$CGNX
COGNEX CORP Stock $cgnx

$cgnx Overview Financials Valuation SEC Filings Company Website

2023 Q1 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000085120523000004 Filed on February 16, 2023

Income Statement

Concept	2023 Q1	2022 Q4	2022
Revenue		$209.6M	$1.006B
YoY Change		-26.41%	-2.99%
Cost Of Revenue		$57.38M	$284.2M
YoY Change		-33.05%	2.49%
Gross Profit		$152.2M	$721.9M
YoY Change		-23.55%	-4.99%
Gross Profit Margin		72.63%	71.75%
Selling, General & Admin		$75.37M	$312.1M
YoY Change		-2.26%	0.89%
% of Gross Profit		49.51%	43.23%
Research & Development		$33.95M	$141.1M
YoY Change		-1.51%	4.26%
% of Gross Profit		22.3%	19.55%
Depreciation & Amortization		$4.868M	$16.35M
YoY Change		-3.62%	-1.62%
% of Gross Profit		3.2%	2.26%
Operating Expenses		$109.3M	$453.2M
YoY Change		-2.03%	1.91%
Operating Profit		$40.02M	$246.2M
YoY Change		-54.28%	-21.86%
Interest Expense		-$464.0K	$4.878M
YoY Change		-139.93%	11.12%
% of Operating Profit		-1.16%	1.98%
Other Income/Expense, Net		-$214.0K	-$412.0K
YoY Change		71.2%	-30.29%
Pretax Income		$39.35M	$250.7M
YoY Change		-55.58%	-21.39%
Income Tax		$5.365M	$35.17M
% Of Pretax Income		13.64%	14.03%
Net Earnings		$33.98M	$215.5M
YoY Change		-56.93%	-22.99%
Net Earnings / Revenue		16.21%	21.42%
Basic Earnings Per Share		$0.20	$1.24
Diluted Earnings Per Share		$0.19	$1.23
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	172.5M shares	173.3M shares	173.4M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		174.3M shares	174.9M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2022 Q4	2022
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$474.4M	$400.1M
YoY Change	46.6%	23.64%
Cash & Equivalents	$266.0M	$415.0K
Short-Term Investments	$208.4M	$218.8M
Other Short-Term Assets	$103.0M	$63.87M
YoY Change	78.52%	-2.79%
Inventory	$108.6M	$122.5M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$96.29M	$127.6M
Other Receivables	$3.011M	$3.620M
Total Short-Term Assets	$787.5M	$717.7M
YoY Change	23.08%	12.18%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$79.43M	$117.4M
YoY Change	2.42%	16.58%
Goodwill	$237.5M
YoY Change	-1.74%
Intangibles	$12.41M
YoY Change	4.42%
Long-Term Investments	$343.2M	$454.1M
YoY Change	-42.11%	-22.21%
Other Assets	$6.567M	$413.9M
YoY Change	-9.32%	-2.8%
Total Long-Term Assets	$1.113B	$1.240B
YoY Change	-18.41%	-9.05%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$787.5M	$717.7M
Total Long-Term Assets	$1.113B	$1.240B
Total Assets	$1.900B	$1.958B
YoY Change	-5.16%	-2.27%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$22.22M	$27.10M
YoY Change	-49.56%	-38.47%
Accrued Expenses	$64.12M	$82.41M
YoY Change	-30.64%	-17.77%
Deferred Revenue	$54.78M
YoY Change	53.25%
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$161.3M	$187.7M
YoY Change	-14.48%	-0.47%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$19.32M	$82.08M
YoY Change	24.81%	-10.01%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$19.32M	$82.08M
YoY Change	24.81%	-10.01%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$161.3M	$187.7M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$19.32M	$82.08M
Total Liabilities	$511.0M	$519.7M
YoY Change	-10.91%	-9.38%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$510.9M
YoY Change	-9.24%
Common Stock	$960.4M
YoY Change	4.99%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$1.389B	$1.438B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$1.900B	$1.958B
YoY Change	-5.16%	-2.27%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2022 Q4	2022
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$33.98M	$215.5M
YoY Change	-56.93%	-22.99%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$4.868M	$16.35M
YoY Change	-3.62%	-1.62%
Cash From Operating Activities	$83.52M	$243.4M
YoY Change	30.23%	-22.5%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$4.352M	$19.67M
YoY Change	5.15%	27.25%
Acquisitions		$5.050M
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$51.27M	$15.21M
YoY Change	-203.87%	-106.42%
Cash From Investing Activities	$46.91M	-$4.454M
YoY Change	-187.7%	-98.24%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid		$45.92M
YoY Change		6.14%
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net		$204.3M
YoY Change		26.39%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-35.52M	-$240.4M
YoY Change	52.26%	69.73%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	83.52M	$243.4M
Cash From Investing Activities	46.91M	-$4.454M
Cash From Financing Activities	-35.52M	-$240.4M
Net Change In Cash	94.91M	-$4.787M
YoY Change	-847.68%	-94.23%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$83.52M	$243.4M
Capital Expenditures	-$4.352M	$19.67M
Free Cash Flow	$87.87M	$223.7M
YoY Change	28.71%	-25.07%

