Patent ID: 7444755

Claim:
A telescopic system comprising: a telescopic system housing including a lens tube; a digital compass, the telescopic system being capable of displaying a direction obtained by the digital compass on a display unit; and a gimbal mechanism comprising a gimbal suspension unit, the gimbal suspension unit holding the digital compass, wherein the gimbal suspension unit comprises: a first gimbal suspension member, and a second gimbal suspension member that includes a main body having a rectangular opening portion, a receiving space within the main body, the digital compass fixed in the receiving space, and a cover portion adhesively attached to the main body and covering the opening portion, the gimbal mechanism further comprises: a first rotary shaft, and a second rotary shaft perpendicular to the first rotary shaft, the first gimbal suspension member is suspended on a member fixed to an upper surface of the telescopic system housing including the lens tube so as to rotate on the first rotary shaft, and the second gimbal suspension member is suspended on the first gimbal suspension member so as to rotate on the second rotary shaft.