marketable securities											$ 532
Interest rate related to five-year financed liability													1.00%