Facts In Submission

Frame	Concept Type	Concept / XBRL Key	Value	Unit
CY2022	dei	Amendment Flag AmendmentFlag	false
CY2022	dei	Document Fiscal Year Focus DocumentFiscalYearFocus	2022
CY2022	dei	Document Fiscal Period Focus DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus	FY
CY2022	dei	Entity Central Index Key EntityCentralIndexKey	0000851205
CY2022	dei	Current Fiscal Year End Date CurrentFiscalYearEndDate	--12-31
CY2023Q1	dei	Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding	172536238	shares
CY2022Q3	dei	Entity Public Float EntityPublicFloat	7520015752	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodTax	-5943000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodTax	-2206000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodTax	981000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentTax	0	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentTax	0	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentTax	0	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Adjustment For Long Term Intercompany Transactions Net Of Tax AdjustmentForLongTermIntercompanyTransactionsNetOfTax	1271000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Adjustment For Long Term Intercompany Transactions Net Of Tax AdjustmentForLongTermIntercompanyTransactionsNetOfTax	1271000	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Maximum Investment Of Company In Partnership MaximumInvestmentOfCompanyInPartnership	0.05
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Lease Income Comprehensive Income Extensible List OperatingLeaseIncomeComprehensiveIncomeExtensibleList	http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2022#OperatingIncomeLoss
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Asset Indefinite Lived Excluding Goodwill Statement Of Income Or Comprehensive Income Extensible Enumeration ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetIndefiniteLivedExcludingGoodwillStatementOfIncomeOrComprehensiveIncomeExtensibleEnumeration	http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2022#ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Statement Of Financial Position Extensible Enumeration DerivativeAssetStatementOfFinancialPositionExtensibleEnumeration	http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2022#OtherAssetsNoncurrent
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Statement Of Financial Position Extensible Enumeration DerivativeAssetStatementOfFinancialPositionExtensibleEnumeration	http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2022#OtherAssetsNoncurrent
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Statement Of Financial Position Extensible Enumeration DerivativeLiabilityStatementOfFinancialPositionExtensibleEnumeration	http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2022#OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Statement Of Financial Position Extensible Enumeration DerivativeLiabilityStatementOfFinancialPositionExtensibleEnumeration	http://fasb.org/us-gaap/2022#OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent
CY2022	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Employer Matching Contribution Percent Of Match DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercentOfMatch	0.50
CY2021	us-gaap	Number Of Reportable Segments NumberOfReportableSegments	1	segment
CY2022	dei	Document Type DocumentType	10-K
CY2022	dei	Document Annual Report DocumentAnnualReport	true
CY2022	dei	Document Period End Date DocumentPeriodEndDate	2022-12-31
CY2022	dei	Document Transition Report DocumentTransitionReport	false
CY2022	dei	Entity File Number EntityFileNumber	001-34218
CY2022	dei	Entity Registrant Name EntityRegistrantName	COGNEX CORP
CY2022	dei	Entity Incorporation State Country Code EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode	MA
CY2022	dei	Entity Tax Identification Number EntityTaxIdentificationNumber	04-2713778
CY2022	dei	Entity Address Address Line1 EntityAddressAddressLine1	One Vision Drive
CY2022	dei	Entity Address City Or Town EntityAddressCityOrTown	Natick
CY2022	dei	Entity Address State Or Province EntityAddressStateOrProvince	MA
CY2022	dei	Entity Address Postal Zip Code EntityAddressPostalZipCode	01760
CY2022	dei	City Area Code CityAreaCode	508
CY2022	dei	Local Phone Number LocalPhoneNumber	650-3000
CY2022	dei	Security12b Title Security12bTitle	Common Stock, par value $.002 per share
CY2022	dei	Trading Symbol TradingSymbol	CGNX
CY2022	dei	Security Exchange Name SecurityExchangeName	NASDAQ
CY2022	dei	Entity Well Known Seasoned Issuer EntityWellKnownSeasonedIssuer	Yes
CY2022	dei	Entity Voluntary Filers EntityVoluntaryFilers	No
CY2022	dei	Entity Current Reporting Status EntityCurrentReportingStatus	Yes
CY2022	dei	Entity Interactive Data Current EntityInteractiveDataCurrent	Yes
CY2022	dei	Entity Filer Category EntityFilerCategory	Large Accelerated Filer
CY2022	dei	Entity Small Business EntitySmallBusiness	false
CY2022	dei	Entity Emerging Growth Company EntityEmergingGrowthCompany	false
CY2022	dei	Icfr Auditor Attestation Flag IcfrAuditorAttestationFlag	true
CY2022	dei	Entity Shell Company EntityShellCompany	false
CY2022Q3	dei	Entity Public Float EntityPublicFloat	7520015752	usd
CY2023Q1	dei	Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding	172536238	shares
CY2022	dei	Auditor Firm AuditorFirmId	248
CY2022	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	1006090000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	1037098000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	811020000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Cost Of Goods And Services Sold CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	284185000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Cost Of Goods And Services Sold CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	277271000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Cost Of Goods And Services Sold CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold	206421000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Gross Profit GrossProfit	721905000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Gross Profit GrossProfit	759827000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Gross Profit GrossProfit	604599000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Research And Development Expense ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	141133000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Research And Development Expense ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	135372000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Research And Development Expense ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	130982000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Selling General And Administrative Expense SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	312107000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Selling General And Administrative Expense SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	309354000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Selling General And Administrative Expense SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	267593000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Loss From Catastrophes LossFromCatastrophes	20779000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Loss From Catastrophes LossFromCatastrophes	0	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Loss From Catastrophes LossFromCatastrophes	0	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Restructuring Charges RestructuringCharges	1657000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Restructuring Charges RestructuringCharges	0	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Restructuring Charges RestructuringCharges	15924000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	0	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	0	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	19571000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	246229000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	315101000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	170529000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	-1837000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	-2270000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Before Tax ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossBeforeTax	3697000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Investment Income Nonoperating InvestmentIncomeNonoperating	6715000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Investment Income Nonoperating InvestmentIncomeNonoperating	6660000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Investment Income Nonoperating InvestmentIncomeNonoperating	12994000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	-412000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	-591000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	-309000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	250695000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	318900000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	186911000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	35170000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	39019000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	10725000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	215525000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	279881000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	176186000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	1.24
CY2021	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	1.59
CY2020	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	1.02
CY2022	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	1.23
CY2021	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	1.56
CY2020	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	1.00
CY2022	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	173407000	shares
CY2021	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	176463000	shares
CY2020	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	173489000	shares
CY2022	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	174869000	shares
CY2021	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	179916000	shares
CY2020	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	176592000	shares
CY2022	us-gaap	Common Stock Dividends Per Share Cash Paid CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid	0.265
CY2021	us-gaap	Common Stock Dividends Per Share Cash Paid CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid	0.245
CY2020	us-gaap	Common Stock Dividends Per Share Cash Paid CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid	2.225
CY2022	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	215525000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	279881000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	176186000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodTax	-5943000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodTax	-2206000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodTax	981000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	-17152000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	-7152000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	6478000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci For Sale Of Securities Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax	-182000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci For Sale Of Securities Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax	236000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci For Sale Of Securities Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax	4119000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Availableforsale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax Portion Attributable To Parent OtherComprehensiveIncomeAvailableforsaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent	-16970000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Availableforsale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax Portion Attributable To Parent OtherComprehensiveIncomeAvailableforsaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent	-7388000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Availableforsale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax Portion Attributable To Parent OtherComprehensiveIncomeAvailableforsaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent	2359000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-4385000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-6753000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	1115000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax Portion Attributable To Parent OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent	-4385000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax Portion Attributable To Parent OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent	-6753000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax Portion Attributable To Parent OtherComprehensiveIncomeForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent	1115000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax Portion Attributable To Parent OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent	-21355000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax Portion Attributable To Parent OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent	-14141000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax Portion Attributable To Parent OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToParent	3474000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	194170000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	265740000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	179660000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	181374000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	186161000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Amortized Cost Current DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleAmortizedCostCurrent	223545000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Amortized Cost Current DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleAmortizedCostCurrent	137124000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Allowance For Credit Loss Current DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleAllowanceForCreditLossCurrent	0	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Allowance For Credit Loss Current DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleAllowanceForCreditLossCurrent	0	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities Current AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecuritiesCurrent	218759000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities Current AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecuritiesCurrent	137455000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Valuation Allowances And Reserves Balance ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance	730000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Valuation Allowances And Reserves Balance ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance	