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	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) Customers	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) Customers	Jan. 02, 2018 USD ($)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Basic deposit coverage limits per owner and customer	$ 250		$ 250
Allowance for doubtful accounts	149		149		$ 149
Net of allowance for doubtful accounts	1,800		1,800		1,000	$ 2,200
Costs capitalized in projects in process			0		1
Foreign currency translation adjustments	13	$ 83	(417)	$ 205
Foreign currency transactions, general and administrative expenses	13	$ 45	34	$ 24
Investment in joint venture	$ 3		$ 3		3
Equity ownership percentage	50.00%		50.00%
Concentration risk, percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Advertising costs	$ 14	$ 216	$ 84	$ 529
Noncontrolling interest owned by Pronode Technologies AB	51.00%		51.00%
Noncontrolling interest owned by Propoint AB	49.00%		49.00%
Noncontrolling interest, description			Noncontrolling interests' partners have less than 50% share of voting rights at any one of the subsidiary level companies.
Deferred revenues	$ 200		$ 200		$ 1,200	$ 900
Revenue not yet recognized			$ 500
Deferred revenue expected percentage			100.00%
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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Equity ownership percentage	50.00%		50.00%
Net revenues [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Accounts Receivable [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Number of customer \| Customers			4		2
Concentration risk, percentage			73.00%		69.00%
Hewlett Packard [Member] \| Net revenues [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage	33.00%	30.00%	34.00%	31.00%
Seiko Epson [Member] \| Net revenues [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage	16.00%	12.00%	14.00%
Canon [Member] \| Net revenues [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage	10.00%	17.00%	13.00%	15.00%
Faraday & Future Inc [Member] \| Net revenues [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage	15.00%
Bosch [Member] \| Net revenues [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage	10.00%	11.00%		11.00%
Sweden [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Basic deposit coverage limits per owner and customer	$ 100		$ 100
Concentration risk, percentage			64.00%		71.00%
Noncontrolling interest owned by Pronode Technologies AB	51.00%		51.00%
Japan [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Basic deposit coverage limits per owner and customer	$ 10,000		$ 10,000
Korea [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Basic deposit coverage limits per owner and customer	50,000		50,000
Taiwan [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Basic deposit coverage limits per owner and customer	$ 3,000		$ 3,000
Maximum [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Equity ownership percentage	50.00%		50.00%
Warrant term			36 months
Corporate income tax rate						35.00%
Minimum [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Equity ownership percentage	20.00%		20.00%
Warrant term			12 months
Corporate income tax rate						21.00%