Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) (USD $)	0 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended					0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Sep. 12, 2013	Apr. 25, 2013	Jan. 24, 2010	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Vasakronan Fastigheter AB, Linnegatan 89D [Member] sqft	Sep. 30, 2013 Vasakronan Fastigheter AB, Linnegatan 89D [Member] Month [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Vasakronan Fastigheter AB, Linnegatan 89D [Member] Annual [Member]	Apr. 16, 2013 No Picnic [Member]	Apr. 15, 2012 No Picnic [Member] sqft	Jul. 02, 2013 No Picnic [Member] sqft	Jul. 02, 2013 No Picnic [Member] Month [Member]	Apr. 15, 2012 No Picnic [Member] Month [Member]	Jul. 02, 2013 No Picnic [Member] Annual [Member]	Apr. 15, 2012 No Picnic [Member] Annual [Member]	Mar. 22, 2012 2350 Mission Investors LLC [Member] sqft	Mar. 22, 2012 2350 Mission Investors LLC [Member] Month [Member]	Mar. 22, 2012 2350 Mission Investors LLC [Member] Annual [Member]	Oct. 12, 2012 Space Design Inc. [Member]	Oct. 12, 2012 Space Design Inc. [Member] Month [Member]	Oct. 12, 2012 Space Design Inc. [Member] Annual [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)
Non-recurring engineering development costs contributed to TI		$ 500,000	$ 500,000
Description of NRE cost contributed to TI		When the NN1002 is released in the future to mass production, Neonode will contribute to TI the NRE fee of $0.25 per unit for each of the first two million units sold.	Neonode will contribute to TI the NRE as follows: For each of the first one million units sold: $0.08 per unit For the next eight million units sold: $0.05 per unit.
NRE cost contributed for each of first one million unit sold, Per unit			$ 0.08
NRE cost contributed for next eight million unit sold, Per unit			$ 0.05
NRE fee contributed for each of first two million unit sold, Per unit			$ 0.25
Non recurring expense included in product research and development				74,000	344,000
Area of leased space (in square feet)							2,723				2,853	5,480					3,185
Initial lease payment (including property tax and excluding VAT)								8,000	93,000				38,000	14,000	458,000	174,000		7,007	86,000		3,000	36,000
Lease payment including property tax (excluding VAT), net										14,000								7,657
Operating lease notice period							9 months
Lease expiration date							Dec. 31, 2014				Apr. 15, 2013						Jul. 31, 2015			Oct. 12, 2014
Operating leases period																	3 years			2 years
Extended lease period under same terms and conditions										Apr. 15, 2014
Sub lease payment	9,700
Rent expenses					$ 399,000	$ 235,000