776000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net Current AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	125417000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Receivable Net Current AccountsReceivableNetCurrent	130348000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Unbilled Receivables Current UnbilledReceivablesCurrent	2179000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Unbilled Receivables Current UnbilledReceivablesCurrent	3990000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Net InventoryNet	122480000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Net InventoryNet	113102000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Current PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent	67490000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Prepaid Expense And Other Assets Current PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent	68742000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Assets Current AssetsCurrent	717699000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Assets Current AssetsCurrent	639798000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Amortized Cost Noncurrent DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleAmortizedCostNoncurrent	476148000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Amortized Cost Noncurrent DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleAmortizedCostNoncurrent	587981000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Allowance For Credit Loss Noncurrent DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleAllowanceForCreditLossNoncurrent	0	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Allowance For Credit Loss Noncurrent DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleAllowanceForCreditLossNoncurrent	0	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Investments LongTermInvestments	454117000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Investments LongTermInvestments	583748000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	79714000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	77546000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	37682000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAsset	23157000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	242630000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	241713000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill	12414000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill	11888000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Assets Net DeferredIncomeTaxAssetsNet	407241000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Assets Net DeferredIncomeTaxAssetsNet	418570000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	6643000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Other Assets Noncurrent OtherAssetsNoncurrent	7242000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	1958140000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Assets Assets	2003662000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Payable Current AccountsPayableCurrent	27103000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accounts Payable Current AccountsPayableCurrent	44051000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	93235000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	92432000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Income Taxes Current AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent	18129000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Income Taxes Current AccruedIncomeTaxesCurrent	8577000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability Current ContractWithCustomerLiabilityCurrent	40787000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability Current ContractWithCustomerLiabilityCurrent	35743000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Current OperatingLeaseLiabilityCurrent	8454000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Current OperatingLeaseLiabilityCurrent	7786000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Current LiabilitiesCurrent	187708000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Current LiabilitiesCurrent	188589000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Noncurrent OperatingLeaseLiabilityNoncurrent	31298000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability Noncurrent OperatingLeaseLiabilityNoncurrent	17795000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Liabilities Net DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilitiesNet	249961000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Liabilities Net DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilitiesNet	293769000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Uncertain Tax Positions Noncurrent LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositionsNoncurrent	15866000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Uncertain Tax Positions Noncurrent LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositionsNoncurrent	14780000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Income Taxes Noncurrent AccruedIncomeTaxesNoncurrent	33008000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Income Taxes Noncurrent AccruedIncomeTaxesNoncurrent	43160000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Noncurrent OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	1905000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Other Liabilities Noncurrent OtherLiabilitiesNoncurrent	15476000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Liabilities	519746000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities Liabilities	573569000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Commitments And Contingencies CommitmentsAndContingencies		usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Commitments And Contingencies CommitmentsAndContingencies		usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.01
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.01
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Authorized PreferredStockSharesAuthorized	400000	shares
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Authorized PreferredStockSharesAuthorized	400000	shares
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Outstanding PreferredStockSharesOutstanding	0	shares
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Issued PreferredStockSharesIssued	0	shares
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Issued PreferredStockSharesIssued	0	shares
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Outstanding PreferredStockSharesOutstanding	0	shares
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Value Outstanding PreferredStockValueOutstanding	0	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Value Outstanding PreferredStockValueOutstanding	0	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.002
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.002
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Authorized CommonStockSharesAuthorized	300000000	shares
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Authorized CommonStockSharesAuthorized	300000000	shares
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Outstanding CommonStockSharesOutstanding	172631000	shares
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Issued CommonStockSharesIssued	172631000	shares
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Outstanding CommonStockSharesOutstanding	175481000	shares
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Issued CommonStockSharesIssued	175481000	shares
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Value Outstanding CommonStockValueOutstanding	345000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Value Outstanding CommonStockValueOutstanding	351000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Additional Paid In Capital Common Stock AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock	979167000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Additional Paid In Capital Common Stock AdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock	914802000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Retained Earnings Accumulated Deficit RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit	528179000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Retained Earnings Accumulated Deficit RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit	562882000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-69297000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-47942000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	1438394000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	1430093000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities And Stockholders Equity LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity	1958140000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Liabilities And Stockholders Equity LiabilitiesAndStockholdersEquity	2003662000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	215525000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	279881000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	176186000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Stock Option Plan Expense StockOptionPlanExpense	54505000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Stock Option Plan Expense StockOptionPlanExpense	43774000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Stock Option Plan Expense StockOptionPlanExpense	42661000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	16347000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	16616000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Depreciation Depreciation	22139000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Property Plant Equipment GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment	-19000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Property Plant Equipment GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment	-33000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Property Plant Equipment GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment	-1817000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	3274000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	3667000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	4364000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	0	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	0	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	19571000	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Non Cash Loss From Catastrophes NonCashLossFromCatastrophes	46372000	usd
CY2021	cgnx	Non Cash Loss From Catastrophes NonCashLossFromCatastrophes	0	usd
CY2020	cgnx	Non Cash Loss From Catastrophes NonCashLossFromCatastrophes	0	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Excess And Obsolete Inventory Charges ExcessAndObsoleteInventoryCharges	3084000	usd
CY2021	cgnx	Excess And Obsolete Inventory Charges ExcessAndObsoleteInventoryCharges	2573000	usd
CY2020	cgnx	Excess And Obsolete Inventory Charges ExcessAndObsoleteInventoryCharges	9908000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Operating Lease Impairment Loss OperatingLeaseImpairmentLoss	0	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Operating Lease Impairment Loss OperatingLeaseImpairmentLoss	0	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Lease Impairment Loss OperatingLeaseImpairmentLoss	3427000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Accretion Amortization Of Discounts And Premiums Investments AccretionAmortizationOfDiscountsAndPremiumsInvestments	-4968000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Accretion Amortization Of Discounts And Premiums Investments AccretionAmortizationOfDiscountsAndPremiumsInvestments	-4887000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Accretion Amortization Of Discounts And Premiums Investments AccretionAmortizationOfDiscountsAndPremiumsInvestments	-1274000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Investments GainLossOnSaleOfInvestments	-182000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Investments GainLossOnSaleOfInvestments	236000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Investments GainLossOnSaleOfInvestments	4119000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Business Combination Contingent Consideration Arrangements Change In Amount Of Contingent Consideration Liability1 BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1	0	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Business Combination Contingent Consideration Arrangements Change In Amount Of Contingent Consideration Liability1 BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1	0	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Business Combination Contingent Consideration Arrangements Change In Amount Of Contingent Consideration Liability1 BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1	-114000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Income Taxes IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncomeTaxes	27338000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Income Taxes IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncomeTaxes	3118000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Income Taxes IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncomeTaxes	3353000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable	-3454000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable	4503000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable	21285000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Contract With Customer Asset IncreaseDecreaseInContractWithCustomerAsset	-1806000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Contract With Customer Asset IncreaseDecreaseInContractWithCustomerAsset	-1637000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Contract With Customer Asset IncreaseDecreaseInContractWithCustomerAsset	848000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Inventories IncreaseDecreaseInInventories	48934000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Inventories IncreaseDecreaseInInventories	54920000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Inventories IncreaseDecreaseInInventories	10319000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	6998000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	32342000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Prepaid Deferred Expense And Other Assets IncreaseDecreaseInPrepaidDeferredExpenseAndOtherAssets	9909000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable	-17277000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable	27828000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accounts Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable	-1688000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedLiabilities	2056000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedLiabilities	16861000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accrued Liabilities IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedLiabilities	24542000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accrued Income Taxes Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable	-444000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accrued Income Taxes Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable	-6401000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Accrued Income Taxes Payable IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable	-22973000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Contract With Customer Liability IncreaseDecreaseInContractWithCustomerLiability	4886000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Contract With Customer Liability IncreaseDecreaseInContractWithCustomerLiability	14417000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Contract With Customer Liability IncreaseDecreaseInContractWithCustomerLiability	6571000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Capital Net IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet	12081000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Capital Net IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet	-3411000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Other Operating Capital Net IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet	-4548000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	243406000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	314065000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Operating Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities	242400000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Investments PaymentsToAcquireInvestments	233720000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Investments PaymentsToAcquireInvestments	668053000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Investments PaymentsToAcquireInvestments	922867000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Maturity And Collections Of Investments ProceedsFromSaleMaturityAndCollectionsOfInvestments	253983000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Maturity And Collections Of Investments ProceedsFromSaleMaturityAndCollectionsOfInvestments	430969000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Maturity And Collections Of Investments ProceedsFromSaleMaturityAndCollectionsOfInvestments	1104605000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	19667000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	15455000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	13303000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	5050000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	0	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	-1004000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-4454000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-252539000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	169439000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Shares Under Incentive And Share Based Compensation Plans Including Stock Options ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions	9861000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Shares Under Incentive And Share Based Compensation Plans Including Stock Options ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions	63292000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Proceeds From Issuance Of Shares Under Incentive And Share Based Compensation Plans Including Stock Options ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlansIncludingStockOptions	125715000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Common Stock PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	204314000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Common Stock PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	161652000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Common Stock PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	51036000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	45921000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	43263000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	390508000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Payment For Contingent Consideration Liability Financing Activities PaymentForContingentConsiderationLiabilityFinancingActivities	0	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Payment For Contingent Consideration Liability Financing Activities PaymentForContingentConsiderationLiabilityFinancingActivities	0	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Payment For Contingent Consideration Liability Financing Activities PaymentForContingentConsiderationLiabilityFinancingActivities	1039000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	-240374000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	-141623000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	-316868000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	-3365000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	-2815000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Effect Of Exchange Rate On Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	2671000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect	-4787000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect	-82912000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease Including Exchange Rate Effect CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseIncludingExchangeRateEffect	97642000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	186161000	usd
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	269073000	usd
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	171431000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	181374000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	186161000	usd
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash Equivalents Restricted Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents CashCashEquivalentsRestrictedCashAndRestrictedCashEquivalents	269073000	usd
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	1355710000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	125715000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Stock Repurchased During Period Value StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue	51036000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Sharebased Compensation Requisite Service Period Recognition Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationRequisiteServicePeriodRecognitionValue	42661000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	390508000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	176186000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Available For Sale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax	6478000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci For Sale Of Securities Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax	4119000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	1115000	usd
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	1262202000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	63292000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Stock Repurchased During Period Value StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue	161652000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Sharebased Compensation Requisite Service Period Recognition Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationRequisiteServicePeriodRecognitionValue	43774000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	43263000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	279881000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Available For Sale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax	-7152000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci For Sale Of Securities Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax	236000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-6753000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	1430093000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	9861000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Stock Repurchased During Period Value StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue	204314000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Adjustments To Additional Paid In Capital Sharebased Compensation Requisite Service Period Recognition Value AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationRequisiteServicePeriodRecognitionValue	54505000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Dividends Common Stock Cash DividendsCommonStockCash	45921000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	215525000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Unrealized Holding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	-17152000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Available For Sale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax	-17152000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci For Sale Of Securities Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax	-182000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Reclassification Adjustment From Aoci For Sale Of Securities Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax	-182000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-4385000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Transaction And Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTransactionAndTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	-4385000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	1438394000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities as of the balance sheet date, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the year. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates and judgments include those related to revenue recognition, investments, stock-based compensation, and income taxes.</span></div>
CY2022	cgnx	Availableforsale Securities Debt Maturities Effective Term Maximum AvailableforsaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesEffectiveTermMaximum	P10Y
CY2022	us-gaap	Advertising Expense AdvertisingExpense	1257000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Advertising Expense AdvertisingExpense	1965000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Advertising Expense AdvertisingExpense	1443000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	48050000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentNetOfTax	43665000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Available For Sale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax	19976000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Available For Sale Securities Adjustment Net Of Tax AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentNetOfTax	3006000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Adjustment For Long Term Intercompany Transactions Net Of Tax AdjustmentForLongTermIntercompanyTransactionsNetOfTax	1271000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Lease Impairment Loss OperatingLeaseImpairmentLoss	3427000	usd
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	19571000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash	180959000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Cash Cash	185624000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Money Market Funds At Carrying Value MoneyMarketFundsAtCarryingValue	415000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Money Market Funds At Carrying Value MoneyMarketFundsAtCarryingValue	537000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	181374000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents At Carrying Value CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue	186161000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities Current AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecuritiesCurrent	218759000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities Current AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecuritiesCurrent	137455000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Investments LongTermInvestments	454117000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Long Term Investments LongTermInvestments	583748000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Cash Cash Equivalents Short Term And Long Term Investments CashCashEquivalentsShortTermAndLongTermInvestments	854250000	usd
CY2021Q4	cgnx	Cash Cash Equivalents Short Term And Long Term Investments CashCashEquivalentsShortTermAndLongTermInvestments	907364000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Due From Foreign Banks DueFromForeignBanks	160611000	usd
CY2021Q4	cgnx	Due From Foreign Banks DueFromForeignBanks	142009000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Interest Receivable InterestReceivable	3620000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Interest Receivable InterestReceivable	3037000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Debt Securities Amortized Cost Basis AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis	699693000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Debt Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain Before Tax AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax	743000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Debt Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss Before Tax AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax	27560000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities	672876000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than12 Months DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12Months	382732000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than12 Months Accumulated Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12MonthsAccumulatedLoss	12718000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Continuous Unrealized Loss Position12 Months Or Longer DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLonger	190707000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Continuous Unrealized Loss Position12 Months Or Longer Accumulated Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss	14842000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Unrealized Loss Position DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleUnrealizedLossPosition	573439000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Unrealized Loss Position Accumulated Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss	27560000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Allowance For Credit Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleAllowanceForCreditLoss	0	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Allowance For Credit Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleAllowanceForCreditLoss	0	usd
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Allowance For Credit Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleAllowanceForCreditLoss	0	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Realized Gain DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleRealizedGain	133000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Realized Gain DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleRealizedGain	246000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Realized Gain DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleRealizedGain	4283000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Realized Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleRealizedLoss	315000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Realized Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleRealizedLoss	10000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Debt Securities Available For Sale Realized Loss DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleRealizedLoss	164000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities Within One Year Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue	218759000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After One Year Before Two Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneYearBeforeTwoYearsFairValue	183812000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Two Years Before Three Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTwoYearsBeforeThreeYearsFairValue	114345000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Three Years Before Four Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterThreeYearsBeforeFourYearsFairValue	89056000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Four Years Before Five Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFourYearsBeforeFiveYearsFairValue	66439000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Five Years Before Seven Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveYearsBeforeSevenYearsFairValue	465000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities	672876000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Raw Materials Net Of Reserves InventoryRawMaterialsNetOfReserves	71720000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Raw Materials Net Of Reserves InventoryRawMaterialsNetOfReserves	50452000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Work In Process Net Of Reserves InventoryWorkInProcessNetOfReserves	906000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Work In Process Net Of Reserves InventoryWorkInProcessNetOfReserves	5293000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Finished Goods Net Of Reserves InventoryFinishedGoodsNetOfReserves	49854000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Finished Goods Net Of Reserves InventoryFinishedGoodsNetOfReserves	57357000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Net InventoryNet	122480000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Inventory Net InventoryNet	113102000	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Excess And Obsolete Inventory Charges ExcessAndObsoleteInventoryCharges	3084000	usd
CY2021	cgnx	Excess And Obsolete Inventory Charges ExcessAndObsoleteInventoryCharges	2573000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	175195000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Gross PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross	174565000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	95481000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Property Plant And Equipment AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment	97019000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	79714000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Net PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet	77546000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Disposals PropertyPlantAndEquipmentDisposals	17358000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Sale Of Property Plant And Equipment1 AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationSaleOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment1	16604000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	-754000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Property Plant And Equipment Disposals PropertyPlantAndEquipmentDisposals	20647000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Accumulated Depreciation Depletion And Amortization Sale Of Property Plant And Equipment1 AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationSaleOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment1	20614000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Disposition Of Assets1 GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets1	-33000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Operating Lease Expense OperatingLeaseExpense	8939000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Operating Lease Expense OperatingLeaseExpense	8180000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Lease Expense OperatingLeaseExpense	8180000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Operating Lease Payments OperatingLeasePayments	8548000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Operating Lease Payments OperatingLeasePayments	8225000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Operating Lease Payments OperatingLeasePayments	8009000	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Operating Lease Expense No Liability Or Asset Recognized OperatingLeaseExpenseNoLiabilityOrAssetRecognized	144000	usd
CY2021	cgnx	Operating Lease Expense No Liability Or Asset Recognized OperatingLeaseExpenseNoLiabilityOrAssetRecognized	154000	usd
CY2020	cgnx	Operating Lease Expense No Liability Or Asset Recognized OperatingLeaseExpenseNoLiabilityOrAssetRecognized	123000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Next Twelve Months LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueNextTwelveMonths	9473000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Two LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearTwo	6935000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Three LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearThree	4975000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Four LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFour	3791000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due Year Five LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueYearFive	3353000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due After Year Five LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDueAfterYearFive	15809000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Lessee Operating Lease Liability Payments Due LesseeOperatingLeaseLiabilityPaymentsDue	44336000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Operating Lease Liability Discounted Present Value OperatingLeaseLiabilityDiscountedPresentValue	39752000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Liability OperatingLeaseLiability	25581000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Discount Rate Percent OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageDiscountRatePercent	0.033
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Discount Rate Percent OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageDiscountRatePercent	0.034
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term1 OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageRemainingLeaseTerm1	P7Y9M18D
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Operating Lease Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term1 OperatingLeaseWeightedAverageRemainingLeaseTerm1	P5Y1M6D
CY2020Q2	cgnx	Operating Lease Right Of Use Asset Carrying Value Of Impaired Asset OperatingLeaseRightOfUseAssetCarryingValueOfImpairedAsset	0	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Asset Impairment Charges AssetImpairmentCharges	3427000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Operating Lease Lease Income OperatingLeaseLeaseIncome	77000	usd
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	244078000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	-2365000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	241713000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	-1442000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	242630000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	34195000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	-21781000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	12414000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	73675000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	-61787000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	11888000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Intangibles BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles	3800000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Acquired Finite Lived Intangible Assets Weighted Average Useful Life AcquiredFiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsWeightedAverageUsefulLife	P7Y
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	19571000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Next Twelve Months FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextTwelveMonths	3137000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Two FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearTwo	2623000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Three FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearThree	2300000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Four FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFour	1995000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Five FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFive	1273000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense After Year Five FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseAfterYearFive	1086000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	12414000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Other Deferred Compensation Arrangements Liability Current OtherDeferredCompensationArrangementsLiabilityCurrent	19282000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Other Deferred Compensation Arrangements Liability Current OtherDeferredCompensationArrangementsLiabilityCurrent	0	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Bonuses Current AccruedBonusesCurrent	18554000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Bonuses Current AccruedBonusesCurrent	37917000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Salaries Current AccruedSalariesCurrent	8121000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Salaries Current AccruedSalariesCurrent	8519000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Retirement Allowance RetirementAllowance	7191000	usd
CY2021Q4	cgnx	Retirement Allowance RetirementAllowance	7572000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Vacation Current AccruedVacationCurrent	5847000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Vacation Current AccruedVacationCurrent	4686000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Product Warranty Accrual Classified Current ProductWarrantyAccrualClassifiedCurrent	4375000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Product Warranty Accrual Classified Current ProductWarrantyAccrualClassifiedCurrent	5427000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Other Accrued Liabilities Current OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	29865000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Other Accrued Liabilities Current OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	28311000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	93235000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Accrued Liabilities Current AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent	92432000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Asset Acquisition Contingent Consideration Liability Current AssetAcquisitionContingentConsiderationLiabilityCurrent	24040000	usd
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Product Warranty Accrual ProductWarrantyAccrual	5406000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Product Warranty Accrual Warranties Issued ProductWarrantyAccrualWarrantiesIssued	3256000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Product Warranty Accrual Payments ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments	3235000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Product Warranty Accrual ProductWarrantyAccrual	5427000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Product Warranty Accrual Warranties Issued ProductWarrantyAccrualWarrantiesIssued	1876000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Product Warranty Accrual Payments ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments	2928000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Product Warranty Accrual ProductWarrantyAccrual	4375000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Purchase Commitment Remaining Minimum Amount Committed PurchaseCommitmentRemainingMinimumAmountCommitted	50942000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Other Inventory Purchased Goods OtherInventoryPurchasedGoods	5269000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Other Inventory Purchased Goods OtherInventoryPurchasedGoods	547000	usd
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Other Inventory Purchased Goods OtherInventoryPurchasedGoods	1311000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset	27000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAsset	39000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability	479000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability	230000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Collateral Obligation To Return Cash Offset DerivativeAssetCollateralObligationToReturnCashOffset	0	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Asset Collateral Obligation To Return Cash Offset DerivativeAssetCollateralObligationToReturnCashOffset	0	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Collateral Right To Reclaim Cash Offset DerivativeLiabilityCollateralRightToReclaimCashOffset	0	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liability Collateral Right To Reclaim Cash Offset DerivativeLiabilityCollateralRightToReclaimCashOffset	0	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Assets DerivativeAssets	27000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Assets DerivativeAssets	39000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liabilities DerivativeLiabilities	479000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Liabilities DerivativeLiabilities	230000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	1006090000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	1037098000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	811020000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	1006090000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	1037098000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	811020000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Contract Cost Gross CapitalizedContractCostGross	14578000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Capitalized Contract Cost Gross CapitalizedContractCostGross	10854000	usd
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Receivable AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivable	831000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Provision For Doubtful Accounts ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts	0	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Receivable Write Offs AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableWriteOffs	55000	usd
CY2021	cgnx	Accounts Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Foreign Exchange Rate Adjustment AccountsReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossForeignExchangeRateAdjustment	0	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Receivable AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivable	776000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Provision For Doubtful Accounts ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts	191000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Receivable Write Offs AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivableWriteOffs	237000	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Accounts Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Foreign Exchange Rate Adjustment AccountsReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossForeignExchangeRateAdjustment	0	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Receivable AllowanceForDoubtfulAccountsReceivable	730000	usd
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability Current ContractWithCustomerLiabilityCurrent	21274000	usd
CY2021	cgnx	Contract With Customer Liability Period Increase Decrease ContractWithCustomerLiabilityPeriodIncreaseDecrease	31907000	usd
CY2021	cgnx	Contract With Customer Liability Current And Prior Period Revenue Recognized ContractWithCustomerLiabilityCurrentAndPriorPeriodRevenueRecognized	17403000	usd
CY2021	cgnx	Contract Liability Foreign Exchange Rate Changes ContractLiabilityForeignExchangeRateChanges	-35000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability Current ContractWithCustomerLiabilityCurrent	35743000	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Contract With Customer Liability Period Increase Decrease ContractWithCustomerLiabilityPeriodIncreaseDecrease	39076000	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Contract With Customer Liability Current And Prior Period Revenue Recognized ContractWithCustomerLiabilityCurrentAndPriorPeriodRevenueRecognized	31520000	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Contract Liability Foreign Exchange Rate Changes ContractLiabilityForeignExchangeRateChanges	-2512000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Contract With Customer Liability Current ContractWithCustomerLiabilityCurrent	40787000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Shares Authorized PreferredStockSharesAuthorized	400000	shares
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Preferred Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.01
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Par Or Stated Value Per Share CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare	0.002
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Authorized CommonStockSharesAuthorized	200000000	shares
CY2018Q2	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Authorized CommonStockSharesAuthorized	300000000	shares
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Common Stock Shares Authorized CommonStockSharesAuthorized	10000000	shares
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Vote Entitled For Each Common Share Outstanding VoteEntitledForEachCommonShareOutstanding	1	vote
	us-gaap	Common Stock Dividends Per Share Cash Paid CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid	0.055
CY2021	us-gaap	Common Stock Dividends Per Share Cash Paid CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid	0.060
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Dividends Per Share Cash Paid CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid	0.065
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Dividends Per Share Cash Paid CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid	0.070
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Common Stock Dividends Per Share Declared CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared	2.00
CY2022	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends PaymentsOfDividends	45921000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends PaymentsOfDividends	43263000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends PaymentsOfDividends	390508000	usd
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends PaymentsOfDividends	351428000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber	7610000	shares
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice	49.38
CY2022	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Grants In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriod	1418000	shares
CY2022	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangements By Share Based Payment Award Options Grants In Period Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice	59.63
CY2022	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised	365000	shares
CY2022	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangements By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice	33.58
CY2022	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Forfeitures And Expirations In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod	196000	shares
CY2022	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Forfeitures And Expirations In Period Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice	58.90
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber	8467000	shares
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Nonvested Awards Total Compensation Cost Not Yet Recognized Stock Options EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedStockOptions	56694000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice	51.56
CY2022	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term2 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm2	P6Y1M17D
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingIntrinsicValue	31327000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercisable Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber	4596000	shares
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercisable Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice	44.71
CY2022	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Options Exercisable Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm1	P4Y11M8D
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercisable Aggregate Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableAggregateIntrinsicValue	31025000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested And Expected To Vest Exercisable Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestExercisableNumber	8038000	shares
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested And Expected To Vest Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice	51.10
CY2022	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Options Vested And Expected To Vest Outstanding Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm1	P6Y3D
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested And Expected To Vest Outstanding Aggregate Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingAggregateIntrinsicValue	31224000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Grants In Period Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	21.39
CY2021	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Grants In Period Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	33.79
CY2020	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Grants In Period Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue	19.62
CY2022	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Nonvested Awards Total Compensation Cost Not Yet Recognized Period For Recognition1 EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedPeriodForRecognition1	P1Y6M3D
CY2022	cgnx	Shares Based Compensation Arrangement By Shares Based Payment Award Options Exercised Intrinsic Value SharesBasedCompensationArrangementBySharesBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisedIntrinsicValue	8424000	usd
CY2021	cgnx	Shares Based Compensation Arrangement By Shares Based Payment Award Options Exercised Intrinsic Value SharesBasedCompensationArrangementBySharesBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisedIntrinsicValue	80369000	usd
CY2020	cgnx	Shares Based Compensation Arrangement By Shares Based Payment Award Options Exercised Intrinsic Value SharesBasedCompensationArrangementBySharesBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisedIntrinsicValue	166796000	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedFairValue	41497000	usd
CY2021	cgnx	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedFairValue	45328000	usd
CY2020	cgnx	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedFairValue	45998000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Number Of Groups Within Employee Population NumberOfGroupsWithinEmployeePopulation	2	group
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Estimated Forfeiture Rate For Unvested Options For Senior Management EstimatedForfeitureRateForUnvestedOptionsForSeniorManagement	0.07
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Estimated Forfeiture Rate For Unvested Options For All Non Senior Management EstimatedForfeitureRateForUnvestedOptionsForAllNonSeniorManagement	0.12
CY2022	cgnx	Increase Decrease In Compensation Expense Due To Revised Estimated Forfeiture Rates IncreaseDecreaseInCompensationExpenseDueToRevisedEstimatedForfeitureRates	1536000	usd
CY2021	cgnx	Increase Decrease In Compensation Expense Due To Revised Estimated Forfeiture Rates IncreaseDecreaseInCompensationExpenseDueToRevisedEstimatedForfeitureRates	255000	usd
CY2020	cgnx	Increase Decrease In Compensation Expense Due To Revised Estimated Forfeiture Rates IncreaseDecreaseInCompensationExpenseDueToRevisedEstimatedForfeitureRates	1787000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	54505000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Tax Benefit From Compensation Expense EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense	9540000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	43774000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Tax Benefit From Compensation Expense EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense	6764000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	42661000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Employee Service Share Based Compensation Tax Benefit From Compensation Expense EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationTaxBenefitFromCompensationExpense	6569000	usd
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	1401000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	54505000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	43774000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Allocated Share Based Compensation Expense AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense	42661000	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Minimum Age To Be Eligible To Defined Contribution Plan MinimumAgeToBeEligibleToDefinedContributionPlan	P21Y
CY2022	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Maximum Annual Contributions Per Employee Percent DefinedContributionPlanMaximumAnnualContributionsPerEmployeePercent	1
CY2022	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Employer Matching Contribution Percent Of Match DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercentOfMatch	0.50
CY2022	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Employer Matching Contribution Percent DefinedContributionPlanEmployerMatchingContributionPercent	0.06
CY2022	cgnx	Company Contributions Vest At End Of One Year CompanyContributionsVestAtEndOfOneYear	0.25
CY2022	cgnx	Company Contributions Vest At End Of Two Year CompanyContributionsVestAtEndOfTwoYear	0.50
CY2022	cgnx	Company Contributions Vest At End Of Three Years CompanyContributionsVestAtEndOfThreeYears	0.75
CY2022	cgnx	Company Contributions Vest At End Of Four Years CompanyContributionsVestAtEndOfFourYears	1
CY2022	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Cost Recognized DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized	3284000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Cost Recognized DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized	2898000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Defined Contribution Plan Cost Recognized DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized	2636000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	48546000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	121729000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	39425000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	202149000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	197171000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	147486000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	48355000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	27870000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	160000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	5689000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	5372000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	921000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	10243000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	8406000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	13197000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	64287000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	41648000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	14278000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-40772000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-19266000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-18266000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-8354000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-769000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-556000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	20009000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	17406000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	15269000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-29117000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-2629000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-3553000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	35170000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	39019000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	10725000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.21
CY2021	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.21
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.21
CY2022	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	0.02
CY2021	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	0.01
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation State And Local Income Taxes EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	0.01
CY2022	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	0.07
CY2021	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	0.05
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	0.06
CY2022	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Credits EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCredits	0.01
CY2021	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Credits EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCredits	0.02
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Credits EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCredits	0.01
CY2022	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Share Based Compensation Excess Tax Benefit Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationShareBasedCompensationExcessTaxBenefitPercent	0
CY2021	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Share Based Compensation Excess Tax Benefit Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationShareBasedCompensationExcessTaxBenefitPercent	0.03
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Share Based Compensation Excess Tax Benefit Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationShareBasedCompensationExcessTaxBenefitPercent	0.07
CY2022	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Settlements EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlements	0.02
CY2021	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Settlements EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlements	0.01
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Settlements EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlements	0.05
CY2022	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Settlements State And Local EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlementsStateAndLocal	0.02
CY2021	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Settlements State And Local EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlementsStateAndLocal	0
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Settlements State And Local EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlementsStateAndLocal	0
CY2022	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Gilti Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationGiltiPercent	0.03
CY2021	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Gilti Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationGiltiPercent	0
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Gilti Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationGiltiPercent	0
CY2022	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Settlements Foreign EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlementsForeign	0.01
CY2021	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Settlements Foreign EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlementsForeign	0
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Tax Settlements Foreign EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlementsForeign	0.01
CY2022	cgnx	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Audit Settlement Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAuditSettlementPercent	0.01
CY2021	cgnx	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Audit Settlement Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAuditSettlementPercent	0
CY2020	cgnx	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Audit Settlement Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAuditSettlementPercent	0
CY2022	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Change In Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	0.01
CY2021	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Change In Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	0
CY2021	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Current Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions	525000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Reductions Resulting From Lapse Of Applicable Statute Of Limitations UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations	485000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Change In Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	0
CY2022	cgnx	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Executive Compensation Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationExecutiveCompensationPercent	0.01
CY2021	cgnx	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Executive Compensation Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationExecutiveCompensationPercent	0
CY2020	cgnx	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Executive Compensation Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationExecutiveCompensationPercent	0.01
CY2022	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Other Adjustments EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments	0.02
CY2021	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Other Adjustments EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments	0.01
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Other Adjustments EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments	0.01
CY2022	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	0.14
CY2021	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	0.12
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	0.06
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	13952000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	280000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	100000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	13812000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	119000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	2850000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Current Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions	505000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Settlements With Taxing Authorities UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities	2329000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Reductions Resulting From Lapse Of Applicable Statute Of Limitations UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations	1072000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	13647000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Gross UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsGross	15866000	usd
CY2021Q4	cgnx	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Gross UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsGross	15808000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Liability For Uncertain Tax Positions Noncurrent LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositionsNoncurrent	14780000	usd
CY2021Q4	cgnx	Unrecognizedtaxbenefitshownasareductiontononcurrentdeferredtaxassets Unrecognizedtaxbenefitshownasareductiontononcurrentdeferredtaxassets	1028000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties And Interest Accrued UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued	2219000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties And Interest Accrued UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued	1996000	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Minimum Decrease In Income Tax Expense Due To Release In Reserves MinimumDecreaseInIncomeTaxExpenseDueToReleaseInReserves	1000000	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Maximum Decrease In Income Tax Expense Due To Release In Reserves MaximumDecreaseInIncomeTaxExpenseDueToReleaseInReserves	1500000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	0.07
CY2021	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	0.05
CY2020	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	0.06
CY2022	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties And Interest Expense UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense	229000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties And Interest Expense UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense	281000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties And Interest Expense UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense	340000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	57016000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	49435000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	33695000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Deferred Tax Assets Intangible Asset Changein Tax Structure DeferredTaxAssetsIntangibleAssetChangeinTaxStructure	386221000	usd
CY2021Q4	cgnx	Deferred Tax Assets Intangible Asset Changein Tax Structure DeferredTaxAssetsIntangibleAssetChangeinTaxStructure	404526000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Deferred Expense Compensation And Benefits Share Based Compensation Cost DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsShareBasedCompensationCost	21962000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Deferred Expense Compensation And Benefits Share Based Compensation Cost DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsShareBasedCompensationCost	15279000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Operating Loss Carryforwards Domestic DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsDomestic	8284000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Operating Loss Carryforwards Domestic DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsDomestic	11051000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Inventory DeferredTaxAssetsInventory	8117000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Inventory DeferredTaxAssetsInventory	7426000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Deferred Expense Compensation And Benefits Other DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsOther	5116000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Tax Deferred Expense Compensation And Benefits Other DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsOther	7263000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Noncurrent Deferred Tax Assets Deprecation NoncurrentDeferredTaxAssetsDeprecation	2119000	usd
CY2021Q4	cgnx	Noncurrent Deferred Tax Assets Deprecation NoncurrentDeferredTaxAssetsDeprecation	5395000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Operating Loss Carryforwards Foreign DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsForeign	53000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Operating Loss Carryforwards Foreign DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwardsForeign	751000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Deferred Tax Assets Capitalization Of Research And Development Expenses DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalizationOfResearchAndDevelopmentExpenses	16889000	usd
CY2021Q4	cgnx	Deferred Tax Assets Capitalization Of Research And Development Expenses DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalizationOfResearchAndDevelopmentExpenses	0	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Deferred Tax Assets Other Noncurrent DeferredTaxAssetsOtherNoncurrent	15102000	usd
CY2021Q4	cgnx	Deferred Tax Assets Other Noncurrent DeferredTaxAssetsOtherNoncurrent	9023000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Deferred Tax Assets With Jurisdictional Netting Gross DeferredTaxAssetsWithJurisdictionalNettingGross	463863000	usd
CY2021Q4	cgnx	Deferred Tax Assets With Jurisdictional Netting Gross DeferredTaxAssetsWithJurisdictionalNettingGross	460714000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	7661000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	8188000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Liabilities Net DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet	456202000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Liabilities Net DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet	452526000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Deferred Tax Liabilities Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Global Intangible Low Tax Income DeferredTaxLiabilitiesTaxCutsAndJobsActGlobalIntangibleLowTaxIncome	298922000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment	3103000	shares
CY2021Q4	cgnx	Deferred Tax Liabilities Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Global Intangible Low Tax Income DeferredTaxLiabilitiesTaxCutsAndJobsActGlobalIntangibleLowTaxIncome	327725000	usd
CY2022Q4	cgnx	Deferred Income Tax Assets Liabilities Net DeferredIncomeTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet	157280000	usd
CY2021Q4	cgnx	Deferred Income Tax Assets Liabilities Net DeferredIncomeTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet	124801000	usd
CY2019Q4	cgnx	Deferred Tax Assets Foreign Tax Structure Change DeferredTaxAssetsForeignTaxStructureChange	437500000	usd
CY2019Q4	cgnx	Deferred Tax Liabilities Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Global Intangible Low Tax Income DeferredTaxLiabilitiesTaxCutsAndJobsActGlobalIntangibleLowTaxIncome	350000000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	173407000	shares
CY2021	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	176463000	shares
CY2020	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	173489000	shares
CY2022	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment	1462000	shares
CY2021	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment	3453000	shares
CY2022	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	174869000	shares
CY2021	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	179916000	shares
CY2020	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	176592000	shares
CY2022	us-gaap	Number Of Reportable Segments NumberOfReportableSegments	1	segment
CY2022	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	1006090000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Noncurrent Assets NoncurrentAssets	86357000	usd
CY2021	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	1037098000	usd
CY2021Q4	us-gaap	Noncurrent Assets NoncurrentAssets	84788000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Revenue From Contract With Customer Excluding Assessed Tax RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax	811020000	usd
CY2020Q4	us-gaap	Noncurrent Assets NoncurrentAssets	86967000	usd
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	19571000	usd
CY2022	cgnx	Gross Loss From Catastrophes GrossLossFromCatastrophes	48339000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Inventory Write Down InventoryWriteDown	37663000	usd
CY2022Q2	us-gaap	Asset Impairment Charges AssetImpairmentCharges	8709000	usd
	us-gaap	Cost Of Goods And Services Sold Overhead CostOfGoodsAndServicesSoldOverhead	1967000	usd
CY2022Q4	us-gaap	Insurance Recoveries InsuranceRecoveries	27560000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Loss From Catastrophes LossFromCatastrophes	20779000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Restructuring And Related Cost Number Of Positions Eliminated RestructuringAndRelatedCostNumberOfPositionsEliminated	18	employees
CY2022	us-gaap	Restructuring Charges RestructuringCharges	1657000	usd
CY2022	us-gaap	Restructuring Charges RestructuringCharges	1657000	usd
CY2020Q2	us-gaap	Restructuring And Related Cost Number Of Positions Eliminated Inception To Date Percent RestructuringAndRelatedCostNumberOfPositionsEliminatedInceptionToDatePercent	0.08
CY2020	us-gaap	Restructuring Charges RestructuringCharges	15924000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Restructuring Charges RestructuringCharges	15924000	usd
CY2020	us-gaap	Restructuring And Related Cost Number Of Positions Eliminated RestructuringAndRelatedCostNumberOfPositionsEliminated	181	employees
CY2022	dei	Auditor Name AuditorName	GRANT THORNTON LLP
CY2022	dei	Auditor Location AuditorLocation	Boston, Massachusetts

Files In Submission

Name	View Source	Status
0000851205-23-000004-index-headers.html	Edgar Link	pending
0000851205-23-000004-index.html	Edgar Link	pending
0000851205-23-000004.txt	Edgar Link	pending
0000851205-23-000004-xbrl.zip	Edgar Link	pending
cgnx-20221231.htm	Edgar Link	pending
cgnx-20221231.xsd	Edgar Link	pending
cgnx-20221231xexhibit21.htm	Edgar Link	pending
cgnx-20221231xexhibit231.htm	Edgar Link	pending
cgnx-20221231xexhibit311.htm	Edgar Link	pending
cgnx-20221231xexhibit312.htm	Edgar Link	pending
cgnx-20221231xexhibit321.htm	Edgar Link	pending
cgnx-20221231xexhibit322.htm	Edgar Link	pending
cgnx-20221231_g1.jpg	Edgar Link	pending
Financial_Report.xlsx	Edgar Link	pending
MetaLinks.json	Edgar Link	pending
R1.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R10.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R100.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R101.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R102.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R103.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R104.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R105.htm	Edgar Link	pending
cgnx-20221231_def.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
cgnx-20221231_lab.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
FilingSummary.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
cgnx-20221231_htm.xml	Edgar Link	completed
R106.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R107.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R108.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R109.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R11.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R12.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R13.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R14.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R15.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R16.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R17.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R18.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R19.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R2.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R20.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R21.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R22.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R23.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R24.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R25.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R26.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R27.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R28.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R29.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R3.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R30.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R31.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R32.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R33.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R34.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R35.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R36.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R37.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R38.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R39.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R4.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R40.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R41.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R42.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R43.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R44.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R45.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R46.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R47.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R48.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R49.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R5.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R50.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R51.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R52.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R53.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R54.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R55.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R56.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R57.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R58.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R59.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R6.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R60.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R61.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R62.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R63.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R64.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R65.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R66.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R67.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R68.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R69.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R7.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R70.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R71.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R72.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R73.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R74.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R75.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R76.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R77.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R78.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R79.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R8.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R80.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R81.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R82.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R83.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R84.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R85.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R86.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R87.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R88.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R89.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R9.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R90.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R91.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R92.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R93.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R94.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R95.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R96.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R97.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R98.htm	Edgar Link	pending
R99.htm	Edgar Link	pending
report.css	Edgar Link	pending
Show.js	Edgar Link	pending
cgnx-20221231_pre.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable
cgnx-20221231_cal.xml	Edgar Link	unprocessable

Create your account

Find Stocks Worth Researching

Deeply Understand Businesses

Value Businesses Intelligently

$CGNX
COGNEX CORP Stock $cgnx

2023 Q1 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000085120523000004 Filed on February 16, 2023

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cashflow Statement

Facts In Submission

Files In Submission

$CGNX COGNEX CORP Stock $cgnx

2023 Q1 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000085120523000004 Filed on February 16, 2023

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cashflow Statement

Facts In Submission

Files In Submission

$CGNX
COGNEX CORP Stock $cgnx